The application for summer 2026 will open in fall of 2025.
- The Foundation’s guidelines and Instructions for the application are available here in .pdf format.
- The applicant portal above contains specific instructions about how to apply, including, new this year, how to register and create an account prior to filling in an application form.
- The service provider, Giving Hub, provides detailed instructions about how to create an account.
- If you experience any issues, please contact Giving Hub’s Help Desk at givinghub.zendesk.com.
- Here is a Visa Specific Form in PDF format. (links to https://grassfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/VisaSignaturePage.pdf) that needs to be countersigned by the home institution for certain visa types (H1 B, F1, E3 or TN visa).
Note: Instructions, or other online references to the Fellowship, may refer to an older PDF application. We have prepared the application carefully, but on occasion there may be a mismatch between fields in the application and instruction. Use common sense, and contact us should any confusion arise.
Please be aware that the MBL equipment site on the budget template (https://www.mbl.edu/services/research-svcs/apparatus) has migrated to https://www.mbl.edu/research/resources-research-facilities/laboratory-operations .