Nationally competitive award
Hertz Fellowship
The Hertz Fellowship awards up to five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000.
- Deadline
- October 30
- Opening date
- Late August 2026
- Award amount
- Up to five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000
- Up to five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000.
Overview
- College senior
- First-year graduate student
- Gap year preparing for graduate school
- Applied physical sciences
- Biological sciences
- Mathematics
- Engineering
- US citizen
- US permanent resident
- Must intend to pursue a PhD in applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics, or engineering.
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
- Contact information for four recommenders who will submit online evaluation questionnaires
- Transcripts (unofficial accepted for initial application
- official required if selected as a finalist)
- GRE Subject Test scores (optional
- foundation ETS code #4366)
- November 2: Recommender evaluation submission deadline
- Late November 2026: Notification of application status
- First round interviews take place in December and January
- February 2027: Second round in-person interviews for select finalists
- Late March 2027: Fellow selection
- April 2027: Selected fellows notified
- May 2027: Public announcement of selected fellows
- Fall 2027: Fellowship funding begins