2024-2025 OGE Competitive Fellowships
Generous donors have provided MIT with permanent funds in support of fellowships, many of which have unique restrictions.
The Office of Graduate Education administers a number of these endowed fellowships through an annual competition in March. All nominations (both for new awards and for renewal requests) must be submitted by the departmental graduate office on behalf of the student.
Don Loomis Galusha (1904) Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, standard health insurance, and student life fee |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Please note this fellowship has no stipend coverage.
Eligibility:
The preference for this award is as follows:
- Students from Jericho, Vermont
- Students from Vermont
US Citizens are eligible.
Harvey P. Greenspan Fellowship Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Field: | Fluid Dynamics |
| Amount: | $15,000 tuition award |
| Tenure: | One semester (fall or spring), not renewable |
Eligibility:
The award is intended for graduate students studying fluid dynamics.
U.S. citizens, permanent residents and internationals are eligible.
Jack Tang Fellowship 2024-2025
Number of Awards: | 1 |
Field: | Environmental sustainability |
Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
First preference for a graduate student working on problems of environmental sustainability in rural China. Second preference for a graduate student working on problems of environmental sustainability anywhere in China.
U.S. citizens, permanent residents and internationals are eligible.
Surpina and Panos Eurnekian Biotechnology Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Biotechnology and bioengineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | One semester (fall or spring), not renewable |
Eligibility:
Students pursuing research in biotechnology and bioengineering fields, with first preference for graduate students from Argentina or Armenia and second to graduate students from Latin America
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and internationals are eligible.
Surpina and Panos Eurnekian Nanotechnology Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Semi-conductors and nanotechnologies |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
For students pursuing research in semi-conductors and nanotechnologies, with first preference for graduate students from Argentina and second to graduate students from Latin America.
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and internationals are eligible.
Angela Leong Fellowship Fund 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Preference will be given in the following sequence:
- Students from Macau
- Students from Hong Kong
- Students from Mainland China
Internationals are eligible.
Mexico Fund for Graduate Students Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | See eligibility requirements below |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, possibility of renewal |
Eligibility:
Preference will be given in the following sequence:
- Mexican citizens who are PhD candidates in the Department of Economics
- Mexican citizens who are PhD candidate outside the Department of Economics
- Mexican citizens who are Masters candidates outside the Sloan School of Management
- Mexican citizens who are Masters candidates in the Sloan School of Management
- Graduate students who are citizens of other Latin American countries
Internationals are eligible.
Zakhartchenko Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Field: | See Eligibility |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Graduate students with preference to those interested in or performing research in one of the following areas:
- Time as a basic energy of the universe;
- Unconventional aircraft, flight theories and transportation methods;
- Hypersonic flight.
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and internationals are eligible.
Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Field: | Life Sciences or Bioengineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | 12 months, possibility of renewal for a second year |
Eligibility:
A doctoral student in the life sciences or bioengineering, devoting more than 50 percent time to thesis research.
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and internationals are eligible.
George and Marie Vergottis Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student who is a Greek citizen.
Internationals are eligible.
Luis Francisco Verges Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Field: | Research related to the sugar industry |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student conducting work in the field of the sugar industry
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and internationals are eligible.
Chyn Duoq Shiah Memorial Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Engineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Support for graduate students studying chemical engineering, who are citizens or residents of mainland China or Taiwan and who demonstrate financial need and scholastic achievement. Additional preference shall be given to candidates from Qing Hua University and/or Tsing-Hua University*
*Eligibility criteria subject to final approval by MIT
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and internationals are eligible.
Fundacion Mario Santo Domingo Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Field: | School of Science, School of Engineering, or School of Architecture and Planning |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months with possibility of renewal |
Eligibility:
Support for graduate students from Colombia in the Schools of Science, Engineering or Architecture and Planning with a preference for entering first year students. Students must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Fundacion Mario Santo Domingo. The students selected by OGE’s internal competition will be provided a separate application for their financial information that will be sent to the foundation for verification.
Internationals are eligible.
Donald O’Brien Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 5 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, possibility of renewal for second year |
Eligibility:
A graduate student who is a graduate of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire.
U.S. citizens, permanent, and internationals are eligible.
John A. Lyons Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Preference is given to students that fit one or more of the following criteria: 1. The student is a recent graduate of Boston College; 2. The student was born in a city or town all or part of which is within a twenty-mile radius of the State House in Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. citizens, permanent, and internationals are eligible.
Wellington and Irene Loh Fund Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Support for graduate students who are residents or citizens of mainland China or Taiwan.
U.S. citizens, permanent, and internationals are eligible.
T.S. Lin Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
For students who identify themselves as from Tatung University.
Internationals are eligible.
John S. Hennessy Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Environmental studies |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | One semester (fall or spring), not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student pursuing environmental studies
U.S. citizens, permanent, and internationals are eligible.
Endowed Fellowships of the Arab Republic of Egypt 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 20 |
| Nominations/ Department: | There is no limit upon the number of nominees for this fellowship per department. |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Full tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and a premium stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, possibility of renewal, possibility of summer stipend support |
| Additional materials: | In addition to the usual nomination materials, nominations for this fellowship must include: Student statement of interest in working for the betterment of the people of Egypt after graduation Note: Students will be expected to return to Egypt within two years of graduation to begin working, except in the case of a masters’ student pursuing a higher degree at MIT. The OGE will share any nominations with the Ministry of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt so that nominees can receive the Ministry’s recommendation. As part of this process, the Ministry may contact students directly about their work plans after graduation. See the Ministry of Finance (Arab Republic of Egypt) web site for the Ministry’s criteria in providing its recommendations. |
Eligibility:
For citizens of the Arab Republic of Egypt with demonstrated excellence in their chosen field, with engineering and economics preferred, and then the sciences. Nominees must have a commitment to public service and the advancement of Egyptian society, and have a stated interest in working for the betterment of the people of Egypt after graduation.
Internationals are eligible.
Collamore-Rogers Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Unrestricted |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Women graduate students
U.S. citizens, permanent, and internationals are eligible.
William Asbjornsen Albert Memorial Fellowship 2024-2025
| Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Field: | Science and Engineering |
| Amount: | Standard tuition, student health insurance, student life fee, and standard stipend |
| Tenure: | Nine months, not renewable |
Eligibility:
Any graduate student conducting research in any phase of modern science and engineering.
U.S. citizens, permanent, and internationals are eligible.
