Scholarships & Fellowships

  • Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award

    The Hertz Foundation provides merit-based support for 20 doctoral students in the applied physical, biological or engineering sciences for up to 5 years. Hertz hopes to fund future innovators and leaders in the sciences. There are two fellowship options, the Five-Year Hertz (Option 1) and the Five-Year Coordinated (Option 2). The Five-Year Hertz is renewable for up to 5 years. The Five-Year Coordinated has a Hertz period of 2 years and requires awardee to accept a 3-year Fellowship from another source.

     

    DISCIPLINES
    Physical Sciences. School of Engineering. Quantitative Biology.

     

    ACADEMIC LEVEL
    Prospective Graduate Students. Current Graduate Students.
     

    CITIZENSHIP

    Open only to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

     

    ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

    Applied or enrolled in a PhD program. Must be students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences. Open to prospective and current doctoral students who at the time of application have not yet completed one year of graduate study. If the applicant has a master's degree in a different field, she or he may apply for this fellowship as a 1st-year graduate student. Publications. Personal essay. 4 letters of recommendation. GRE scores (MCAT scores may be accepted instead of GRE scores). Transcripts. Fellows should be willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the U.S. in time of national emergency. Emphasis on near-term application of applied sciences or engineering.

     

    STIPEND

    Option 1: Stipend of $32,000 + full tuition; Option 2: Stipend of $38,000 + full tuition

     

    DEADLINES

    10/23/2019   10/25/2019        
    11:59 pm, Pacific Time. Application due Oct. 23. References due Oct. 25.


    CONTACT

    Fannie and John Hertz Foundation 
    2300 First Street, Ste 250
    Livermore, CA 94550-3153 

     

    (925) 373-1642
    askhertz@hertzfoundation.org

    For more information, contact: Rowena Grainger at rowena.grainger@uconn.edu

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