Paying for graduate school can be difficult, especially in universities in the US where tuition is expensive. International students are not allowed to work off campus, which makes paying for graduate school harder for someone that has no income source for at least two years while they are completing their degree. However, there are a limited number of grants, fellowships and scholarships available for international students that make it easier to pay for graduate school. Qualifying for one of these grants will provide money for graduate school that can significantly reduce the burden of paying for school.

Below is a list of private organizations that provide funding for graduate school through scholarship programs. Some of these programs are very well known like the Fulbright Foreign Student Program and the Rhodes Scholarship.

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1. Organization of American States Fellowships
2. Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Program
3. Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships
4. American Foundation for Aging Research Fellowships
5. Entomological Society of America Awards
6. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Scholarships & Fellowships
7. Society of Exploration Geophysicists Scholarships
8. Geological Society of America Research Grants
9. Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation, Inc. Grants
10. The Fulbright Program
11. Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program
12. P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund
13. AAUW Educational Foundation International Fellowships
14. Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies
15. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
16. Kress Fellowship in Egyptian Art & Architecture
17. The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program
18. American-Scandinavian Foundation Awards
19. Franklin Mosher Baldwin Fellowships
20. IIASA Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship
21. Charles & Kathleen Manatt Democracy Studies Fellowship Program at IFES
22. American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) Visiting Research Fellowship
23. American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Fellowships
24. American Museum of Natural History Grants
25. American Numismatic Society Fellowships
26. American Philosophical Society Fellowships & Research Grants
27. W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research Fellowships in Ancient Near Eastern Studies
28. The American Center of Oriental Research (Amman) Fellowships
29. Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships
30. Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
31. American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
32. International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships
33. Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships
34. Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
35. Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women’s Studies
36. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Research Scholars
37. National Science Foundation Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research
38. Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program for the Americas
39. Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Processing
40. Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
41. Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants
42. Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship
43. Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
44. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Individual Grants
45. Cintas Fellowship for the Creative Arts
46. America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST)
47. Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network Grants, Scholarships & Fellowships
48. Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarships
49. The Rhodes Scholarships