Prestigious National Scholarships and Application Information

Award Name

Campus Deadline

National Deadline

University Nomination Required

Scholarship Advisor

(If no name listed, contact ESURC advising)

Amgen Scholars (summer STEM research)

N/A

February 1

No

AAMC summer undergraduate research programs (medical)

N/A

varies by program; most in January and February

No

Banyan Impact Fellows (one year in India, similar to Peace Corps)

N/A

February 28

No

Boren Scholarships (for undergrads);

Boren Fellowships (for grads)

N/A

Late January (for both Scholarships and Fellowships)

No

Education Abroad (primary);

Beth Polzin (secondary)

Churchill Scholarship  (Cambridge University, STEM)

October 15

November 3

Yes

Critical Language Scholarship

N/A

Tuesday of the week before Thanksgiving (annually)

No

Beth Polzin

DAAD (study and research in Germany)

N/A

varies

No

DojoGrants (life sciences research funding)

N/A

July 15

No

English Program in Korea (EPIK) 

N/A

early July (annually)

No

FAO Schwarz Fellowship

N/A

February 1 (annually)

No

Freeman in Asia (study abroad)

N/A

April 1 (annually)

No

Education Abroad (primary);

Beth Polzin (secondary)

Fulbright Canada-Mitacs Globalink Research Internship (summer)

N/A

late Sept (annually)

No

Elisa A Camiscioli

Fulbright UK Summer Institute

 N/A

Early February (annually)

No

Elisa A Camiscioli

Fulbright US Student (ETA and Research)

 Sept 1 (annually)

Mid-October (annually)

Yes

Elisa Camiscioli

Gaither Junior Fellows

 Dec 1 (annually)

January 15 (annually)

Yes

Stephen Ortiz

Gates-Cambridge Scholarship

 N/A

Based on eligibility (see webpage)

No

GEM Fellowship (STEM graduate school)

N/A

Second Friday in November (annually)

No

Goldwater Scholarship

Nov 15 (annually)

Last Friday in January (annually)

Yes

Christina Baer

Hertz Scholarship (for a STEM Ph.D. in the US)

N/A

TBA

No

Hollings Scholarship (NOAA)

 N/A

January 31 (annually)

No

Humanity in Action

N/A

Early February (annually)

No

JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching Program) (one-year, cultural ambassador and assistant language teacher)

N/A

TBA 

No

Knight Hennessey (Stanford)

Sept 15 (annually)

Mid-October (annually)

No

Lafayette Fellowship (one-year masters-level study in France)

N/A

TBA

No

Luce Scholarship

August 18 (annually)

Sept 15 (annually)

Yes

Beth Polzin

Marshall Scholarship

August 29 (annually)

Mid-Sept (annually)

Yes

Stephen Ortiz

Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

N/A

February 3 (annually)

No

McCall MacBain (Master’s and professional programs at McGill Univ. in Canada)

N/A

late September (annually)

No

Mitchell Scholarship

on pause indefinitely

on pause indefinitely

Yes

Stephen Ortiz

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Sept 22 (annually)

mid-October (see solicitation for deadlines by field)

No

Beth Polzin

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates

N/A

Mid-January to mid-March (annually)

No

Christina Baer

Obama Voyager Scholarship (two-year leadership development and scholarship program, for sophomores)

N/A

April 1 (annually)

No

Paul & Daisy Soros

N/A

Late October (annually)

No

Payne International Development Fellowship

discontinued as of 02/27/2025

discontinued as of 02/27/2025

No

Pickering Foreign Affairs Program

N/A

Mid-Sept (annually)

No

Princeton in Africa (similar to the Peace Corps)

N/A

late-October (annually)

No

Princeton in Asia (similar to the Peace Corps, one- or two-year opportunities)

N/A

November 1

No

Princeton in Latin America

N/A

Early November (annually)

No

PPIA Summer Institute

N/A

Mid-November (annually)

No

Quad Fellowship (IIE, STEM with social impact focus, graduate studies) 

N/A

March 3 (annually)

No

Rangel Graduate Fellowship

N/A

Late September (annually)

No

Rangel Summer Enrichment Program

N/A

Mid-February (annually)

No

ReNew Democracy

N/A

June 30 (annually)

No

Rhodes Scholarship

Sept 15 (annually)

Early October (annually)

Yes

Samuel Huntington Fellowship (One-year self-designed service project after graduation - often abroad)

N/A

early January (annually)

No

Samvid Scholars (two years of graduate funding, leadership development)

N/A

TBA

No

Schwarzman Scholars

N/A

Mid-Sept (annually)

No

Beth Polzin

SUNY Upstate Medical Summer Research Fellowship (SURF) (for undergrads)

TBD

late Feb (annually)

Yes

Whitni Redman

SUNY Upstate Medical Ph.D. and Prep-Up (post-bacc)

N/A

check the website

No

Whitni Redman

Truman Scholarship

Dec 4 (annually)

Early February (annually)

Yes

Stephen Ortiz

Udall Scholarship

N/A

early March (annually)

Yes

Beth Polzin

Urban Fellows

N/A

Mid-January (annually)

No

N/A

January 15 (annually)

No

Elisa A Camiscioli

N/A

TBA

No