Planning Ahead

The following list indicates the years in which you are eligible to apply for specific merit fellowships and scholarships. Clicking on the name will bring you to a short description of each fellowship and scholarship.  Please visit the Planning Calendar for a comprehensive list of fellowship and scholarship deadlines.  There is a nomination process involved, so please be sure to contact the Office of Academic Advising the semester before fellowship and scholarship deadlines. 

Please note: most of these fellowships and scholarships are awarded for the next academic year. Organizations begin to update competition dates in the spring and summer.  We will update these deadlines as information becomes available.

First-Year Applications

Sophomore Year Applications

Boren Scholarship

DAAD

Goldwater Scholarship

EPA GRO

Morris K. Udall Scholarship

Junior Year Applications

Boren Scholarship

DAAD

Goldwater Scholarship

Truman Scholarship

Morris K. Udall Scholarship

Senior Year Applications

Boren Scholarship

Carnegie Junior Fellows Program

DAAD

Davies-Jackson Scholarship   

Fulbright

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship

James Madison Fellowship

Marshall Scholarship

Alumni Applications

(Please note:  For most of these opportunities there are age and graduation date cut-offs. Please visit the individual scholarship and fellowship websites for details.)

Carnegie Junior Fellows Program

Fulbright

Gates Cambridge Scholarship 

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Jacob K Javits Fellowships Program

James Madison Fellowship

Marshall Scholarship

Mitchell Scholarship

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Rhodes Scholarship