The Gateway Fellowship Program

Gateway priority preference deadline: March 1, 2025 

Gateway final deadline: 5PM PST April 1, 2025 

In collaboration with the UC Berkeley Graduate Division, International House offers Gateway Fellowships, providing Academic Year awards to graduate students at UC Berkeley. Priority is given to new incoming students who demonstrate financial need.

Award recipients receive a full academic year of single-occupancy room and board at International House, tuition and fees covered by their academic department, along with a $5,000 stipend from the University of California Graduate Division. To qualify for this award, applicants must be admitted to UC Berkeley for the upcoming academic year, be able to reside in a single-occupancy room at International House, and be nominated by their academic department. For more information, visit ihouse.berkeley.edu/gateway.

Graduate students who are returned Peace Corps students and international students who are citizens of or have a strong connection to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Norway are especially sought to best meet donor preferences. Ph.D. students in physics or astrophysics or related (U.S. or international) are also sought.


We begin accepting nominations in January with a priority preference deadline of March 1. Nominations may be submitted on a rolling basis through April 1 if all Gateway priority preferences have not been satisfied.


Questions? Email: financialaid@ihouseberkeley.org(link sends e-mail)

The 2024-2025 Gateway Fellows

Named Fellowship

Recipient Name

Country

Area of Study

Chevron-Xenel PhD

Sarah Gomes

Bangladesh

Electrical Engineering

Eltoukhy East-West

Sameeha Atout

Palestine

Anthropology

EWJ

Veronica Sison

Philippines

South and Southeast Asian Studies

Carl & Betty Helmholz

Juan Bautista Bardi

Argentina

Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

Allan & Kathleen Rosevear Gateway

Xiangyuan (Peter) Ma

Canada

Astronomy

Adrian Hao Yin Ü

Haoyu Wang

China

Earth and Planetary Science

Egon & Joan von Kaschnitz Gateway Fellowship

Atang Peloewetse

Botswana

Chemistry

Open Gateway

Sophie Manfredi

Canada

Anthropology

Rafael Rodriguez/Golden Age

Githmi Kavya Rabel

Sri Lanka

Sociology

Previous Gateway Fellows

International House is a laboratory for a new kind of experiment – the day-to-day practice of international fellowship among men and women.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., I-House Benefactor

The Rafael Rodriguez/Golden Age Fellowship is a similar fellowship for one- to two Ph.D. students each year. Nominations are submitted by the student’s department to the Graduate Division.  For information, visit: ​http://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/apply/(link is external), and check the departmental deadline on http://grad.berkeley.edu/programs/list/(link is external)