Graduate Study

The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program is a program funded by the U.S. Department of State, administered by Howard University, that attracts and prepares outstanding young people for Foreign Service careers in the U.S. Department of State. It welcomes the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the State Department, women, and those with a demonstrated financial need for graduate school.

The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent, and implement U.S. foreign policy.

$30,000 toward graduate study for college juniors who are “change agents" committed to improving how nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or educational institutions serve the public who plan to pursue careers in government or public service (broadly defined) (Penn nomination required)

Provides support for the final year of a PhD for students enrolled at a university in California

Funds one Penn PhD student to spend a year as a non-degree visiting student at the University of Oxford (Penn nomination required)

Provides New Americans (immigrants or the children of immigrants) pursuing a full-time graduate degree in any field in the United States up to $90,000

Provides $35,000 toward graduate study to juniors eligible for need-based financial aid who are planning to pursue a research-focused master’s or doctoral degree in social sciences, humanities, or the arts, with a strong preference for Pell Grant recipients (Penn nomination required)