California Institute of Technology

What are fellowships?

Fellowships award funds to support academic study or research abroad or in the U.S. after graduation from Caltech. Students usually apply as seniors or at the beginning of their graduate study. The Fellowships Advising and Study Abroad Office provides counseling on the application process.

For more information on fellowship opportunities, please visit the Fellowships Advising and Study Abroad Office. The annually updated Fellowships Guide includes descriptions, deadlines and information on over 40 national fellowships. The website also contains information on summer fellowships for undergraduates.

National Fellowships Awarded to Caltech Students:

• Churchill Scholarship
• Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
• Fulbright Scholarship
• Gates Fellowship
• Hertz Fellowship
• Josephine de Karman Fellowship
• NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship
• Marshall Fellowship
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)
• National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC)
• Rhodes Scholarship
• Rotary Scholarship
• Department of Defense SMART Scholarship
• Watson Fellowship