The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is a non-partisan organization that is proud to honor the contributions of continuing generations of immigrants and refugees to the United States.
Donor Name: Paul & Daisy Soros
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 10/30/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Eligibility Criteria
- You are 30 years or younger
- You must be 30 or younger as of the application deadline. There is no minimum age requirement.
- You are a New American
- You are an immigrant or the child of immigrants. If you are an immigrant, you should be a naturalized US citizen, a green card holder, an asylee or refugee, or someone who graduated from both high school and college in the United States.
- You are planning on starting or continuing an eligible graduate or professional degree program
- You must be planning to be enrolled in a full-time degree-granting graduate or professional program in the United States in the 2026-2027 academic year. The Fellowship is open to all fields of study and you can apply when you’re applying to graduate school or while you’re in the early years of graduate school.
- Your New American Status
- You are an immigrant or the child of immigrants.
- Your birth parents must have both been born outside of the US as non-US citizens, and both parents must not have been eligible for US citizenship at the time of their births.
- Your parents’ current immigration status or location is not relevant. Some Fellows’ parents never immigrated, some have returned to their country of origin, others have naturalized or received their green cards in the US, and others are living in the United States but have not naturalized.
- Your Academic Standing
- You will have a bachelor’s degree as of the fall of 2026 when the 2026 Fellowship will begin. You can have a previous graduate degree.
- You are planning on starting or continuing an eligible fully-accredited graduate or professional degree program full-time in the United States in the 2026-2027 academic year. Online programs are eligible for Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships funding.
- You can apply to graduate school at the same time that you are applying for the Fellowship. You do not need to have been admitted into a graduate program when you apply.
For more information, visit PDSOROS.
