Scholarships for int'l students?

[DBear]

Does anyone know of programs like Fulbright that offer scholarships to foreign students pursuing graduate studies in the U.S.? 

 

[fuzzylogician]

Well, there's Fulbright. Some countries have NSF-equivalent scholarships, like SSHRC in Canada (for Social Sciences), the DFG in Germany, etc. When you get to the dissertation stage, you'll be eligible to apply for the NSF dissertation improvement grant. And there are occasionally field or goal-specific fellowships you might be able to apply for, like a grant that's specifically for archival work, or for documenting endangered languages, etc., but whether you are eligible will often depend on your research topic (and maybe nationality). You can look in The Bank to get some idea. Another option is to look at CVs of successful recent alums in your field who are not American and see what kind of funding they've gotten in the past. Your advisor might also know, though they also often have a way of not being aware of restrictions on international students. Unfortunately, as you may have already discovered, a lot of opportunities are unavailable to international students just because of their nationality.