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• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships for Excellent in College and University Teaching
   
• National Science Foundation:  NSF Graduate Fellowship NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship NSF Women In Engineering And Computing & Information Science Fellowship
   
• Rockefeller Brothers  Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color

Find many more on targeted search engines and databases such as Hispanic Scholarship Fund, NEA Scholarships for Hispanics, as well as FinAid

University of California Irvine database Insert "minority" in search  window to reach many fellowship links for students from various underrepresented groups.

There are also internships and research opportunities for students from underrepresented communities.  See the Career Development Office for internships,  and ask your major academic department about summer research in your field.

Naturalized Citizens, International Students: University of Maryland databaseExcellent list of fellowships with no U.S. citizenship requirement

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans is unique: only naturalized citizens, children of two naturalized citizens, and green card holders are eligible.

International students with green cards are eligible for many fellowships offered by US-based organizations and foundations.  Those who are not green card holders are not eligible for most of these. Exceptions include Jack Kent Cooke undergraduate and graduate scholarships, Watson Fellowships, certain Ford Foundation awards, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships. Applications are accepted for Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships from citizens of all countries with Rotary Clubs, which covers most of the world. Gates Cambridge Scholarships offer world-wide eligibility except in the UK; Rhodes Scholarships invite applications from all Commonwealth countries. Citizens of EU nations and the UK are eligible for certain awards for study in those countries. Check professional associations in your field of study both here and abroad, nationality-based organizations in the U.S. (example: the Korean American Scholarship Foundation), and sources in your home country. Also see links on fellowships pages at Yale University and the University of Maryland's web.  There are several fellowships specifically for international women, including the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund, AAUW fellowships, and P.E.O. international awards.

For scholar-athletes:  NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) Postgraduate Scholarship Programs