For graduate students in science and technology, apply for the Hertz Fellowship to receive financial and lifelong professional support.
Fellows successfully selected for the program will receive up to five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000, and have the means to pursue innovative projects.
In addition, fellows will be assigned to mentors, attend symposia, and workshops with access to a network of more than 1200 fellows, a set of peers across diverse disciplines, creed, and geography.
Application Deadline: October 23, 2020.
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Benefits
The Hertz Fellowship benefits package includes a cost-of-education and personal allowance of up to $250,000 funding.
In addition, Fellows have two options for receiving their fellowship compensation.
Option 1:
Funding from the Hertz Foundation Only
$34,000/nine-month personal stipend
Full tuition equivalent
Renewable annually for up to five years
$5,000/year stipend for fellows with dependent children
Option 2:
Coordination with Another Awarding Institution
For Fellows who receive a fellowship, scholarship, or grant offer from another institution, the Hertz Foundation will coordinate with that institution to make sure such Fellows can take advantage of each offer and receive the maximum possible compensation.
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must:
Be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Be college seniors, first-year graduate students, or in a gap year preparing to apply to graduate school
Intend to pursue a Ph.D. in
Applied physical and biological sciences,
Mathematics, or
Engineering.
Intend to direct their studies toward understanding and solving major, near-term problems facing society.
Requirements/Specifications
Applicants pursuing professional degrees other than a PhD, such as an MD, JD, MBA, DPH, or DVM will not be considered for the fellowship. However, the PhD portion of an MD/PhD program will be supported.
The Hertz Foundation has established a standard agreement with over 40 participating graduate schools to coordinate paying the stipend, tuition, and other costs for its fellows:
Arizona State University
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
Stanford University
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Texas A&M University
The Scripps Research Institute
University of Arizona
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, San Francisco
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
Fellows may also change to another participating school at any time during their fellowship.
Individuals awarded a fellowship without their schools on the list of participating schools may ask to have them added to the list, and work will be put in with the schools to negotiate an agreement.
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The Hertz Fellowship is a program that provides monetary and professional aid for the outstanding graduate students in science and technology.
With its belief that science and technology should make a positive impact on the nation, the Hertz Foundation is a public charity committed to empowering young minds who will put their talents to work when it matters most.
Fellows will be required to make a nonbinding moral commitment to make their skills available to the United States in times of national emergency.
Fellowships will not be awarded based on an applicant’s particular field of study; however, it’s required that applicants direct their work toward understanding and solving major, near-term problems facing society.
