The Awards at a Glance

We have created this section of the website to familiarize you with the major external scholarships and fellowships, who should apply for them and when to apply, and to acquaint you with some of the many services we offer to students.

Below, you will find a chart of the major external awards with accompanying information about requirements---academic status, main field of focus, and internal deadlines---for each one. After viewing this chart, please use the links to visit the official websites for summary information about each scholarship. We hope this information will prove useful to you in your search. Once again, we list the major awards here, but strongly encourage students to search for others on their own. As always, careful research and preparation during the application process will increase the ultimate chances for success. Finally, while we have provided a wealth of practical information, we urge you to call our office to make an appointment to talk with us about your future plans.

The Scholarships and Fellowships page link also contains summaries of awards arranged according to academic year with imbedded links to the official websites.

SCHOLARSHIP WHO APPLIES FIELD OF STUDY DEADLINE

American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants and Fellowships Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields but must have interest in Scandinavia and some language skills October 1

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior, Alumnus/a (recent) fields relating to International Relations December 15

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program Senior, Alumnus/a (within 5 years) all fields interested in graduate work March 30

DAAD Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields relating to Germany November 1
(arts fields)
November 15 (other fields)

Department of Homeland Security Scholarship for Rising Juniors Sophomore physics, biology, social science, behavioral science, science policy, engineering, mathematics, or computer science January 19

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields September 21

Gates-Cambridge Scholarship Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields for study at Cambridge October 1

German Chancellor Scholarship Program (Alexander von Humboldt)
Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate (under age 35) all fields relating to Germany September 30

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Sophomores, Juniors sciences January 10

Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowship Program Junior, Senior all fields relating to foreign service Early October

Luce Scholars Program Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields (no prior knowledge of Asia) November 1

James Madison Fellowship Senior, Alumnus/a education February 1

Marshall Scholarship Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate (not more than 2 years past bachelor's) all fields for study in the U.K. September 6

George J. Mitchell Scholarship Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields for study in Ireland September 10

National Science Foundation (NSF)Graduate Research Fellowship Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate physical, biological, behavioral and social sciences; mathematics; engineering; history of science philosophy of science; research-based Ph.D. degrees in science education November 3

National Security Education Program (NSEP Undergraduate) Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior language study relating to national security January 12

Rhodes Scholarship Trust Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields for study at Oxford September 7

Saint Andrew's Society of New York Scholarship Senior, Alumnus/a, Graduate all fields for study at St. Andrew's November 15

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Senior, Alumnus/a all fields (either student or both parents must be New Americans ) October 1

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Junior all fields relating to eventual government service January 10

Morris K. Udall Scholarships Sophomore, Junior environmental policy, tribal policy affairs February 3

City of New York Urban Fellows Program Senior, Alumnus/a (recent) all fields relating to government December 9

Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Junior, Senior ethics essay November 4