About the Program

This fellowship program honors the American immigrant tradition. It has, since 1998, provided 30 fellowships annually to New Americans - naturalized citizens or "green card" holders, or children of naturalized citizens.

There are now 445 New Americans who are Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows. Many have already achieved great success and recognition for their achievements.

Each fellowship provides up to $90,000 in support of graduate study over two years in any field at any degree-granting institution in the United States.

Fellowships are awarded on the basis of a rigorous national competition that typically attracts between 850 and 1,000 applicants. Selection criteria emphasize sustained accomplishments that show unusual creativity, originality and initiative. We seek individuals who will use their graduate education to advance their abilities and commitment to contribute to American society and to be active citizens in a free country.

We hope visitors with widely varying interests will find rewarding material on this site.

Are you a potential applicant for the 2013 Fellowship competition?

Please bear with us while we make major changes to the website and introduce a brand-new streamlined application system. We expect that the new system will be up and running by July 1, 2012. In the meantime, you can learn about eligibility and selection criteria, interviews, and frequently asked questions by visiting the 2012 Fellowship Competition.

Are you interested in learning more about the Fellowship program?

Please visit the overview section for information about the history, governance, and administration of the program.

In addition, you can click here to see brief video discussions of the program featuring Paul and Daisy Soros and the Program Director and Director Emeritus.

Are you a Soros Fellow or alum interested in finding or learning more about other Fellows?

Click here to get to the "alumni log-in" page. If you don't have a log-in name and password, contact Yulian Ramos.

Would you like to see bios and pictures of the class of 2012 Fellows?

Please click here to learn more about the stories of these exceptional New Americans.

Are you interested in viewing 3-4 minute video profiles of Soros alums?

Click on this link to see stories of immigration and professional achievement.

Our Mission

The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The Program is established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family.

News & Updates

Shantanu Gaur's (2009) medical device start-up was recently featured on NPR.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer gave a great review on Christine Lamprea's (2012) performance on April 18^th with the New England Conservatory Philharmonia.
Jonah Lalas' (2010) team won the Northwest Regional Championship for the American Association for Justice’s national mock trial competition.
Check out the press release announcing the selection of the Class of 2012.
On March 29 the Senate confirmed Julissa Reynosa (1999) as Ambassador to Uruguay.
On the same day, Vineet Singal (2012) was presented with the Immigrant Youth Achievement Award by the American Immigration Council in Washington, DC.
Ayisha Kalin, our program assistant, had a baby girl—Anais Catherine--on March 28^th.
David Hong is filling in for Ayisha in April and May.
Vanara Taing (2010) was part of a Story Corps team that won a Peabody Award for stories related to 9/11.
Indra Sen (2012) is featured in an article at http://www.georgetown.edu/news/indra-sen-wins-2012-soros-fellowship.html
Christine Lamprea (2012) debuts at Boston’s Jordan Hall on April 18, playing the Samuel Barber cello concerto.
Marisol Leon (2012) was named “Rising Star” at the Yale Latino Alumni Reunion.
David Reshef (2011) and Pardis Sabeti (2001) published “Detecting Novel Associations in Large Data Sets” in the December 16, 2011 issue of Science.