How to Apply to Nationally Competitive Scholarships

 

1. Review the Recommended Awards List below. If you don’t see the award you seek, please email us.
2. Narrow 3 awards for which you are eligible and that fit with your educational and career goals.
3. Email us to Schedule a National Scholarship Discovery Appointment.

Scholarship (*requires nomination/endorsement)	Internal Application Deadline
Fulbright Graduate Study/Research and English Teaching Assistantship Grants in 140+ Countries (apply as Senior or recent graduate)	August 30, 2024 for Advising, Campus Interview, and Endorsement OR candidates may apply "at large"
Public Policy and Int'l Affairs Junior Summer Institute in the US (apply as Junior)	October 11, 2024
*Goldwater Undergraduate Scholarship for STEM Research Careers (apply as Soph/Jr)	November 15, 2024
*Truman Scholarship for Graduate School & Public Service Careers (apply as Junior)	November 15, 2024
Udall Native American Congressional Internship (apply as a Jr/Sr or Graduate Student)	November 15, 2024
US Dept of Defense Boren Awards for Foreign Language Study Abroad (apply as Soph/Jr/Senior or 1st yr Grad)	November 15, 2024
US Dept of State Foreign Affairs IT Graduate Fellowship (apply as Senior)	November 15, 2024
Fulbright Undergraduate UK Summer Institutes (apply as Fresh/Soph)	December 6, 2024
NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for NOAA-Related Science Initiatives (apply as Soph)	December 6, 2024
US Dept of State Rangel Summer Enrichment Program for Int'l Affairs Careers (apply as Junior)	December 6, 2024
Cobell Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship for Native Americans in All Disciplines (apply as current Undergraduate or Graduate student)	January 31, 2025
Humanity in Action Summer Fellowships for Social Justice Awareness Abroad (apply as current Soph/Jr/Sr/Graduate or recently graduated student)	January 31, 2025
James Madison Fellowship for Graduate School and Teaching of American Constitution and History (apply as Senior)	January 31, 2025
*Udall Undergraduate Scholarship for Native American Initiatives in Health, Policy, and the Environment (apply as Soph/Junior)	January 31, 2025
Voyager Undergraduate Scholarship for Public Service Careers (apply as Soph)	January 31, 2025
*Marshall (and other similar awards - Rhodes, Gates, Schwarzman, Knight-Hennessy - see separate URLs) Graduate Scholarship for Study in the UK (apply as Senior or recent graduate)	April 4, 2025
US Dept of State Pickering Fellowship for Graduate Study and Foreign Affairs Careers (apply as Senior or recent graduate)	April 4, 2025