Udall Scholarship Campus Timeline
Please be advised that before we nominate you or endorse your candidacy for a fellowship competition, we will perform a conduct and academic honesty check to confirm that you are in good disciplinary and academic standing; a waiver that allows us to do so is part of the Prospective Applicant Form (available below).
Below is the 2025-26 campus schedule for the Udall Scholarship. All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. unless otherwise specified.
October 27: Both the Prospective Applicant Form and the Fellowships Preliminary Questionnaire (FPQ) due. Questionnaire is required to be considered for nomination and must be submitted before the first draft of the Udall online application. If it has been more than two academic semesters since you submitted an FPQ, please submit the FPQ Update. You do not need to do the entire FPQ again, unless you want to. Schedule a meeting with a fellowships advisor to discuss FPQ/Update.
December 2: Draft application and essay due for initial review. Submit application online; submit essay ONLY to our secure online portal. After submission, email us at urfellowshipsasst@ur.rochester.edu to make an appointment with the Fellowships Office.
January 20: Revised draft of complete Udall application and all three* recommendations due for campus committee review process.
*Ask your recommenders to click here to upload a letter of recommendation. Recommendation letter files should be named according to this format: Student Last Name_Udall Letter_Recommender Last Name (e.g., Smith_Udall Letter_Jones). Be sure to provide recommenders with Udall Scholarship Program overview and selection criteria. Reference letters should be submitted on letterhead with a current date and signature (pdf is preferred).
February: Udall Campus Nomination Committee meets to select nominees.
Schedule for Nominees
February 27, noon EST: Complete, final, revised Udall Scholarship application and final recommendation letters due for nominees.