Soros Fellowship for New Americans Announces 2025 Recipients
Four current Yale Law School students and one incoming student have been named 2025 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans4.
Current Law School students Ibrahim Dagher ’27, Tal Feldman ’27, Brian Reyes ’27, Summia Tora ’27 and incoming student Eshika Kaul ’28 are among 30 recipients of the fellowship, which supports outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing graduate education in the United States.
Fellows were selected for their potential to make significant contributions to the United States. They will each receive up to $90,000 in financial support for their graduate studies.
New Fellows were selected from a pool of more than 2,600 applicants nationwide and represent the remarkable contributions and potential of New Americans across a range of fields, from medicine and law to engineering, literature, computer science, public service, and the arts, according to the Foundation.
“This year’s class of Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows represents the extraordinary promise of New Americans and the vital role they play in driving innovation, discovery, and progress,” said Craig Harwood, Director of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. “We are proud to support these exceptional individuals as they pursue their academic and professional goals.”
Read biographies of the new Soros Fellows5
The 2025 Fellows, who were chosen through a rigorous selection process led by distinguished leaders in their fields, hail from all over the United States and world. They include researchers developing lifesaving medical treatments, legal scholars shaping policies for a more just society, active military officers working on medical and engineering degrees, and writers whose work fosters cultural understanding.
Now in its 27th year, the Fellowship has supported more than 800 individuals whose work is shaping and enriching American society, according to an announcement from the foundation.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans4 was founded in 1998 and selects Fellows based on their achievements, potential to make meaningful contributions to their fields and communities, and dedication to the ideals of America represented in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, according to the foundation.
