National Fellowship Deadlines

These are national deadlines;  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, 2024

Amgen Scholarship

February 1, 2024; see the US program at a glance guide for specifics. 

Astronaut Scholarship **

UR nominations due early March

Beinecke Scholarship **

February 14, 2024

Boren Graduate Fellowship

January 24, 2024

Boren Scholarship **

January 31, 2024, see Center for Education Abroad for details

Gaither Junior Fellowship ** (formerly Carnegie Jr. Fellowship)

January 15, 2024

Churchill Scholarship **

November 1, 2024

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)

November 1, 2024

CLS (Critical Language) Scholarship

November 14, 2023

Cultural Vistas Fellowship

December 11, 2023

DAAD EMGIP (Émigré Memorial German Internship Program)-Bundestag Internship

Program not funded for 2023-24

DAAD German Studies Research Grant

May 1, 2023, July 15, 2023, and November 1, 2023

DAAD RISE Professional

November 30, 2023 (letters of reference due December 15)

DAAD RISE Scholarship

November 30, 2024 

DAAD Study & Internship Program (SIP) in Germany

October 1, 2023 and February 15, 2024

DAAD University Summer Course Grant

December 1, 2023

DOE (Dept. of Energy) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

January 17, 2024

Emerson National Hunger Fellowship

January 26, 2024

FAO Schwarz Fellowship

February 1, 2025

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Program not funded for 2023-24

Fulbright U.S. Student Program**

October 3, 2024

Fulbright US-UK Summer Institutes Scholarship

February 1, 2024; see Fulbright website for details

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

October 11, 2023 (for US citizens)

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Dependent on your course – either December 5, 2023 or January 4, 2024; see Course Directory (for non-US citizens)

GEM Fellowship Program

November 8, 2024

Gilman Scholarship – Deadline for spring/summer/fall study**

October 10, 2024; see Center for Education Abroad for details

Gilman Scholarship – Deadline for summer & fall study**

March 6, 2025; see Center for Education Abroad for details

Goldwater Scholarship **

January 31, 2025, national deadline always the last Friday in January; UR campus deadline early December

Hertz Foundation Fellowship

October 27, 2023

HIA (Humanity in Action) Fellowship

Usually early January; sign up online to be notified when applications open

Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship (NOAA)

January 31, 2024

Humane Studies Fellowship 

Rolling deadline; see program website for details

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

January 12, 2024

John Lewis Fellowships

TBD; usually early January. Sign up online to be notified.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars

October 9, 2024

Marshall Scholarship**

September 24, 2024

McCall McBain Scholarship

September 25, 2024

MFA (Math For America) Fellowship

Each MFA program has its own deadline.

NDSEG (National Defense Science & Engineering) Graduate Fellowship

October 31, 2023

NIH (National Institutes of Health) GPP (Graduate Partnerships Program)

December 2, 2024; see also partner institution deadlines.

NIH Summer Internship Programs

March 1, 2024

NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship MD/PhD

December 1, 2023

NIH Oxford-Cambridge PhD

December 1, 2023

NIH UGSP (Undergraduate Scholarship Program) 

March 31, 2024

NPSC (National Physical Science Consortium) Fellowship, now referred to as Graduate Fellowship for STEM Diversity (GFSD)

December 29, 2023

NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Research Fellowship

October 15, 2024: Geosciences; Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy

October 16, 2024: Life Sciences

October 17, 2024: Engineering

October 18, 2024: Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Materials Research; Psychology; Social Sciences; STEM Education and Learning

NYWICI (New York Women in Communications, Inc.) Foundation Scholarship

Last Friday in January

Payne International Development Fellowship

October 24, 2024

Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

September 26, 2024

Princeton in Africa

October 27, 2024

Princeton in Asia

November 1, 2024

Princeton in Latin America

November 1, 2024; see their website for full announcement and updates.

Projects For Peace**

February 5, 2025

Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship

November 1, 2023

Rangel Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Program

TBD; usually early February

Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program

September 19, 2024

Rhodes Scholarship**

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.

Schwarzman Scholars Program**

September 12, 2024

Schwarzman Scholars Program**

Selection cycle for Aug 2025 program start, May 20, 2024 Deadline [for students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan]

Scoville Peace Fellowship

Spring 2025 fellowship–October 7, 2024
Fall 2025 fellowship–January 6, 2025

SMART (Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation) Scholarship

December 6, 2024

SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science) Program

February 1, 2024

Soros Fellowship

October 31, 2024

St. Andrew's Society of New York Graduate Study Scholarship**

December 15 of senior year

The Language Flagship

Varies by program

Truman Scholarship **

February 4, 2025

Tylenol Scholarship Program

August 1, 2024

Udall Scholarship**

February 29, 2024 (nomination deadline January 3, 2024)

Voyager Scholarship

March 27, 2024

Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics

December 29, 2023

Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships

Three deadlines per year in October, December and January.

Yenching Academy Scholarship**

HMT regions will be announced later in time via the Graduate School of Peking University website for UR Nominees from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (HMT)

December 3, 2023 for all other (non-HMT) UR Nominees