Global Funding for Students
A directory of funding sources for global engagement for Tufts students. If you know of an internal funding source that you would like added to this list, please contact us.
Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize
The Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize is an incentive award that enables the recipient(s) to undertake a research project, internship, volunteer activity, or plan of study in any field involving international issues. Application deadline is typically in February.
Career Center Summer Internship Grants
The Career Center funds over 50 undergraduate students each summer doing unpaid internships for a minimum of 300 hours. These funds offer students the opportunity to explore career fields and gain experience. Application deadline is typically in March.
Initiative For Global Leadership - Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship
The Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship educates, mentors, and motivates aspiring social entrepreneurs at Tufts. Empower provides financial support to undergraduate and graduate students to gain practical skills through experiential learning in social entrepreneurship. Empower helps students develop the attitudes, skills, and knowledge necessary to pursue business ventures that do well and do good through mentorships with alumni and other skill-building opportunities. To get involved, contact Heather Barry, Special Adviser for Global Strategy
IR Undergraduate Research Fellows Program
The IR Undergraduate Research Fellows Program is designed to foster excellence in scholarly research and creative inquiry by sponsoring semester-long research assistant positions for undergraduates working with Tufts IR Core Faculty members on the faculty member's research. Application deadline is typically in February.
Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Program
The Laidlaw Scholarship funds undergraduate students over the course of two consecutive summers to pursue a research project of their choosing. Projects may have an international focus, in which case scholars could spend all or part of their second summer researching abroad. Application deadline is typically in February.
Lily Glidden Award
The Lily Glidden award aims to clear financial obstacles that keep a student from pursuing a dream, in the U.S. or internationally, to explore and learn about the interconnected life on our planet. This award is open to graduate and undergraduate students. Application deadline is typically in February.
Montague Travel Grant
MFA students may apply for a Montague Grant to travel to international locations prior to the completion of their degree. Applications are reviewed twice a year by a committee of two graduate advisors, the Associate Director of Graduate Programs, and the MFA Program Director. Application deadlines are typically in October and January.
Summer Scholars Program
The Summer Scholars program funds rising juniors and seniors to pursue ten-week independent research projects. Application deadline is typically in March.
CIERP Internship Fund
The Strategic Internship Program provides funding and support for specially organized internships around the world each summer, many of which would otherwise be unpaid. Contact CIERP for more details.
CIERP Student Travel and Experiential Learning Fund
This fund provides financial assistance to CIERP students undertaking research travel or participating in conferences. Contact CIERP for more details.
Institute for Business in the Global Context Global Research Fellowship
Drawing upon the deep contextual understanding of the Fletcher student body, the Global Research Fellowship (GRF) provides a unique opportunity for students to conduct immersive on-the-ground research across the globe.
Institute for Business in the Global Context Experiential Learning Fund
ELF offers Fletcher degree candidates the opportunity to apply for funding in support of original research objectives, including coursework, business plans, and thesis or dissertation projects. Application deadlines typically in December (winter break travel), February (spring break travel), and April (summer travel).
Institute of Human Security Fellowship
The Human Security Fellowship is designed to encourage young scholars focused on the human security agenda to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or field-based research in human security and related fields. Consistent with our goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars and practitioners, this program provides support for one year of dissertation research and writing in human security and related topics in politics, economics, law, security, nutrition, and health. This award is for doctoral students only. Application deadlines are typically in November and March.
Institute of Human Security Research and Travel Grants
The Leir Institute offers travel and research grants to support Fletcher doctoral and Master’s students focused on the human security agenda who either require funds to conduct field research or travel to a conference in which the applicant is presenting a paper or speaking on a panel. Application deadline is typically in January (spring travel), May (summer and fall travel), and October (winter travel).
GSBS Student Enrichment Fund
The GSBS Student Enrichment Fund helps defray the cost of attending a meeting, course, seminar or workshop. Application deadlines are typically in September and March.
Global Health Programs Travel Grant
To help students offset the cost of international travel associated with a global health experience, the School of Medicine offers partial funding opportunities through the Global Health Travel Grant. Application deadline is typically in October.
Summer Research Fellowship
First-year medical students are offered the chance to apply for a summer research fellowship during the summer between their first and second year. Application deadline is typically in March.
Graduate Travel Support Program
The Office of the Provost offers limited travel support for graduate students seeking an academic degree (academic PhD or research-based Master’s) to support their career development. The program provides airline flight vouchers for domestic and international travel. Program is currently on hold.
Institute for Global Leadership Global Research
IGL encourages students to conduct original, policy-oriented research and projects that allow them to test their theories and assumptions on the ground. These projects often develop into significant projects and senior honors theses. Application deadlines are typically in October (spring break travel) and January (summer travel).
Institute for Global Leadership Internships
IGL sponsors a variety of internationally focused internships. Application deadline is typically in April.
Tufts Elephant Conservation Alliance
To further its mission of promoting elephant conservation through education, research, and service, the Tufts Elephant Conservation Alliance offers grants for Tufts student projects. Student projects must be sponsored by a faculty mentor. Collaborations between Tufts campuses or with other institutions of higher learning, conservation-driven non-profits, or corporations are encouraged. Student projects can be research, communication, education, art, or service projects that contribute to conservation and/or protection of African or Asian elephants. Application is on a rolling basis.
Fulbright US Student Program
The Fulbright grants support an individually designed study/research plan, artistic project, or English Teaching Assistantship that will take place during one academic year in a country outside the US. Fulbright grants are not restricted in field of study, and students and practitioners of the creative and performing arts are encouraged to apply. Application deadline is typically in October.
Gilman Scholarship
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. Gilman offers scholarships of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students of high financial need participating in credit-bearing abroad programs or internships. Application deadline is typically in October and March.