Eligibility to apply for a predoctoral fellowship is limited to: 

• All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card); individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program;¹ Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation;
• Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors, or other designations);
• Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S.;
• Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based (dissertation-required) program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education no later than Fall 2023;
• Individuals who as of the 2023 fall semester require a minimum of three years of their program² to complete their Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree; and
• Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
  
  ¹Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA.
²Individuals must be enrolled full-time and may not accept full-time teaching or research assistantships, other major fellowships, internships, or similar internal or external awards during fellowship tenure and may not be concurrently enrolled in other degree granting programs.

1. Read through the following:
   • Predoctoral Fellowship Fact Sheet
   • Predoctoral Application Instructions


2. Familiarize yourself with Navigating the Online Application.


3. Start an application here.

Applicants should note that it is their responsibility to ensure that all application components--including all supplementary materials--have been entered, uploaded, and submitted by the specified deadlines.