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Skip to navigation [n] Skip to content [c] Skip to footer [f] Navigation Programs Civic Spring Project WW Teaching Fellowships WW HistoryQuest Fellowship WW MBA Fellowship in Education Leadership Indiana New Mexico Brewer Fellowship to Unite America Higher Education Media Fellowship Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award Mellon Foundation Fellowships Career Enhancement Junior Faculty Fellowship Career Enhancement Adjunct Faculty Fellowship Mellon Mays GAP Dissertation Grants Travel & Research Grants The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies About Mission & History Our Fellows Staff Leadership Board of Trustees Job Opportunities Solutions Giving Online Phone Mail Making a Bequest Contact Contact Staff Directory News News Publications WW Perspectives Contact Contact Staff Directory News News Publications WW Perspectives Donate My Application Search 27,000 Fellows: Nobel Laureates, national medalists, everyday heroes The Institute for Citizens & Scholars prepares leaders and engages networks of people and organizations to meet urgent education challenges. Which Program is right for you? WW Civic Spring Project The WW Teaching Fellowships The Woodrow Wilson HistoryQuest Fellowship The WW MBA Fellowship in Education Leadership Brewer Fellowship to Unite America Higher Education Media Fellowship Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award Mellon Foundation Fellowships The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship The WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies WW Civic Spring Project WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . The Civic Spring Project will use the summer months to increase civic knowledge, skills, and engagement by creating incentives, support, and rewards for locally defined youth civic engagement initiatives aimed at meeting acute needs. Learn More Apply Now The WW Teaching Fellowships WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . The WW Teaching Fellowship program recruits and prepares the nation's best and brightest recent graduates and career changers with STEM backgrounds to teach in middle and high school science and math classrooms. It also works with university partners to change the way these top teacher candidates are prepared, focusing on an intensive full-year experience in local classrooms and rigorous academic work. The WW Teaching Fellowship is currently recruiting in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A few 2021 Fellowships still available. Apply now! FAQ Application Info & Deadlines Teacher Certification Get More Info Learn More Apply Now The Woodrow Wilson HistoryQuest Fellowship WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . The Woodrow Wilson HistoryQuest Fellowship offers professional development for middle and high school American history teachers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The program aims to use the power of games, play, and digital tools to transform both teacher practice and student engagement. In the long term, it may also provide a new disciplinary resource for university-based teacher preparation. FAQ Learn More Apply Now The WW MBA Fellowship in Education Leadership The Woodrow Wilson MBA Fellowship in Education Leadership recruits and prepares outstanding leaders for schools and districts in participating states, with an integrated business and education curriculum, a focus on intensive in-school experience, and ongoing mentoring. Through this approach, the WW MBA Fellowship also seeks to create a new gold standard for the preparation of education leaders. Indiana New Mexico Learn More Apply Now Brewer Fellowship to Unite America WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . The Brewer Fellowship to Unite America brings together leaders from across the political spectrum for a series of professional and capacity-building opportunities. Developed in partnership with Cultivate the Karass and supported by the Unite America Fund, the Brewer Fellowship will be a deep fellowship experience, supporting the personal and professional growth of Fellows as well as strengthening the democracy-reform field. 2020 Fellows Learn More Apply Now Higher Education Media Fellowship WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . The Higher Education Media Fellowship, sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, aims to increase the number of journalists with the tools and networks to provide richer and more comprehensive coverage of postsecondary education, particularly career and technical education. Fellows participate in a rich professional development program and complete a reporting project on topics related to postsecondary career and technical education. Application Instructions FAQ Fellows Learn More Apply Now Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . The Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award supports tenure-track faculty who have passed their midpoint review. Ten awards of $17,500 are anticipated this year. Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders’ research focuses on contemporary American history, politics, culture, and society, with emphases including but not limited to African American issues, women’s issues, and/or higher education, and their service addresses the need for a more inclusive, responsive academic culture on their campus for peers and students. Eligibility Application Information 2020 Fellows 2021 Fellows Learn More Apply Now Mellon Foundation Fellowships A small suite of programs at Woodrow Wilson offers support for graduate students, faculty members, and professionals who previously participated in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships. CEF: Adjunct Faculty CEF: Junior Faculty Mellon Mays GAP Dissertation Grants Travel & Research Grants Learn More Apply Now The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of work on Ph.D. dissertations dealing with ethical or religious values in fields across the humanities and social sciences. Eligibility FAQ Application Information 2021 Fellows Learn More Apply Now The WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies WW is now the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Learn more here . Since 1974, the Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies has been the only national program supporting original, significant, interdisciplinary doctoral dissertations on women’s issues. Eligibility FAQ Application Information 2021 Fellows Learn More Apply Now The Institute for Citizens & Scholars is the new name of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Learn more about the new name and expanded mission here . Through its array of programs, the Foundation has been privileged to support the development of more than 27,000 leaders —teachers and scholars, leaders and businesspeople, artists and innovators. They include 16 Nobel Laureates , 42 MacArthur Fellows , 21 Pulitzer Prize winners, 27 recipients of Presidential and national medals , more than 100 College and University Presidents , and many others. Learn more about our Fellows Play New name and expanded mission Featured Fellow Erica Armstrong Dunbar MMUF ’03 Erica Armstrong Dunbar CEF ’03 is the Charles & Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University, and the author of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge , a finalist for the National Book Awards. Jill Lepore CN ’93 Jill Lepore CN ’93 is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. and a staff writer at The New Yorker . James McPherson WF ’58 James McPherson WF ‘58, the George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University, and received a Pulitzer P...