GET READY TO APPLY: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, 2027
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Apply on their own site: https://pdsoros.org/application-process/
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/pd-soros-fellowship-new-americans-2027
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
A long application, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] enrolling full time at a graduate or professional programme in the United States for 2027-2028
[ ] 30 or younger on the application deadline
[ ] a bachelors degree by autumn 2027
[ ] a New American: a naturalised citizen, a green card holder, a refugee or asylee, someone adopted and granted citizenship, or someone born abroad who finished both high school and college in the United States. The child of immigrants route requires both birth parents to have been born outside the United States as non citizens
[ ] not already past the second year of the graduate programme, and not on an executive, joint bachelors and masters, or certificate programme

2. WHAT TO GET READY
[ ] References (Ask your referees now and send them the listing. Give them time.)
[ ] Essay, statement or proposal (Answer the question they ask, in your own words, with real examples.)
In their words: "Online application with essays and references. There is an eligibility quiz on the site before you start"

3. DATES
- Closes 29 October 2026, in 7 days.
- On the date, the listing says: 29 October 2026 at 2pm ET
- Ask your referees today. Others need time to write and send. (our advice)
- Aim to send it by 26 October 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. (our advice)

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