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CURF’s Fellowships Directory is a tool for Penn students and alumni to familiarize themselves with a broad range of fellowship opportunities. Keep in mind, it is not an exhaustive list. Fellowships staff are happy to assist you in applying for virtually any fellowship.

If you are (or soon will be) an active applicant for any fellowship, sign up for CURF's Mailing List for weekly updates on fellowships and related opportunities and enroll in CURF's Fellowship Resources canvas site (currently under construction) to access resources for preparing for fellowships.

For applicants interested in graduate study in the United Kingdom, please see the Identifying UK Graduate Programs & Funding page and use the UK government's Research Excellence Framework 2021 ranking of UK graduate programs to identify the strongest and most appropriate UK graduate degree programs that fit your interests as determined by UK faculty.

TIPS for using CURF's Fellowships Directory below:

  • To focus on fellowships that fit your needs, use the Filters below to select:
    • WHEN you wish to receive funding (Fellowship Availability)
    • WHAT kind of experience you are seeking (Fellowship Type)
    • WHERE you wish to go (Fellowship Location)
    • WHICH fellowships you are eligible for (Fellowship Eligibility)
  • You may select multiple options within each filter, or leave some or all filters blank to see more options
  • Click "Apply" to view the results of your preferences
  • You may SAVE your customized list by saving the URL from your browser
  • Click "Reset" to return to the complete list of fellowships

Davis Projects for Peace

Deadline: 01/15/2026 (Tentative)

The Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program invites undergraduates (including graduating seniors) to design grassroots projects that they will implement during the summer, anywhere in the world. The projects judged to be the most promising and valuable will be funded at $10,000 each.

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

Deadline: 01/16/2026 (Tentative)

Funds students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.

Blossom Hill Fellowship

Deadline: 01/16/2026 (Tentative)

Funds innovative ideas to help children and youth anywhere in the world affected by conflict in the Middle East.

Emerson National Hunger Fellows

Deadline: 01/17/2026 (Tentative)

The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program participants gain field experience fighting hunger and poverty through placements in community based organizations across the country, and policy experience through placements in Washington, DC. 

Boren Graduate Fellowship

Deadline: 01/22/2026 (Tentative)

Boren Fellowships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide funding for US graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to US interests.  Boren Fellowships provide funding for overseas language study, academic study, research, an academic internship, or a combination of the above.

President's Innovation Prize

Deadline: 02/02/2026 (Tentative)

Provides a graduating Penn senior, or group of graduating seniors, $100,000 to envision and implement an innovative commercial venture that makes a positive difference in the world.

President's Engagement Prizes

Deadline: 02/02/2026 (Tentative)

Provides a graduating Penn senior, or group of graduating seniors, $100,000 to develop and implement a promising local, national, or global engagement project during the year after graduation.

Humanity in Action Fellowship (Tentative Deadline)

Deadline: 02/04/2026 (Tentative)

Fellows first participate in an intensive three-week summer educational program providing a country and context-specific curriculum (currently: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, the Netherlands, or Poland) that examines historical and contemporary challenges to human rights, pluralism and equality. Then, they embark on developing Action Projects in their own communities.

Saint Andrew's Society Undergraduate Scholarship (Tentative Deadline)

Deadline: 02/18/2026 (Tentative)

$35,000 to attend a full year at the University of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or St. Andrew's.

AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship

Deadline: 02/20/2026 (Tentative)

The Fellowship pairs a select number of highly skilled young professionals with leading NGOs and social enterprises in India in order to accelerate impact and create effective projects that are replicable, scalable, and sustainable. Through ten months of service and fieldwork, Fellows gain knowledge of development on the ground in the fields of education, livelihoods, public health, and social enterprise, honing and harnessing their growing skills as change agents capable of effecting lasting change.