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Gelfman International Summer Fund

Deadline: 03/15/2025 (Tentative)

The Gelfman International Summer Fund has been established by Robert W. Gelfman (Wharton ’53) to create opportunities for personally enriching international research and/or service for students in the summer between their junior and senior year. The Fund is expected to cover two or three students each summer. Penn juniors from any of Penn’s undergraduate schools and in any discipline are eligible.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Deadline: 08/29/2024

Fulbright Grants fund 8-12 months of international experience in over 140 countries. Program is open to US citizens from all backgrounds. Applicants should be genuinely interested in engaging with diverse populations, and Fulbright encourages applicants representing the US’s racial, ethnic, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and regional diversity.

Pulitzer International Reporting Student Fellowship

Deadline: 02/01/2025 (Tentative)

The Pulitzer International Reporting Student Fellowship provides funding for an undergraduate student to pursue international journalism within South Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East or North Africa.

Paul and Kathleen Barthmaier Award

Deadline: 03/15/2025 (Tentative)

Financial support to assist with travel expenses related to intellectually enriching undergraduate research or fellowship experiences.

Hassenfeld Foundation Social Impact Grant

Deadline: 03/15/2025 (Tentative)

The Hassenfeld Foundation Social Impact Grant has been established to provide support to students who are undertaking innovative social impact projects with potential for real-world outcomes. Grants will be awarded up to $5,000 depending on the needs of the project.

Jewish Studies Administered Research Awards

Deadline: 03/25/2024

Each fall and spring the Jewish Studies Program offers Goldfein Research Awards, Brenner Special Opportunity Awards, and Schwartz Awards to both undergraduate and graduate Penn students to cover research projects and study programs in or related to Jewish studies.

Cultural Vistas Fellowship

Deadline: 12/11/2024 (Tentative)

A fully-funded fellowship program affording underrepresented U.S. university students the opportunity to intern for eight weeks with organizations in Argentina, Germany, or Southeast Asia.

Leland International Hunger Fellows

Deadline: 09/13/2024 (Tentative)

Leland Fellows develop new skills while actively working to alleviate hunger and poverty in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.  During the first year, fellows work directly to build food security in the field.  In the second year, fellows apply their field experience to the design of sound development policy at the organizational, national, and international level.

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