Founded in 1945, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation identifies and develops leaders and institutions to meet the nation’s critical challenges. Over time, the Foundation’s fellowships have evolved to address emerging needs, serve specific populations underrepresented in the academy, strengthen designated fields, and support key stages in professorial careers. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation has awarded fellowships to more than 20,000 scholars, who now include 14 Nobel Laureates, two Fields Medalists in mathematics, 14 Pulitzer Prize winners, 35 “genius grant” MacArthur Fellows, two U.S. Poets Laureate, and 24 recipients of Presidential and national medals. Today, Woodrow Wilson seeks to build upon this legacy of excellence. It administers a portfolio of fellowships intended both to strengthen American education and to address urgent contemporary challenges.

The following offered fellowships include:

• Mellon Foundation Fellowship – in access and opportunity
• The Woodrow Wilson MBA Fellowship in Education Leadership – in education
• The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship – in foreign affairs
• The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship – in religion and ethics
• The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship – in STEM teaching
• The Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship – in teaching
• The Woodrow Wilson Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color – in teaching
• The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies – in women and gender

For a quick overview of all offered programs, visit this page.