Fully funded

CMU Rales Fellows Program

Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Scholarship overview

The CMU Rales Fellows Program, made possible by the Norman R. and Ruth Rales Foundation, widens access to graduate STEM education by removing financial barriers and giving Fellows cohort-based support.

Fellows must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or DACA recipients; international students are not eligible.

Award Information

  • U.S. citizen, permanent resident or DACA recipient
  • Applying to an eligible full-time, in-person graduate STEM programme on the Pittsburgh campus in the College of Engineering, Dietrich College, Mellon College of Science or School of Computer Science (over 120 programmes: 85 master's and 38 doctoral)
  • Received a Federal Pell Grant or need-based aid as an undergraduate, or is a first-generation college student
  • Full tuition
  • Stipend for living expenses including housing and health insurance
  • Cohort onboarding, faculty mentoring, career coaching and internship preparation, leadership programming
  • Application opens September 1
  • Priority review deadline for master's and PhD: December 15 (2027 candidacy)
  • Application closes February 1
  • Finalist notification March-April; finalist visit March 14-15; intent to enrol by April 15
  1. Apply to a Rales-eligible CMU graduate programme.
  2. Complete the separate Rales Fellow Candidacy Application, including short essays on the Fellows attributes and a letter of recommendation.
  3. Candidates admitted to their programme are considered for selection.

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Documents you will need

  • Short essays aligned with the Rales Fellows Attributes
  • Letter of recommendation

How selection works

Semi-finalists must first be admitted to their graduate programme; finalists are selected between February and April.

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