The application for the 2025 Hertz Fellowship is now open through November 1, 2024.
The Hertz Fellowship is awarded annually to the nation’s most promising graduate students in science and technology. Using a rigorous, merit-based process, the Hertz Foundation identifies innovators with the greatest potential to create transformative solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges.
The Hertz Fellowship compensation package includes a cost-of-education allowance and a personal stipend valued at up to $250,000.
All eligible applicants must:
- be college seniors, first-year graduate students, or in a gap period preparing to apply to graduate school;
- intend to pursue a PhD in the applied physical and biological sciences, mathematics, or engineering;
- intend to direct their studies toward understanding and solving major, near-term problems facing society; and
- be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Information Session
TODAY, August 29, at 6:00 PM ET, Hertz Fellows Amani Maina-Kilaas, Maddie Urbanek, and Jennifer Schloss will take part in an online information session to share details about this unique doctoral funding opportunity and provide advice to prospective applicants to help them prepare their best application package.
If you have any questions, please reach out to fellowshipinfo@hertzfoundation.org.