Grants & Fellowships
Grants & Fellowships
Highlighted below are a few of the grants and fellowships available to Vassar alums. For more information on the Time Out Grant, contact timeoutgrant@vassar.edu. For more information on these and other fellowships, contact the Center for Career Education and visit the Fellowships website.
Time Out Grant
Over 30 years ago, a generous anonymous alum established the Time Out Grant to provide fellow alums the opportunity to change the trajectory of their lives. The Time Out Grant funds endeavors that are bold, innovative, and impactful. Through the decades, Vassar graduates have used this grant as a catalyst to step out of their comfort zone and create groundbreaking change.
Vassar Fellowships for Graduate Study
Intended for the pursuit of graduate study. Some awards are restricted to graduating seniors and recent graduates, others are restricted by field of study. View a list of awards.
The Maguire Fellowship
FOR STUDY ABROAD AFTER GRADUATION
Intended for recent graduates wishing to pursue their interest in the humanities abroad, this fellowship awards up to $25,000 to graduates with a well-developed proposal of study with a clear academic focus. Evidence of sufficient language skills and academic preparation to successfully undertake the proposed study must be presented as well as a clear articulation of how the Fellowship will further one’s future objectives.
The Ann Cornelisen Fellowship
FOR GRADUATING SENIORS AND RECENT ALUMS
This fellowship provides up to $18,000 to graduates who wish to study a current spoken language in any country outside of the United States, preferably in conjunction with an interest in sociology, diplomatic service, or international law. Applicants will ordinarily be enrolled in a formal foreign language program, though they need not have studied the language previously.
The Vassar W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts
Intended to provide a worthy young artist a minimum of $45,000 and the chance to be free after college to get on with their work as an artist, the Rose Fellowship is available to artists in the fields of writing, visual arts (including film), and music composition. Applicants must have demonstrated a creative talent during undergraduate study, must not be employed by the College, must not have attained substantial recognition in their field, and be under the age of 36. This fellowship is not intended for graduate study.
Nationally Competitive Fellowships
Vassar also supports alums who wish to apply to a variety of nationally competitive fellowships that require institutional endorsement or a campus process, including the following:
- Marshall Scholarship—for graduate study in the UK
- Rhodes Scholarship—for graduate study at the University of Oxford
- Fulbright Program—for study/research or teaching English
- Churchill Scholarship—for graduate study in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences at Churchill College, the University of Cambridge
- James C. Gaither Junior Fellows—for research assistant work at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
