Faculty Fellowship Award Opportunities

North Dakota Fulbright Chapter

Started in 1946 and led by the U.S. Department of State in partnership with more than 160 countries, the Fulbright has helped to build mutual understanding and friendly relations — one by one and 400,000 times over — between Americans and the greater global community.

The North Dakota Fulbright Chapter, launched spring 2024, is an extension of the Fulbright Association, a network of Fulbright Program alumni and enthusiasts who support prospective applicants and awardees by promoting cultural exchanges around the globe for scholars, artists, researchers and other professionals.

For more information please contact Yee Han Chu, UND’s academic support and fellowship opportunities coordinator and Fulbright Program Advisor mentor.

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program

Since 2015, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program has supported high-caliber scholarship and research in the social sciences and humanities that address important and enduring issues confronting our society. The 2026 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows will mark the third year of the program’s focus on building a body of research focused on political polarization. Carnegie has committed up to $18 million to this effort over the three-year period.

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program is a continuation of the mission of Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Today, the foundation works to reduce political polarization through philanthropic support for the issues that Carnegie considered most important: education, democracy, and peace.

Please visit the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program website for information on eligibility and criteria for nomination. If you would like more information on the University of North Dakota's nomination process, please contact Randi Tanglen at Randi.Tanglen@UND.edu.

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

The Blavatnik Family Foundation, with the guidance of The New York Academy of Sciences, founded the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in 2007 to celebrate the innovative achievements of young postdoctoral and faculty scientists who work in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.

Unlike awards that honor scientists late in their careers, the Blavatnik Awards aim to identify and encourage promising young scientists early in their careers, when they are most in need of funding and recognition. The intense competition for funding presents a growing challenge for scientific researchers—those who receive financial support are in a better position to bolster their early research efforts and are more likely to identify solutions to the most complex scientific questions and to some of society’s most pressing problems.

Since the Awards’ inception, there have been more than 7,000 nominations from over 500 institutions. By the close of 2024, the Blavatnik Awards will have awarded prizes totaling over US$17.2 million and will have recognized 470 young scientists and engineers from 53 countries, working in 36 scientific and engineering disciplines. Over 50 companies have been formed by Blavatnik Awards honorees after recognition. The revolutionary ideas and advances of Blavatnik Awards honorees range from the wireless charging of smart cars, and smartphones that can sequence DNA, to gene editing techniques that correct disease-causing mutations and boost crop yield to better feed our world’s population.

For more information regarding the nomination process and eligibility criteria, please visit the Blavotnik National Award website. If you would like more information on the University of North Dakota's nomination process, please contact Randi Tanglen at Randi.Tanglen@UND.edu.

Past Faculty Affairs Initiatives

The University of North Dakota has previously participated in several global initiatives, such as the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Professional Fellows Program (YSEALI PFP), New Universities in Exile, and Scholars at Risk (SAR).

Contact

If you are interested in partnering with the University of North Dakota with a similar program, please contact Randi Tanglen, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, at und.facultyaffairs@UND.edu.