Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is a United States postgraduate fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants. It was founded in 1997 by Paul Soros and Daisy Soros. In 2010, the couple had contributed a total of $75 million to the organization's charitable trust. Each fellow receives up to $90,000 in funding toward their graduate education, which can be in any field and at any university in the United States, including public policy, science, medicine, business, law, music, arts, humanities, and the social sciences. Applicants can be pursuing master's degrees, doctorates, JD, MD, MD/PhD or other joint degrees. In 2021, the fellowship received 2,445 applications and awarded 30 fellowships for a selection rate of 1.2%. Past fellows include former United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy (1998 Fellow), Iranian-American Ebola researcher Pardis Sabeti (2001 Fellow) and Fei-Fei Li (1999 Fellow), a Stanford professor and artificial intelligence expert.