Inspired by his father’s study of neural networks, #UWAllen CS and Philosophy major @andreiskiii.bsky.social taught himself the subject on his way to enrolling in UW at age 15. He just won a @pdsoros.bsky.social Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. at MIT in #AI. pdsoros.org/fellows/andr... #HuskyExperience

Congrats to Devika Ranjan (SFS’17), a 2025 @pdsoros.bsky.social Fellow! Ranjan has used theater in conflict zones, worked w/ youth in Chicago & taught at Georgetown. She will continue a Ph.D. in performance studies at Northwestern to advance migrant advocacy.

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🎉 Meet the 2025 #PDSorosFellows!

Selected from 2,600+ applicants, each Fellow will receive up to $90K for grad school. The Fellows reflect the brilliance and promise of New Americans.

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Our new eligibility information session is available! If you’re consideing applying this year but aee unsure of eligibiltity, this session is for you. Questions? Let us know! youtu.be/RipZVxAQN2Y

Ready to apply for the 2026 PD Soros fellowship? We will launch our new application on April 9, 2026! If you are pursuing graduate school in the US and are an immigrant or the child of immigrants learn more: www.pdsoros.org

An important new study by #PDSoros Fellow @victorroy.bsky.social in JAMA Internal Medicine:

We’re kicking off our finalist interviews today! Wish them luck. We have 77 finalists and will select 30 PD Soros Fellows.

Interested in learning about immigrants and children of immigrants who are starting businesses? Meet some of our PD Soros entrepreneurs here:

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Here is the latest op-ed from PD Soros Fellow @nataliareyes.bsky.social who is part of our Public Voices Fellowship with The OpEd Project:

Big congrats to #PDSoros Fellow Sumeet Garg, a surgeon and professor of orthopedics at @cumedicalschool.bsky.social on the release of "Navigation, Robotics, and 3D Printing in Spine Surgery" this Friday! 📚 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

✨ New Documentary: Discover the inspiring story of our immigrant co-founder Daisy Soros, who at the age of 95, has empowered more than 800 immigrants & children of immigrants through the #PDSoros Fellowship.

🎥 Watch the new 20-min doc now: youtu.be/j9Fq2RI0k-4?...

Applicants: Thank you for your patience as we review applications. We will update you by mid-January. At that point, we will invite 77 applicants to be finalists. Those finalists will then take part in our virtual interviews in early February. We will announce our 2025 Fellows in April!

We are heartbroken to share the news of the passing of our founding director, Warren Ilchman, on Thursday. From the very beginning, Warren worked closely with the Soros family and our board of directors, shaping nearly every aspect of the fellowship during his more than a decade of leadership.

Physician-scientist Azucena Ramos shares more about her immigrant journey:

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The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provides merit-based funding for New Americans, immigrants and children of immigrants, who are poised to make significant contributions to US culture, society and academia.

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