Just stepped foot on New Bund Campus?
Rising senior contemplating life after graduation?
Below are a few of the many fellowship opportunities open to you at all stages of your career at NYU Shanghai. Programs are listed by the year(s) in which you are eligible to apply. Students should individually confirm their eligibility and contact the Office of Global Awards for further advising. Please note: Projects marked with an asterisk (*) may be limited to US citizens/permanent residents.
Freshman Year
- Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU)
- Critical Language Scholarships*
- Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship
- Future Global Leaders
- Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes*
- ILF Civic Fellowship for Asian Pacific American Leaders*
- NYU Reynolds/D-Prize Online Social Venture Business Competition
- Rangel International Affairs Program: Summer Enrichment Program*
- Global Education and Leadership Development Programme Leaders Forum, India
- YSEALI Academic Fellows and Grants (ASEAN member states - check eligibility by country)
Sophomore Year
- Boren Awards for International Study*
- Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU)
- Critical Language Scholarships*
- Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship
- Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes*
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Goldwater Scholarship*
- Humanity in Action Fellowship
- ILF Civic Fellowship for Asian Pacific American Leaders*
- NYU DC Global Leadership Scholars Program (for junior study-away semester)
- NYU Reynolds/D-Prize Online Social Venture Business Competition
- Rangel International Affairs Program: Summer Enrichment Program* and Graduate Fellowship Program*
- Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK)
- Global Education and Leadership Development Programme Leaders Forum, India
- Truman Scholarship* (NYU nominee competition during junior spring)
- Udall Scholarship* (environment or American tribal public health)
- YSEALI Academic Fellows and Grants (ASEAN member states - check eligibility by country)
Junior Year
- Beinecke Scholarship*
- Boren Awards for International Study*
- Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU)
- Critical Language Scholarships*
- Elie Wiesel Essay Prize in Ethics
- Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Goldwater Scholarship*
- Humanity in Action Fellowship
- ILF Civic Fellowship for Asian Pacific American Leaders*
- Mandela Rhodes Scholarships (citizens of African countries)
- NYU Reynolds/D-Prize Online Social Venture Business Competition
- Pickering Foreign Affairs Undergraduate Fellowship Program*
- Rangel International Affairs Program: Summer Enrichment Program*
- Schwarzman Scholars (Chinese nationals apply in May)
- Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK)
- Global Education and Leadership Development Programme Leaders Forum, India
- Udall Scholarship*
- YSEALI Academic Fellows and Grants (ASEAN member states - check eligibility by country)
Senior Year
- Ameson Year in China
- Asian Future Leaders Scholarship Program - Bai Xian Asia Institute (citizens of Asian nations)
- Boren Awards for International Study*
- Canon Collins Educational Trust (South Africa and Mozambique)
- Carnegie Junior Fellows*
- China Scholarship Council (Chinese citizens going abroad)
- Chinese Government Scholarship (non-Chinese citizens for China)
- Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU)
- Churchill Scholarship*
- Clarendon Scholarship
- Commonwealth Scholarships
- Critical Language Scholarships*
- Dean's Fellows at Yale-NUS College
- DAAD: Study in Germany (programs differ by citizenship: check your national DAAD body)
- East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowships
- Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship
- Elie Wiesel Essay Prize in Ethics
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (emerging young artists)
- Endeavour Scholarships, Australia
- English Program in Korea (EPIK)
- Erasmus Mundus
- Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities (Oxford University)
- Fulbright Non-US Student Program
- Fulbright US Student Programs
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- German Chancellor's Fellowship (citizens of Brazil, China, India, Russia and the USA)
- Global Academic Fellows - NYU Shanghai
- Global Health Corps
- Humanity in Action Fellowship
- JET - Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
- Knight-Hennessy Scholars
- Mandela Rhodes Scholarships (citizens of African countries)
- Michel David-Weill Scholarship at Sciences Po, Paris*
- NYU Reynolds/D-Prize Online Social Venture Business Competition
- Organization of American States Scholarships (citizens of North, Central, South American member countries)
- P.D. Soros Fellowships for New Americans (US immigrants or children of)
- Peace Corps*
- Pickering Foreign Affairs Undergraduate or Graduate Fellowship Program*
- Princeton in Africa
- Princeton in Asia
- Princeton in Latin America*
- Rangel International Affairs Program: Graduate Fellowship Program*
- Rhodes Scholarship (many eligible countries)
- Rhodes Scholarship for China (Chinese citizens)
- Rotary Global Grants/Scholarships
- Schwarzman Scholars
- Teach and Learn in Korea (TaLK)
- Teach for China (Chinese citizens only)
- Teach for All (varies by country)
- Teach for America*
- Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF)
- The Global Education and Leadership Development Programme, India
- Global Education and Leadership Development Programme Leaders Forum, India
- VIA Global Community Fellowship
- Yale Silver Scholars at the Yale School of Management
- Yenching Academy Scholars
- YSEALI Academic Fellows and Grants (ASEAN member states - check eligibility by country)
After Graduation
The vast majority of these opportunities remain open to you after graduation. For instance, the Rhodes Scholarship accepts applicants up to age 25, Schwarzman Scholars through age 28, and many opportunities have no age limit. Your application may be stronger with a few years of professional experience. In addition to many of the above fellowships, others are specifically geared toward young professionals:
- Asian Cultural Council Individual Grants
- Chevening Scholarship (UK universities)
- Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship
- Rotary Peace Fellowships
- Trudeau Scholarships and Fellowships in Canada
- YSEALI Professional Fellows (ASEAN member states)
- and many, many more across disciplines