Fellowships are intended to give advanced level students the opportunity to further their knowledge and research in a specific area. They are often offered by Universities, Companies with an interest in furthering research in a field, and by some of the larger NGOs. Multilaterals also offer fellowships though these are uncommon. Fellowships can be paid or unpaid, many offer a stipend to candidates. Fellowships would normally require that a candidate has done a PhD, but others are open to those who have significant working experience in their field of expertise.

Below are a list of fellowships which might be interesting to those who want to pursue an ethical career. For more opportunities in research, see the "Researcher" section.

Human Rights Fellowships

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy - run Fellows Programs which bring together a diverse group of human rights practitioners, scholars and activists to conduct research on human rights policy, contribute to the Center's programs, and participate in broader dialogue with students, faculty and researchers in the Harvard community. The Carr Center offers two separate fellowship types: The Carr Center Fellowships for Academics and Scholars (non-stipendiary) and the
Carr Center Fellowships for Activists and Practitioners (stipendiary).

Human Rights First - Fellowships are offered to recent law school graduates. Helton Fellows and Bernstein Fellows will work in one of Human Rights First’s program areas either in New York or Washington DC for one year. The 2005 Equal Justice Works Fellow will work with Human Rights First's Asylum program in the New York Office for 2 years.

Human Rights Watch - offer fellowships to recent graduates of law schools of postgraduate programmes in journalism, international relations, or other relevant disciplines. Fellows work full time for one year at Human Rights Watch,
based in New York City or Washington, D.C. Past fellows have conducted fact-finding missions to, among other places, Albania, Bolivia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Israel, the Philippines, Russia, Tajikistan, and Venezuela.

The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa - fellows are usually qualified lawyers who come to the Institute to develop cases for submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Fellows receive a
modest stipend. The duration of the fellowship should is normally not less than three months.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR) - runs an Indigenous Fellowship Programme, which aims to give indigenous people the opportunity to gain knowledge in the field of international human rights in general and on indigenous rights in particular in order to assist
their organizations and communities in protecting and promoting the human rights of their people.

Reprieve - Each year, Reprieve conducts an annual open competition for a limited number of Reprieve Fellowships. These Fellowships are awarded to outstanding individuals with a proven commitment to capital defence work. The recipients start up projects or take up positions in not-for-profit host organisations in the United States or the Caribbean working on behalf of poor people facing the death penalty.