Scholarships

Are you a good candidate for a prestigious scholarship and fellowship? MIT seeks more MIT applicants for these scholarships.

This site is designed to provide enough information so that you can determine whether a scholarship may be appropriate for you. Be sure to read the full description of the scholarship to learn eligibility requirements, criteria for selection, application materials, and timeline.

You should also be looking for scholarships that you can seek in the future. By starting early you can build a compelling application.

For most of these scholarships and fellowships, MIT selects or endorses one or more students to represent MIT at the national level. If you are interested in pursuing one of these scholarships, consult the scholarship’s MIT contact for more information and advice before submitting your application.

Name	Type	Field	Year of Application	MIT Deadline
Beinecke	Graduate	Arts, Humanities, Social sciences	Junior	February 9, 2004
Cooke	Graduate	Any graduate or professional degree	Senior or recent alumnae	April 7, 2006
Chateaubriand for Humanities or Social Sciences	Doctoral	Any discipline in humanities or social sciences	Ph.D. student	Early January 2006
Chateaubriand for Science	Doctoral or Post-Doctoral	All scientific disciplines	Ph.D. or Ph.D. graduate	December 31, 2005
Churchill	Graduate	Engineering, Mathematics, Science	Senior or graduate	October 28, 2005
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)	Graduate or Post-Doctorate	All but medicine	Senior, graduate, alum	October 25, 2005
Eloranta	Summer Fellowship	Any	Any undergraduate	February 27, 2004
Fulbright-Hays	Doctorate	Foreign languages and area studies	Graduate student	September 30, 2004
Fulbright	Graduate	Advanced research, graduate study, or teaching at the university, secondary or elementary level	Senior or graduate	September 23, 2005
Gates	Graduate	All subjects offered at the University, but usually those addressing global problems related to health, equity, technology and learning	Senior or graduate	September 30, 2005
Kawamura	Summer Fellowship	Japanese culture, people and their way of life	Freshman through graduate	February 3. 2004
Killam	Undergraduate	Any	Freshman, sophomore, junior	February 4, 2006
Marshall	Graduate or second undergraduate	Any	Senior or graduate	September 16, 2005
Mitchell	Graduate	Any	Senior, graduate, alum	September 16, 2005
Pasteur	Post-Doctoral	All scientific disciplines	Ph.D. student or Post-Doctorate	January 13, 2006
Rhodes	Graduate	Any	Senior or graduate	September 16, 2005
Truman	Graduate	Government, non-profit sector, or public service	Junior	November 17, 2004
Udall	Undergraduate	Environmental study or related fields, Health care or tribal public policy (Native American and Alaskan natives only)	Sophomores and juniors	February 9, 2004