The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is offering a major graduate funding opportunity for immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States, including visual artists, designers, architects, and filmmakers.
Each year, the program selects 30 fellows for support of up to $90,000 over two years of full-time graduate study at accredited U.S. institutions. The package can include both stipend and tuition assistance, helping recipients focus on their creative and academic growth.
Beyond the arts, the fellowship community brings together people working across science, law, medicine, and public policy, creating a broad network of New Americans with roots in more than 100 countries.
Selection is based on merit and a holistic review of creativity, originality, initiative, and long-term achievement. Eligible applicants include naturalized citizens, green card holders, asylees, refugees, U.S.-born children of two immigrant parents, and some applicants born abroad who completed high school and college in the United States.
Applicants must be 30 or younger and planning to begin a full-time graduate program in the 2027-2028 academic year. The application deadline is October 29, 2026 at 2:00pm ET.
This fellowship highlights how targeted support can expand access to advanced study and strengthen the next generation of creative voices.