What are the application requirements for the Selected Professions Fellowship?

• Letters of Recommendation: Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation from advisors, professors, colleagues, or others who are academically or professionally familiar with the applicant, their work, professional qualifications, and academic background. Recommenders are encouraged to evaluate the applicant in relation to the fellowship selection criteria and support this assessment with specific examples.
  • Please provide a professional email address for the recommenders, rather than a personal one.
  • It is the applicants’ responsibility to remind their recommender of the application deadline in order for the application to be completed on time. An application will not be considered complete until the recommendations have been submitted.
  • Register the recommenders through your online application as early as possible in the application process. The application system will send each recommender a personalized link to submit the recommendation online.

• Proof of Degree: Copy of all degrees earned to date (required).
  • Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to at least a U.S. bachelor’s degree at the time of application. 
  • Applicants must upload copies of all diplomas/degree certificates for programs from which they have received a degree.  
  • The documents provided must correspond to the programs and institutions listed in the application and must include the applicant’s full name, the institution name, and the degree conferred.  
  • Applicants must submit translations for all degrees that were awarded in a language other than English. For the highest earned degree, a certified translation is required.
  • Applicants with an equivalent of a bachelor’s degree (particularly if the transcript or degree certification does not explicitly state it is a bachelor’s degree) must provide an official explanation from the academic institution or governing body, or submit a credential evaluation report form service like WES or ECE that clarifies the equivalency of your qualification to a bachelor’s degree. 

• Transcripts: Official transcripts confirming conferral of all degrees received (required).  
  • Applicants must upload copies of all official academic transcripts from all programs from which they have received a degree.
  • The transcripts provided must correspond to the programs and institutions listed in the application.
  • All transcripts must include the applicant’s full name, the institution’s name, the degree conferred, and the list of courses taken, and grades received. Transcripts must also include the name of coursework and grades from transfer courses, if applicable. If transcripts reflect transfer courses without grades, a transcript from the institution where courses were taken is required.
  • Applicants must submit translations for all degrees that were awarded in a language other than English. For the highest earned degree, a certified translation is required.
  • Applicants who studied at an institution that does not provide a transcript, or a list of courses taken, and grades received, or the degree did not require coursework, must provide an institutional letter affirming the same as well as the degree completion date.
  • If an applicant holds two degrees at the same level, such as two bachelor’s degrees or two master’s degrees, the most recently awarded degree will be considered the highest.

• Proof of admission or current enrollment in the program an applicant plans to pursue (if applicable):
  • Students who have been admitted to their program but not yet started:
    • Upload a copy of the official admission letter that indicates the anticipated start date of the program
    • Upload the official deferral approval for the 2027-28 academic year along with the official admission letter, if the applicant’s college or university admission was deferred (if applicable).
  • Students who are currently enrolled in their program: 
    • Upload official transcripts/course listings or an enrollment verification letter from the college or university in which the applicant is currently enrolled, if enrolled. All submitted documents must clearly state the applicant’s name and their institution’s name.
    • Upload the official deferral approval for the 2027-28 academic year along with the official admission letter, if the applicant’s college or university admission was deferred (if applicable).
  • Applicants who have applied to an institution but have not yet been accepted are not required to upload documentation in this section.

A certified English translation is required for all materials provided in a foreign language. Translations must bear a mark of certification or official signature that the translation is true and complete.