Appendix E

United States Incentive Programs Open to Non-U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents

The following U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, fellowships are open to international students and postdocs, as indicated by each list. The opportunities included in the lists are usually open to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and international students. Each of these fellowships provides a large-enough stipend to support at least one student full-time for at least 1 year. The lists were compiled using the fellowship lists from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.¹

Graduate Research Fellowships

• Children’s Tumor Foundation—Young Investigator Award
• American Epilepsy Society—Predoctoral Fellowship
• Roberto Rocca Education Fellowship Program
• Autism Speaks—Predoctoral Fellowship Program
• The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation—Emerging Scholars Award
• PhRMA Foundation—Predoctoral Fellowship in Value Assessment-Health Outcomes Research
• Universities Research Association—Visiting Scholars Program

• International OCD Foundation—Michael Jenike Young Investigator Awards
• Association of Public Health Laboratories—APHL-CDC Bioinformatics Fellowships Program
• Link Foundation—Modeling, Simulation, and Training Fellowship Program
• Link Foundation—Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation PhD Fellowship Program
• Prevent Cancer Foundation Fellowships
• American Heart Association—Predoctoral Fellowship
• ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation—Fellowship Grant
• American Psychological Foundation—Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship
• Open Philanthropy Project—AI Fellowship
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine— NRC Research Associateship Programs
• Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program
• Link Foundation—Energy Fellowship Program
• Autism Science Foundation—Predoctoral Training Awards
• Acoustical Society of America—Stetson Graduate Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech Science
• American Educational Research Association/National Science Foundation—Dissertation Grant
• American Heart Association—Predoctoral Fellowship
• American Psychological Association—Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants
• American Water Works Association—Abel Wolman Fellowship
• Center for Engaged Scholarship—Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• Children’s Tumor Foundation—Young Investigator Award— Doctoral Fellowships for Neurofibromatosis Research
• Educational Testing Services—Harold Gulliksen Dissertation Fellowship in Psychometric Research
• Epilepsy Foundation/American Epilepsy Society—Predoctoral Fellowship
• Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research—Fellows Program
• FRAXA Research Foundation—Research Fellowships
• Microsoft Research—AI and Society Fellows Program

• National Center for Atmospheric Research—High Altitude Observatory—Newkirk Fellowship
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences— Fellowship in Environmental Medicine
• NVIDIA Corporation—Graduate Fellowship Program
• Oil Spill Recovery Institute—Graduate Research Fellowship
• Open Technology Fund—Information Controls Fellowship Program
• PhRMA Foundation—Drug Delivery Dissertation Fellowships
• Portland Cement Association—Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• The Incredible Egg—Egg Nutrition Center and American Egg Board—Young Investigator Award
• Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grant
• Department of the Interior—Joint Fire Science Program— Graduate Research Innovation Award
• U.S. Science Support Program—Schlanger Ocean Drilling Graduate Fellowship Program
• University of Illinois—Beckman Institute—Graduate Fellows Program
• Water Environment Federation—Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship
• Wilderness Society—Gloria Barron Graduate Scholarship

Postdoctoral Fellowships

• American Federation for Aging Research/Glenn Foundation for Medical Research—Postdoctoral Fellowship for Translational Research on Aging
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention—Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grants
• American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research— Postdoctoral Fellowship
• American Heart Association—Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Cancer Research Institute—Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Children’s Tumor Foundation—Young Investigator Award— Postdoctoral Fellowships for Neurofibromatosis Research
• Columbia University Climate School—Earth Institute— Postdoctoral Research Program in Global Sustainable Development

• Cornell University—Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability—Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation—Postdoctoral/Post-MD Fellowship
• Dartmouth College—Neukom Institute for Computational Science—Postdoctoral and Post-MFA Fellowship
• Fox Chase Cancer Center—Postdoctoral Research Program
• Getty Conservation Institute—Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science
• Harvard University—Center for the Environment— Environmental Fellows Postdoctoral Program
• Harvard University—Society of Fellows Program
• Human Vaccine Project—Michelson Investigator Prizes
• Justice Resource Center—Postdoctoral Fellowships for Psychologists
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation—Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Life Sciences Research Foundation—Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
• National Hemophilia Foundation—Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Bleeding Disorders
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society—Postdoctoral Fellowships
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory—Jansky Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Parkinson’s Foundation—Postdoctoral Fellowship for Basic Scientists
• PhRMA Foundation—Translation Medicine and Therapeutics Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Simons Foundation—Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology
• Society for Conservation biology—David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA—Hubble Fellowship Program
• Stanford University—Department of Physics—Urbanek and Chodorow Postdoctoral Fellowships
• The Tourette Association of America—Young Investigator Award—Postdoctoral Fellowship
• University of California—President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Faculty Diversity

• University of California, Davis—MIND Institute— Postdoctoral/Post-MD Research Fellowship
• University of California, San Francisco—Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education—Postdoctoral Fellowships
• University of Illinois—Beckman Institute—Postdoctoral Fellows Program
• University of Michigan—President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
• University of Michigan Society of Fellows—Postdoctoral Fellowships
• U.S. Geological Service—Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution—Postdoctoral Scholar Program
• IBM Research—Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical and Computer Sciences
• International OCD Foundation—Michael Jenike Young Investigator Awards
• Association of Public Health Laboratories—APHL-CDC Bioinformatics Fellowships Program
• ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation—Fellowship Grant
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine— NRC Research Associateship Programs
• Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program
• Autism Science Foundation—Postdoctoral Training Awards
• American Psychological Association—Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants
• FRAXA Research Foundation—Research Fellowships
• Microsoft Research—AI and Society Fellows Program
• The Incredible Egg—Egg Nutrition Center and American Egg Board—Young Investigator Award
• Open Technology Fund—Information Controls Fellowship Program
• PhRMA Foundation—Drug Delivery Postdoctoral Fellowships