McDonnell International Scholars Academy Fellowship Program 2025-2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 31, 2026

Applications are open for the McDonnell International Scholars Academy Fellowship Program 2025-2026. The McDonnell International Scholars Academy at WashU is an esteemed fellowship program that unites distinctive graduate college students from throughout the globe.

Dedicated to cultivating world leaders, the McDonnell Academy gives complete assist, immersive experiences, and dynamic platforms for sharing various views. By offering unparallelled alternatives for skilled improvement, management coaching, and group engagement, the McDonnell Academy empowers students to excel and innovate of their fields. Join in shaping a brighter future via excellence, collaboration, and transformative training on the McDonnell Academy.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Support: Scholars profit from a totally funded scholarship overlaying tuition, a beneficiant month-to-month stipend, skilled improvement funding, and a one-time relocation allowance. In addition, they acquire entry to in depth assets resembling networking alternatives, specialised workshops, unique occasions, and company showcases. These alternatives present invaluable insights, publicity, and connections that can considerably improve their skilled development.
• Leadership Development: Scholars have interaction in enriching studying alternatives which were specifically tailor-made to develop management expertise and to organize them to sort out complicated points with ingenuity and resilience.
• Community Living: Scholars have the OPPORTUNITY to reside in personal, trendy cohort housing inside strolling distance to campus, fostering a way of group and collaboration amongst fellow Scholars. 
• Mentorship by Renowned Faculty: Scholars accomplice with world-class school who present customized mentorship and steering to assist tutorial {and professional} improvement.
• Immersive Cultural Experiences: Scholars expertise life in vibrant St. Louis and take part in cultural occasions and actions with McDonnell Scholars & Alumni from greater than 70 tutorial applications and 50 worldwide establishments around the globe. Each 12 months, first- and second-12 months McDonnell Scholars journey to New York and Washington, D.C., the place they acquire enriching insights into enterprise, entrepreneurship, finance, media, and authorities.
• Communications Training: Scholars take part in specialised communication coaching programs to boost their interpersonal, presentation, and written communication expertise.
• Global Network: New students be a part of a various and vibrant group of students and alumni from throughout the globe, creating lifelong connections that bridge cultures and tutorial disciplines.

Eligibility

To qualify to apply for the McDonnell International Scholars Academy fellowship program:

• Applicants should submit an application to an eligible WashU doctoral or grasp’s diploma program. For most applications, candidates can submit their purposes to each the specified graduate program and the McDonnell Academy via the WashU graduate application portal. Application to the McDonnell Academy is separate from and along with an application to a graduate diploma program at Washington University in St. Louis.
• Applicants should have earned or plan to earn a bachelor’s diploma or greater earlier than the top of the 2025-2026 tutorial 12 months (July 2026). This fellowship just isn’t out there for undergraduate research.

Applicants from all home and worldwide establishments are welcome to apply! Priority is given to worldwide graduate candidates who’re graduates of one of many 30+ accomplice universities.

Application

To full your application, you will need to submit the next supplies:

• Personal essay – Write an essay, 750 phrases or much less, explaining why you need to be a McDonnell Scholar and the way the McDonnell Academy fellowship will affect your objectives and profession aspirations. 
• Short video – Record a two-minute video utilizing the offered prompts to assist them get to know you past your tutorial pursuits.

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For extra data, go to McDonnell Scholars Academy.