Fellowships CalendarFall 2009
Fall 2009 Campus Pre-nomination Deadlines
Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell:
- April 30th: Fellowships Preliminary Questionnaire*
- June 30th: First draft of Fulbright project statement
- July 20th: First draft of Fulbright personal essay and online application
- July 30th: First draft of Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell essays and applications
- August 24th: Complete Fulbright application and recommendation letters
- August 31st: Complete Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell applications and letters
- September 14th-29th: Campus Interviews
SENIORS: If you plan to apply for a national fellowship with a fall deadline (e.g., NSF, Javits, Gates-Cambridge, Soros, Hertz, Ford, St. Andrew’s, Churchill) and would like advisement from the Director of Fellowships, you should complete the campus 2009-10 Fellowships Preliminary Questionnaire (FPQ) as soon as possible. E-mail your completed questionnaire to fellowships@mail.rochester.edu, and call 5-2354 to schedule an appointment with Belinda Redden to discuss your potential fellowship candidacy.
Churchill Scholarship:
- Complete Fellowships Questionnaire as noted above.
- Sept. 30th: Campus deadline for Churchill application and recommendation letters.
- Submit materials to Dean Suzanne O’Brien, Lattimore 317.
Information Meetings
Fall 2009:
- General Info Sessions, Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
- Tuesday, Sept. 22nd (sophomores - seniors), 4:00 pm
- Friday, Oct. 23rd (freshmen & sophomores), 12:30 pm
- Truman & Udall Scholarships (& other public service-oriented programs)
- Wednesday, October 21st, 3:30 pm, Wilson Commons, Gowen Room
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Sessions to be scheduled for November & December
Selected National Deadlines
PLEASE NOTE:
- * indicates UR nomination / endorsement required)
- Be sure to check program websites for confirmation of exact deadline.
- Programs requiring UR endorsement have earlier campus deadlines.
| Date | Deadline for: |
|---|---|
| 1 | * Marshall Scholarship |
| 5 | * Mitchell Scholarship * Rhodes Scholarship |
| 6 | * Gilman Scholarship (for spring 2010 study abroad) |
| 15 | Gates Cambridge Scholarship |
| 16 | * Fulbright (online application) |
| 19 | * Fulbright (hard-copy application) |
| 30 | Hertz Fellowship |
| Date | Deadline for: |
|---|---|
| 1 | DAAD Study Scholarship (applicants in visual & performing arts) * Soros Fellowship Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship |
| 2 | Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship |
| 2-12 | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (deadline varies by discipline) |
| 5 | National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowship |
| 10 | * Churchill Scholarship |
| 15 | DAAD Study Scholarship (applicants outside of visual & performing arts) |
| 30 | Glamour Top 10 College Women Prize |
| Date | Deadline for: |
|---|---|
| 7 | DAAD / RISE Scholarship (competition opens) |
| 15 | DAAD University Summer Course Grant * St. Andrew’s Society Graduate Scholarship * UNCF-Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship |
| 18 | Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics |
| 29 | NIH Graduate Partnerships Program Fellowship (biomedical sciences) |
| 31 | IHS Humane Studies Fellowship |