Fellowships for International Students

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Fellowships for International Students

Exploring Funding Opportunities

Wellesley-funded opportunities and a wide range of external scholarships and fellowships are open to students and graduates of any nationality. Explore the resources below to get started, but these are just a few options, for which you'd need to apply through our office. There are many more options out there, and current students should explore the Experiential Learning browser for a wealth of funded opportunities for Wellesley students.

Explore more extensive opportunities listed chronologically by Deadline: click on "Fellowship" to reveal search filters including "international student"!

Smart and capable as you are, you don't have to go it alone! The Fellowships team is here all year 'round, including over the summerand happy to help you explore fellowships, brainstorm ideas, review drafts, choose recommenders, prep for interviews, and much more.  Book a fellowships appointment now-- we can't wait to talk with you!

But wait, there's more: Fellowships virtual drop-ins, workshops, and panels happen throughout the calendar year: check out our events listings!

Office hours 

Already reviewed the resources and ready to take the next step? Book a fellowships advising appointment or drop in to pop-up advising hours (listed below, with virtual pop-ups listed as events in Handshake) to meet with the Fellowships team!

8:30 am – 4:30pm

Green Hall 444

Pop-up advising hours 

See the Fellowships events listings in Handshake for varying dates/times, and zoom links.

Sep 19, 2025

Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship - direct application deadline

Eligible: graduating seniors and recent graduates from the Commonwealth Caribbean, in any field.

Research/Gradschool, International Student, Travel, Postgraduate

The Rhodes Trust, based at the University of Oxford, brings together and develops exceptional people from all over the world, and in all fields of study, who are impatient with the way things are and have the courage to act. There is one Rhodes Scholarship available each year for the Commonwealth Caribbean, which covers Anguilla, Antigua, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Montserrat, St Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent, Trindad...

Sep 20, 2025

Brooke Owens Fellowship - expected direct application deadline

Eligible: anyone whose gender is underrepresented in aerospace (e.g. cisgender woman, a transgender woman, non-binary, agender, bigender, two-spirit, demigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, or another form of gender other than cisgender man) and who is currently pursuing a bachelors or associates degree as of October 2025. International students with CPT are eligible!

Undergraduate, International Student

Brooke Owens Fellowship offers paid internships and executive mentorship for exceptional undergraduates in aerospace!  Work at the coolest companies, doing the most meaningful things; connect directly with the leaders of today's industry; build a network that will launch you to the career of your dreams.  

Did you know? Shannon Kearney '18, Grace Jackson '22, and Paige Dean '23 won the Brooke Owens Fellowship!

**Please note this is an expected deadline-- for updates and additional information, please visit...