Assistance program
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
$37.3 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- State, Department of, State, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants);Project Grants (Fellowships)
- CFDA number
- 19.013
- What it does
- As authorized by authorizations stated above. Pickering Program offers only graduate fellowships. The purpose of the program is to attract outstanding students who represent all ethnic and social backgrounds and who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. This program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. These programs develop a source of trained men and women, from academic fields representing the skill needs of the Department who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Assistance supports activities and financial obligations such as tuition costs, student travel, program administration costs and other costs as they relate to the administration of the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program.
- Authorized by
- Section 150 - 1990-1991 Department of State Authorization Bill
- State Dept Basic Authorities Act of 1956
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments