Fellowships Calendar—Fall 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.
October
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
November
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
December
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

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