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Fellowships
What is a fellowship?
Fellowships, scholarships, and grants provide money and other forms of support for study, research,
special employment experiences, and special projects. Some funding programs support only certain subject
areas, or schools, or geographic areas. Sponsors may also stipulate such eligibility criteria as ethnicity,
age, or gender. Consult the Graduate Fellowships Office website. The Fellowships Database and published
materials in the CDO are also excellent starting places.
How do I research and apply for fellowships?
- Start Early - Fellowships are highly competitive. Talent and
accomplishments are necessary ingredients for success, but the effort
devoted to completing a first-rate fellowship application often makes the
difference for success. It is not too early to begin familiarizing
yourself with graduate fellowships in your first year. The first semester
of the senior year, however, is probably too late to begin preparing for
highly competitive fellowships like the Rhodes or Downing.
- Note Overlapping Opportunities - Many students apply for more
than one fellowship, and use essentially the same personal statement and
research proposal for each one. Once you have put the work into getting
your personal goals and educational/research objectives on paper, make
sure that you apply to all the programs that are a match for your
interests.
- Consult The Experts - Be sure to let the advisors know of your
interest in the fellowship, and direct specific questions to them. Of
course, your academic advisor and professors can also be sources of advice
and ideas.
- Keep looking - There are many fellowships which are of interest
to more specialized audiences. For example, language study in different
countries, study at specific institutions. Information on other
fellowships is made available by individual departments at Pomona, as well
as by graduate institutions to which you may be applying. The CDO resource
library also has books and hundreds of file listings in many categories.
Please search Section 40 of the Career
Access Resource Library to further explore fellowship listings and
information.
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