One-year, portable merit fellowships are awarded each year by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Students should note that fellowships are for the first year of a Ph.D. program only and should plan to seek support elsewhere for subsequent years. Winners of Mellon Fellowships may take their awards to any accredited graduate school of arts and sciences in the United States and Canada. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Mellon Fellowships, CN 5329, Princeton, NJ 08543-5329. The Organization of American States offers graduate and research fellowships to citizens or permanent residents of OAS countries.
Fellowships are for advanced study in any field except the medical sciences.
Candidates must secure acceptance at a university, study center or research site in the chosen country before applying. Graduate students at Kansas Regents institutions, working in fields related to foreign affairs who plan study or research abroad, are invited to compete for the James B. Pearson Fellowships for Graduate Studies Abroad. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute offers several fellowship programs to support research activities at the STRI in Panama. Fellowships are available at the graduate, predoctoral, postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral levels. Contact the Office of Fellowships and Grants, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560.