[hapanin]

This is the most flattering wet blanked I've been smothered with, so I'll take it. As Douglas Adams has pointed out, there is a distinction between the qualifications to perform and the qualifications to be selected.

The only Fellowship I know of that funds US grad school applicants but also allows PR would be the Hertz Fellowship[1]. It permits "gap year" students, so depends whether that applies to you. I think Hertz is significantly more competitive than GRFP.

[1] https://www.hertzfoundation.org/the-fellowship/eligibility-b...