Fellowships
Get Started: Fellowship Opportunities and Deadlines
The website of each fellowship-granting program always contains the official and most up-to-date information. This curated collection contains many of the top nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships.
Fellowship Directory
Review the following selected nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships to find opportunities that connect with your class year and your academic/professional trajectory. Beyond the official website, you can learn more about specific fellowships during targeted information sessions. Most fellowship application deadlines are in the early fall, so many of these sessions take place during the spring and summer and are noted on the CCPD event calendar.
Fellowship Deadlines
Current year deadlines are listed here, but it’s always a good idea to double-check the individual fellowship websites, as some deadlines do change after initial publication.
Boren Fellowship (graduate): January 26, 2022
Truman: January 17, 2022 (internal qualification)
Boren Scholarship (undergraduate): February 2, 2022
Udall: February 2, 2022 (internal qualification)
Madison: March 1, 2022
Sumners: April 19, 2022 (5 p.m.)
Mitchell: September 1, 2022 (internal qualification)
Marshall: September 1, 2022 (internal qualification)
Rhodes: September 1, 2022 (internal qualification)
Fulbright: September 2022 (internal qualification)
Schwarzman: September 2022
Pickering: September 2022
Rangel: September 2022
Gilman: October 2022
Knight-Hennessy: October 2022
Gates Cambridge Scholarship: October 2022 (US citizens residing in the US)
Soros: October 2022
NSF GRFP: October 2022
- Life Sciences: October 2022
- Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Materials Research, Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning: October 2022
- Engineering: October 2022
- Chemistry, Geosciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy: October 2022
Payne: November 2022
CLS: November 2022
Goldwater: December 1, 2022 (internal qualification)
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships: December 2022
Additional Funding Opportunities
Additional funding opportunities for graduate study and other professional pursuits exist beyond these fellowships:
James Robert Andrews Endowed Fellowship: Awarded to a Southwestern student for the first year of graduate study, the fellowship was established by family and friends of James Robert Andrews ’04 in memory of his strength, courage, determination, and intellectual curiosity. The $2,500 award supports a portion of the selected candidate’s educational costs. Graduating seniors and alumni (no more than two years post-bacc) are eligible to apply. Applications open annually in February and close in April.
Fellowship Finder for graduate study (University of Illinois): https://apps.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship-finder/
Scholarship Database (Duke University): https://ousf.duke.edu/all-scholarships
INFO (University of South Carolina’s searchable database): https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/fellowships_and_scholar_programs/national_fellowships/competitions_and_deadlines/index.php
Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship (for students of color to study abroad): http://www.ciee.org/FDGF
National GEM Consortium Fellowship (for graduate study in science and engineering for underrepresented students: https://gemfellowship.org/application-process/
Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy: https://mcdonnell.wustl.edu/the-program/