Deadlines
National Fellowship Deadlines
These are national deadlines the University of Rochester deadlines are earlier.
Program descriptions for most fellowships below may be found under relevant class list:
** REQUIRES CAMPUS ENDORSEMENT
Fellowship Name | National Deadline |
|---|---|
American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) Fellowship | November 1, 2020 |
Amgen Scholarship | Various deadlines in February; see the US program at a glance guide for specifics. Summer 2021 program cancelled due to COVID |
Astronaut Scholarship ** | UR nominations due early March; exact date TBD |
January 26, 2021 | |
Boren Graduate Fellowship | January 27, 2021 |
February 3, 2021, see Center for Education Abroad for details | |
Gaither Junior Fellowship ** (formerly Carnegie Jr. Fellowship) | January 15, 2021 |
November 2, 2020 | |
CLS (Critical Language) Scholarship | November 17, 2020 |
Cultural Vistas Fellowship | December 11, 2020 |
DAAD EMGIP (Émigré Memorial German Internship Program)-Bundestag Internship | September 15, 2020 |
DAAD German Studies Research Grant | November 1, 2020 |
DAAD RISE Professional | December 15, 2020 |
DAAD RISE Scholarship | December 15, 2020 |
DAAD Study & Internship Program (SIP) in Germany | February 15, 2020 |
DAAD University Summer Course Grant | December 1, 2020 |
January 15, 2021 | |
DOE (Dept. of Energy) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship | January 7, 2021 |
Emerson National Hunger Fellowship | January 13, 2021 |
FAO Schwarz Fellowship | February 10, 2021 |
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship | December 17, 2020 |
October 13, 2020 | |
Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes Scholarship | Early February; see Fulbright website for details |
Gates Cambridge Scholarship | October 14, 2020 (for US citizens) |
Gates Cambridge Scholarship | Dependent on your course – either December 3, 2020 or January 7, 2021 (for non-US citizens) |
Gilman Scholarship – Deadline for spring/early summer study** | October 8, 2020; see Center for Education Abroad for details |
Gilman Scholarship – Deadline for summer & fall/academic year study ** | TBD; usually early March; see Center for Education Abroad for details |
Last Friday in January; UR campus deadline early December | |
Hertz Foundation Fellowship | October 23, 2020 |
HIA (Humanity in Action) Fellowship | Usually early January; sign up online to be notified when applications open |
Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship (NOAA) | February 1, 2021 |
Humane Studies Fellowship | December 1, 2020 |
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award | January 15, 2021 |
John Lewis Fellowships | TBD; applications open fall 2020. Sign up online to be notified. |
Josephine De Karman Fellowship | As a celebration of Theodore Von Karman's special relationship with California, only applications from final year PhD students currently enrolled at specific California universities will be accepted for the 2021-2022 academic year fellowship. |
September 25, 2020 | |
MFA (Math For America) Fellowship | Each MFA program has its own deadline. |
September 25, 2020 | |
NDSEG (National Defense Science & Engineering) Graduate Fellowship | November 2, 2020 |
NIH (National Institutes of Health) GPP (Graduate Partnerships Program) | December 1, 2020; see also partner institution deadlines. |
NIH Summer Internship Programs | March 1, 2021 |
NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship | December 1, 2020 |
NIH UGSP (Undergraduate Scholarship Program) | March 17, 2021 |
NPSC (National Physical Science Consortium) Fellowship, now referred to as Graduate Fellowship for STEM Diversity (GFSD) | December 15, 2020 |
NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Research Fellowship | October 19, 2020: Life Sciences |
NYWICI (New York Women in Communications, Inc.) Foundation Scholarship | Last Friday in January |
Payne International Development Fellowship | November 1, 2020 |
Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship | October 21, 2020 |
Princeton in Africa | October 28, 2020 |
Princeton in Asia | November 9, 2020 |
Princeton in Latin America | November 12, 2020 |
Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship | November 15, 2020 |
Rangel Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Program | February 9, 2021 |
Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program | October 14, 2020 |
First Wednesday in October each year | |
Rotary Global Grant Scholarship | Apply through local Rotary district; deadlines vary by district and may be 6-12 months in advance of intended graduate study start date. |
September 22, 2020 | |
May 20, 2020 (for students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) | |
Scoville Peace Fellowship | Spring 2021 fellowship–October 12, 2020 |
SMART (Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation) Scholarship | December 1, 2020 |
SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science) Program | Applications for 2021 will open in late fall. |
Soros Fellowship | October 29, 2020 |
St. Andrew's Society of New York Graduate Study Scholarship** | December 15 of senior year |
The Language Flagship | Varies by program |
Tylenol Scholarship Program | July 30, 2020 |
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics | January 19, 2021 |
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships | November 4, 2020; January 11, 2021; March 1, 2021 Deadlines specific to program |