The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some with upcoming application deadlines. For more external scholarship awards, go to our External Fellowships and Funding Sources page.
Please be aware that some organizations may have changed policies for this upcoming year. We check regularly to keep our listing up to date, but would appreciate feedback if you come across an outdated posting.
Upcoming Fellowships
Requirements: Applicants must be at least 24 years old at the time of the application deadline and lived for one continuous year immediately prior to the application deadline in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, or one of the 23 Native nations that shares the same geographic area with these states.
Deadline: September 17, 2020
Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Requirements: Applicants must be immigrants or children of immigrants —who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture, or their academic field.
Deadline: October 29, 2020
Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT) Trust Scholarship
Requirements: Applicants must identify as female and be currently enrolled at an accredited U.S. university or college, either full-time or part-time. Applicants must be Juniors or Seniors in undergraduate or enrolled in graduate studies.
Deadline: November 1, 2020
Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program
Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale at the time of application, and pursuing a career in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Deadline: November 1, 2020
Harvey Fellows Program
Requirements: Applicants must be Christian graduate students who possess a unique vision to impact society through their fields and who are pursuing graduate studies at premier institutions (top five) in their disciplines in the United States or abroad.
Deadline: November 1, 2020
American Association of University Women International Fellowship
Requirements: Applicants must be women pursuing full-time graduate or postdoctoral study in the U.S. who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Deadline: November 15, 2020
Navajo Nation Scholarship
Requirements: Navajo students attending graduate school.
Deadline: November 25, 2020
