Josephine de Karman Fellowship

Scholarship Value: $28,000

Awards Available: 4

Award Deadline: Register to View


The 2025/2026 application will open on the Scholarship Portal on August 1, 2024.

Applications are due 11:59 PM Pacific Time, January 30, 2025. Late applications will not be considered. Announcement of 2025-2026 award recipients will be made in May, 2025.

Only applications from final year PhD students enrolled at one of the following universities will be accepted.

  • California Institute of Technology
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of California, Santa Cruz
  • University of Southern California
  • Stanford University

Four Fellowships will be awarded for the 2025-2026 cycle at $28,000 each. Funding will support the regular academic year (fall and spring semesters or the equivalent where the quarterly system prevails), paid through the fellowship office of the university in which the recipient is enrolled for study in the United States. Study must be carried out only in the United States and all funds must be expended only within this country.

The fellowship is for one academic year and may not be renewed or postponed.

The de Karman Fellowships are open to PhD students in any discipline, including international students, who are currently enrolled in one of the California universities listed above. Only PhD candidates who will defend their dissertation in or about June 2026 are eligible for consideration for a 2024-2025 Fellowship.

Undergraduate students, master’s degree students, and postdoctoral scholars are not eligible for consideration. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities.

Potential applicants should note that the competition for de Karman Fellowships is extreme. To be competitive, applicants should have outstanding letters of recommendation, significant early scholarly contributions, and have completed a significant portion of the dissertation at the time of application.

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