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Deadline: November 1

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans is designed to help underwrite American graduate education for immigrants and their children. Fellows in this program receive one-half tuition costs plus $20,000 for up to two years at any graduate institution in the US.

Eligibility and Qualifications

  • Applicant must be a Green Card holder, and provide a copy of the card and one year of IRS tax filings
  • OR
    Applicant may also be a naturalized citizen. In that case, applicants must provide the eight-digit number on their Citizenship Certificate and the date of naturalization. A photocopy of the name page of the U.S. passport can substitute as evidence of citizenship.
  • OR
    Students are also eligible if they have two parents who are naturalized citizens at the date of application. In that case, applicants must provide their eight-digit Citizenship Certificate numbers and the dates of their naturalization. Photocopied U.S. passport name pages can also be used as evidence of citizenship.
Other applicants may be considered, most commonly refugees or asylees. Those who think they may be otherwise eligible are encouraged to consult with Soros Foundation representatives.

Applicants must be in their senior year in college or a holder of a bachelor's degree or enrolled in a graduate program. Individuals who are in their third or subsequent year of study in the same graduate program are not eligible. Students who have received a master's degree in a program and are continuing for a doctoral degree in the same program are considered to have been in the same program from the time they began their work on their master's degree. Applicants may not be older than 30 years old on November 30 of the year in which they apply.

The program is open to individuals who retain loyalty and a sense of commitment to their country of origin as well as to the U.S., but it is intended to support individuals who will continue to regard the U.S. as their principal residence and focus of national identity.

Application Procedures and Selection Criteria

The application includes:
  • Formal application
  • Personal essays
  • Résumé with up to five additional pages highlighting the applicant's strengths
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Institutional endorsement form
  • Transcripts
  • Documentation of "New American" status
  • Results for required aptitude test results
  • Notification card for acknowledgement of receipt of application

Timeframe

On-line applications are due November 1st. All hard-copy supporting materials must be sent to arrive by Novermeber 1.

Screening takes place during the first week of December. There is no internal Penn process for the Soros, but potential applicants are encouraged to let CURF know when applying and seek help during the application process.

Contact

Cheryl Shipman
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
The ARCH, 3601 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6224
shipman@pobox.upenn.edu
Phone: 215-746-6488
Fax: 215-573-4869
http://www.upenn.edu/curf

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Last updated on July 31, 2007