Social Sciences

All fellowships with an asterisk (*) require a nomination. Therefore, you can only apply for them by working with the Gustavus Fellowships Office.

If you click on the name of the fellowship it will bring you to that specific fellowship's website.

Humanity in Action Fellowship

Fellows focus on minority issues that affect cultural and national assumptions, political and educational institutions and human rights standards. Lectures, seminars and site visits in Copenhagen, Amsterdam or Berlin expose the Fellows to leaders in human rights, particularly those concerned with the protection of minorities, and in resistance movements, specifically those that defied German minority policies during World War II.

Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Interns

Projects focus on subjects related to American history and literature, cataloging, film, television and radio, sound recordings, rare books and book arts, history of graphic arts, architecture, design, engineering, librarianship, music, or preservation. Fellows receive a stipend of $300 per week.

James Madison Fellowship*

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship is a fellowship for students who plan on becoming American history/government teachers. This fellowship provides up to $24,000 for two years of study.

Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship

The Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship program provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. The 2012 Fellowships offer financial support of up to $40,000 annually for actual expenses during the first and second years of graduate school.

Pickering Foreign Affairs Undergraduate Fellowship

The Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship program provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Financial support of up to $40,000 annually for the senior year of college and the first year of graduate school.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Provides up to 2 years of graduate study in order to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields

Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law and Social Science for Underrepresented Students

The American Bar Foundation sponsors a program of summer research fellowships to interest undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds in pursuing graduate study in the social sciences. The summer program is designed to introduce students to the rewards and demands of a research-oriented career in the field of law and social science.

Truman Scholarship*

The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in merit-based funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. The Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development.