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PD Soros Fellowships
@PDSoros
A 90k graduate school fellowship founded by immigrants for immigrants & children of immigrants. #immigrantexcellence [Tweets/RTs ≠ Endorsement]
New York City
Joined September 2014
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    Today, we announced the 2026 Fellows—we hope you will read their incredible stories and learn about their work! Selected from 3,000+ applications, it was the most competitive year in our history.
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    ❗IT’S ANNOUNCEMENT DAY❗ We're proud to announce the 2023 #PDSoros Fellows! From nearly 2,000 applicants, these 30 graduate school students are immigrants or children of immigrants who will each receive up to $90,000 in funding. Meet the Fellows here ➡️ pdsoros.org/meet-the-class…
    A graphic that states "Announcing the 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows" with headshots of the 2023 Fellows with a blue translucent color between the images and the text.
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    We launch our application for the 2022 Fellowship on Tuesday! Let the immigrant and children of immigrants graduate students in your life know.
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    We're thrilled to announce the 2021 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows: 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—pursuing graduate school, who exemplify the extraordinary contributions of immigrants to the United States. 🗽🇺🇸🎓 pdsoros.org/meet-the-class…
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    The future is bright! Announcing the 2022 PD Soros Fellows: 🗽 30 immigrants & children of immigrants 🎓 Graduate students studying everything from medicine to music 🇺🇸 Selected for their potential to make significant contributions to the USA pdsoros.org/meet-the-class…
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    🎉 Drumroll, please! Meet the 2024 #PDSoros Fellows! 🗽 Selected from 2,300+ applicants, these 30 exceptional graduate students are changing the game in their respective fields. Click the link to get to know these trailblazers! #ImmigrantExcellence 🎓🎉 pdsoros.org/meet-the-class…
    "Announcing the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows" - header text on a bright blue graphic with the faces of all of the 30 new Fellows.
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    We're thrilled to announce our 2020 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows: 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—pursuing graduate school, who were each selected for their extraordinary potential to give back to the United States. pdsoros.org/meet-the-class…
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    Big news: our very own PDSoros Fellow ⁦@vivek_murthy⁩ will lead President-elect ⁦@JoeBiden’s ⁩ Covid-19 task force. Vivek is the former US Surgeon General.
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    “Immigrants have started more than half (319 of 582, or 55%) of America’s startup companies valued at $1 billion or more.” Just a friendly reminder!
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    Meet 2022 PD Soros Fellow Osaremen Okolo, the child of Nigerian immigrants, who is currently a policy advisor for public health & equity for the White House Office on COVID-19 Response. She'll start her PhD at Harvard this fall as a Presidential Scholar. pdsoros.org/meet-the-fello…
    Osaremen holds a copy of the New York Times announcement on the White House lawn.
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    Congratulations to PD Soros Fellow @NNkinsi, who matched at her #1 choice: Tacoma Family Medicine! Naomi, an MD/MPH student, was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon to parents who originated from the Democratic Republic of Congo. #MatchDay
    Naomi holds up a sign that says "I Matched!" - she is outside with water and grass behind her.
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    Congratulations to 2021 PDSoros Fellow, @a_almanakly! Aziza is the child of immigrants from Syria and is a graduate of @cooperunion and is now a PhD student in engineering and computer science at @MIT.
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    The best moment. 🗽🥼🩺❤️Congratulations @ChidiAkusobi! #MatchDay2022
    The moment I found out. Surrounded my by community. Eight years of my MD-PhD journey crystallized into this moment. My heart is so full 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 #MatchDay2022
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    $90,000 in #graduateschool tuition and stipend support? Sign me up! Watch our latest info. session, which features two of our current Fellows, to learn about how to apply for our #Fellowship program: