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Postdoctoral and research fellowships for international scholars, sorted by most recently published.
East-West Center Fellowship 2027 - Study at UH Manoa
The East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship pays general graduate tuition and fees at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, gives you a single room in an East-West Center residence hall, and adds a stipend that partly covers food and incidental costs. The Center values the package at roughly $22,000 a year before tax, with extra aid possible where you can show financial need. Awards run for one academic year and can be renewed once, to a maximum of two years. Applications for the 2027 intake close on 1 December 2026 at 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time, and you have to apply to UH Manoa by that same date if you are not already enrolled there. Open to US citizens and permanent residents and to citizens of listed countries across the Pacific, Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
Neukom Fellowship 2027 - $70,000 at Dartmouth
The Neukom Fellowship is a two-year postdoctoral appointment at the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College, with the option to request a third year. Fellows receive a $70,000 stipend for 2027-2028, mentors in two departments, and funds for equipment, travel and research materials. Applications for positions starting 1 September 2027 close on 1 December 2026.
Hoover Fellowship 2027 - $169,950+ Salary at Stanford
The Hoover Fellowship is a salaried research post at the Hoover Institution on the Stanford University campus, running one to three years with no teaching load. The 12-month base salary range is $169,950 to $230,000 plus a $20,000 annual housing allowance. Applications for the 2026-2027 round close at 11:59 PM PT on 17 November 2026.
NITMB Fellows Program 2027 - 3-Year Chicago Fellowship
The NITMB Fellows Program gives early-career researchers three years in Chicago to build mathematics and theory around biological questions, with a salary, research and travel stipends, an office in the John Hancock Center, and no teaching load. Applications run through MathJobs from 1 September 2026 and close on 15 November 2026 for full consideration.
Weinstein JAMS Fellowship 2027 - Up to $20,000
The Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship sends dispute resolution professionals from outside the United States to spend one to four months in the USA, learning from American mediators, courts and universities before taking that knowledge home. The JAMS Foundation approves awards of up to $20,000 per fellow. Applicants may not be citizens of the United States. The 2027 cycle closes on 6 November 2026.
Hertz Fellowship 2027 - Up to $250,000 for a PhD
The Hertz Fellowship is the hardest doctoral award in American science to win and one of the most generous. Fellows get up to five years of support worth as much as $250,000: a $38,000 nine-month personal stipend, the full tuition equivalent at any of more than 50 US universities, and $5,000 a year more if they have dependent children. It is open only to US citizens and permanent residents heading into or just starting a PhD in the applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics or engineering. The 2027 application opened on 31 August 2026 and closes on 30 October 2026, with references due 2 November. Nineteen fellows were chosen from more than 1,450 applicants last cycle.
NASA Hubble Fellowship Program 2027 - $87,500
The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program funds 24 new astrophysics postdocs for the 2027 class, paying $87,500 in year one at a US host institution of your choice, with up to three years of support, a $21,000 research budget and health insurance. Open to any nationality. Applications close 28 October 2026.
Stanford Science Fellowship 2027 - $98,000 Stipend
The Stanford Science Fellowship pays early-career natural scientists a $98,000 annual stipend for three years of postdoctoral research at Stanford, plus up to $10,000 a year for research and up to $2,500 for relocation. Open to all nationalities. Apply through Academic Jobs Online by 16 October 2026.
Big Ten Smithsonian Fellowship 2027 - $45,000 Stipend
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship pays PhD candidates at BTAA universities a $45,000 yearly stipend, prorated, plus up to $5,000 for research to spend 3 to 12 months at the Smithsonian with a staff advisor. Tenure starts between June 2027 and May 2028. Apply through SOLAA by 15 October 2026.
UMAPS Fellowship 2027 - African Faculty at Michigan
The UMAPS Fellowship (University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars) brings early-career faculty from African colleges and universities to Ann Arbor for a five-month research residency in 2027-2028. The African Studies Center funds the stay, including travel, housing and a stipend, pairs each scholar with a U-M faculty host, and takes applications until 15 October 2026.
Wilson Center Research Fellowship 2027 - $10,000/Month
The Wilson Center Research Fellowship 2027-2028 pays scholars, policy practitioners and journalists $10,000 a month for 12 months to research and write on a foreign policy challenge. You work remotely, with two paid trips to Washington, DC. Applicants of any nationality can apply through Interfolio by 11:59 pm ET on 30 September 2026.
Kellogg Faculty Visiting Fellowship 2027 - Notre Dame
The Kellogg Faculty Visiting Fellowship 2027-2028 brings assistant, associate and full professors to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame for a semester or a full academic year of research on global democracy. Fellows receive a stipend set by academic rank, research and travel funding, a round trip to Notre Dame and medical insurance, with the option to lease a furnished campus apartment. Open to scholars from any country, with applications due 1 October 2026 through Interfolio.