Hertz Fellowship
Website
https://www.hertzfoundation.org/the-fellowship/
Award Details
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 foundation identify innovators with the greatest potential to create transformative solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges. Successful applicants receive 5 years of PhD funding valued at up to $250,000.
Eligibility
All eligible applicants must:
- be college seniors, first-year graduate students, or in a gap year 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.
Fellowships are not awarded to applicants pursuing professional degrees other than a PhD, such as an MD, JD, MBA, DPH, or DVM. However, the Hertz Scholarship will support the PhD portion of an MD/PhD program.
Application Timeline
This award does not require instiutitonal endorsement from Mines.
The application opens annually in August.
Application deadline: October 2025
Mines Contact
Ashley Weibel
Assistant Director, Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships