- Stipend Amount – $50,000
- Deadline – September 30, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The AAUW’s International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships promote education and equity for women by investing in international applicants who will be pursuing postdoctoral research in the U.S., with the intention of applying their expertise, professional skills, and leadership in the context of their home countries.
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In addition, up to five awards are available to Graduate Women International members for study in any country other than their own. International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are specifically designed for women who are non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents, with a track record of academic excellence and empowering other women and girls. The program has been supporting international women pursuing full-time postgraduate and postdoctoral research in the United States.
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Fields of Study
International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are available for the following Natural and Physical Science discipline areas:
- Agriculture
- Architecture
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Engineering
- Geology
- Health and Medicine
- Mathematics/Statistics
- Materials Science and Physics
- Psychology and Psychiatry
- Technology, Data, and Computer Science
- Zoology
Funding Information
- International Postdoctoral Research Fellowships carry a stipend of $50,000.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must identify as a woman.
- Applicants must be admitted to their first postdoctoral research experience by the application deadline.
- Applicants must begin their program on or before September 1, 2026, and complete it on or after May 30, 2027.
- Applicants must hold an academic or professional doctoral degree (earned in the U.S. or abroad) with a minimum CGPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale at the time of application. Examples of academic and professional doctoral degrees include but are not limited to D.B.A., Ed.D., J.D., M.D., or Ph.D.
- Applicants must pursue their research in the U.S. on a full-time basis at an institution accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Applicants must reside in the U.S. or country of their studies for the duration of the fellowship period.
- Applicants intending to do their postdoctoral research in another country other than their own or the U.S. must be members of Graduate Women International and pursue their research project at an international institution recognized as eligible to participate in U.S. federal student aid programs, as listed on the Federal Student Aid Participating Schools list Federal Student Aid Participating Schools list. (Foreign branches of U.S. institution are considered outside of the U.S.)
- Citizenship & Immigration Status
- – Fellowship recipients must be non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
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