Upcoming Information Sessions

Topic Time & Location
 Fulbright Grants for Study/Research Abroad  22 Feb 2012 at 2pm in UC 245
 Fulbright Grants for English Teaching Assistantships Abroad  29 Feb 2012 at 2pm in UC 245
 UK Fellowships Tea with Gates Cambridge Scholar  16 April 2012 at 4 pm in Stanford Master’s Apt.
 Harry S Truman Scholarship  18 April 2012 at 2pm in UC 245


Major Awards at a Glance

Award First Deadline
 Fulbright Scholar Program Grant  15 Aug 2011
 Gates Cambridge Scholarship  15 Aug 2011
 George Mitchell Scholarship  15 Aug 2011
 German Chancellor Fellowship  15 Aug 2011
 Marshall Scholarship  15 Aug 2011
 Rhodes Scholarship  15 Aug 2011
 Jacob K Javits Fellowship  30 Sept 2011
 Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship (Spring Programs)  4 Oct 2011
 Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship  31 Oct 2011
 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans  1 Nov 2011
 Barry M Goldwater Scholarship  11 Nov 2011
 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship  14 Nov 2011
 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program  14-18 Nov 2011
 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) Study Scholarships  15 Nov 2011
 Department of State Critical Language Scholarship  15 Nov 2011
 Harry S Truman Scholarship  21 Nov 2011
 Merage Foundation for the American Dream Fellowship  28 Nov 2011
 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellowship Program  1 Dec 2011
 Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service  1 Dec 2011
 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest  5 Dec 2011
 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship  16 Dec 2011
 Ernest F Hollings Scholarship  6 Jan 2012
 Echoing Green Fellowship Program  9 Jan 2012
 Udall Scholarship  17 Jan 2012
 Boren Undergraduate Scholarships  17 Jan 2012
 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award  17 Jan 2012
 ACCIAC Creativity and Innovation Fellowship  17 Jan 2012
 Thomas R Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship  30 Jan 2012
 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) for Summer Journalism Internship  31 Jan 2012
 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) RISE Internships  31 Jan 2012
 Boren Graduate Fellowship  31 Jan 2012
 Thomas R Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship  3 Feb 2012
 James Madison Memorial Fellowship  1 Mar 2012
 Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarships (Fall Programs)  1 Mar 2012
 Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund  1 Apr 2012


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Institutional Endorsement Deadline: August 15, 2011

The following major fellowships require institutional endorsement and have a campus deadline of August 15, 2011:

  The Fulbright Program  is the U.S. government’s flagship educational and cultural exchange program. The Fulbright Scholar Program Grants support an individually designed study/research plan, artistic project or English Teaching Assistantship that will take place during one academic year in a country outside the U.S.





 
  The Gates Cambridge Scholarship  enables outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a candidate’s intellectual ability, leadership capacity, and desire to apply talent and knowledge for the benefit of others by finding solutions to problems facing today’s world.


 
  The Marshall Scholarships  commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan and express the continuing gratitude of the British people to their Americancounterparts. Up to 40 Marshall Scholars are selected each year to study at the graduate level at a U.K. university in any field of study. 



 
  The George J. Mitchell Scholarships  support one year of graduate study in any discipline offered by an institution of higher learning in Ireland or Northern Ireland. The scholarship is intended to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership and commitment to public service and community.


 
  The Rhodes Scholarship  was initiated in 1902 to bring outstanding students from around the world to pursue graduate study at the University of Oxford.  Candidates must be U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 from and hold a bachelor’s degree by October 2011.