The Grant Desk - Fellowships, Remote & Worldwide, weekly digest

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2027/28 (HKD 344,400 a year for up to three years; 400 fellowships, practice-led art PhDs included) (closes 1 Dec)

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:01:42 +0000

Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, with eight Hong Kong universities
Deadline: 1 Dec 2026, 12:00 Hong Kong time
Award: Annual stipend of HKD 344,400 (about USD 44,150) plus a conference and research travel allowance of HKD 14,400 a year, for up to three years (2026/27 rates as published by the RGC). Some universities add top-ups: HKBU lists a HKD 40,000-a-year Elite Scholar Award for three years, a further HKD 20,000 travel top-up, four years of tuition waiver and two years of guaranteed accommodation. 400 fellowships for 2027/28.

The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, run by the Research Grants Council, funds around 400 new full-time PhD students a year at eight Hong Kong universities, in any discipline, including AI, computing and data science programmes and practice-led art research (Hong Kong Baptist University's Academy...

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USHMM Simon-Skjodt Center: Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Research Fellowship 2027-28 (USD 20,000-30,000) (closes 13 Dec)

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:01:42 +0000

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide
Deadline: 13 Dec 2026, 23:59 EST
Award: USD 20,000 for PhD students; USD 30,000 for researchers within 5 years of their PhD; plus travel to one Washington DC workshop. No application fee stated.

The Simon-Skjodt Center funds policy-relevant research on preventing genocide and mass atrocities, from any discipline. Fellows work non-residentially for a year and present at a workshop in Washington, DC.

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Knight Science Journalism Academic-Year Fellowship 2027-28 (MIT) (closes 9 Jan 2027)

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:01:42 +0000

Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT
Deadline: 9 Jan 2027
Award: USD 87,500 stipend over 9.5 months, plus USD 5,000 for travel and housing, health insurance and a childcare subsidy. No application fee.

An academic-year fellowship at MIT for journalists covering science, health, technology or the environment, with seminars, MIT and Harvard courses and a self-directed study project.

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Pantheon: Research Fellowship in robot learning (remote, USD 6,000/month) (rolling)

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:01:42 +0000

Pantheon
Deadline: Rolling, apply any time
Award: USD 6,000 per month stipend (about USD 12,000 to 18,000 over the fellowship) plus enterprise-level compute for experiments. No application fee.

Pantheon, which builds general-purpose robot models, runs a remote research fellowship in which each fellow leads a project on an open problem the team meets while training and evaluating its models; strong results are folded into the next generation of those models.

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GAIN SSA: AI Safety Essentials Fellowship (inaugural cohort)

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

GAIN SSA (Global AI Youth Network, Sub-Saharan Africa) · deadline 08 Nov 2026 · Micro-grant pool funding top capstone proposals at USD 500 to 1,000 each (capped at USD 1,000), usable for compute access, communication work such as Substack Pro subscriptions for writers, or travel to AI alignment conferences in Sub-Saharan Africa. The fellowship itself is free to attend (no participation fee, no application fee); no stipend is paid during the program.

Internet Society Fellowship Program 2027

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Internet Society · deadline 18 Dec 2026 · Project stipend of up to USD 5,000 (upon submission and approval of the project budget), plus travel support to attend a global or regional Internet event and a dedicated mentor aligned with the project area. No application fee.

KU Leuven AI Safety Lab: Visiting Fellowships 2027 (Leuven)

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

KU Leuven AI Safety Lab · deadline 31 Oct 2026 · EUR 2,000 per month for three months, covering accommodation and living costs, plus office space, library access and KU Leuven facilities. Five fellowships. No application fee.

The Open Notebook Early-Career Fellowship 2027 (remote)

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Open Notebook · deadline 31 Oct 2026 · USD 6,600 stipend over the twelve-month part-time fellowship, plus one-on-one mentoring from an experienced science journalist and published clips at The Open Notebook. No application fee.

Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships 2027/28 (Lisbon)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study (GIAS), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation · deadline 15 Oct 2026 · Up to 15 fellowships a year. Each covers travel costs, travel and health insurance, a monthly stipend and a partial housing subsidy; the stipend level is set at selection based on CV and length of stay. No application fee.