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✪ Michele Arellano Office of Study Abroad WE GUIDE STUDENTS through the process of applying for nationally and internationally Boren and Gilman competitve fellowships and . Starting with information sessions, workshops and early drafts [email protected] of essays, through application submission and interview preparation, we are here to help you succeed. ❖ Rachel Johnson Office of International Programs Fulbright Programs WWW.FELLOWSHIPS.KU.EDU [email protected] Knight-Hennessy Scholars: Full funding for graduate study at . ★ Anne Wallen Office of Fellowships Applicants should demonstrate , civic commitment, and want to join a Campus coordinator for ★ awards. multidisciplinary community dedicated to finding creative solutions to the world’s Available for consultation on many others. greatest challenges. Campus deadline: August 15. ★ [email protected] : Funding for graduate study anywhere in the UK in all fields. Scholars are intellectually very strong and have significant leadership potential. Requires four strong letters of recommendation. Campus deadline: April. ★ Astronaut Scholarship: $10,000 for up to 2 years for undergraduate study in STEM fields. Research experience required. Faculty nomination required. Campus deadline: January. ★ : One year post-graduate study in Ireland in all fields. Three selection criteria: scholarship; leadership; and sustained commitment to service and Boren Scholarship: Summer, semester, and year-long study in regions critical to community. Campus deadline: April. ★ US national security. Requires 1-year commitment to federal government. Campus deadline: early December. Look into: FLAS. ✪ NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Research Fellowship: $30,000/year for up to 3 years of research-based study leading to a MS or PhD in STEM and Social Sciences. Carnegie Endowment for International Junior Fellows: Post-BA year-long Self-nomination. Deadlines vary by discipline: Oct-Nov. Look into: Dept. of Homeland foreign-policy program. Open to international students. Campus deadline: November. ★ Security; Dept. of Energy; Hertz; National Defense Science & Engineering; NIH. : One-year Master’s in STEM fields at Cambridge University. Pickering Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships: International relations and foreign Campus deadline: April. ★ policy. Women, minorities under-represented in the Foreign Service, and students with Critical Languages Scholarship: US State Department funded eight-week summer language financial need are encouraged to apply. Self-nomination. Deadlines: January-February. institutes abroad in critical-need languages. Self-nomination. National deadline: November. Look into: Carnegie; Payne; PPIA; Rangel; Scoville Peace fellowships. Look into: FLAS. ✪ ★ : Graduate study at in all fields. Applicants should demonstrate DAAD Scholarships: Wide variety of summer, semester and yearlong internships/research/ leadership and the will to “fight the world’s fight”, and should have 5-8 strong recom- study in all fields in Germany. Deadlines vary. Some require university endorsement. mendations. Campus deadline: April. ★ Fulbright Grant: Cultural exchange funded by US State Department. One-year post- Schwarzman Scholarship: One-year Master’s at Tsinghua Uni. in Beijing in public policy, undergraduate fellowship for research, study, or teaching English abroad. Campus deadline: finance, international studies. Internship and mentorship. Campus Deadline: May 1 late August. ❖ (passports from , Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao) or Aug.15 (others). ★ UK Fulbright Summer Programmes: Three, four, or five-week academic and cultural Soros Fellowship: Funds for graduate study for “new Americans.” Self-nomination. summer programs for freshmen and sophomores. Self-nomination. Deadline: late February. Deadline: November. Gates-Cambridge Scholarship: Post-undergraduate study at Cambridge University in all Truman Scholarship: $30,000 for graduate or professional school for juniors commit- fields. Applicants must show evidence of commitment to improving the lives of others. ted to making a difference through public service. Selection based on academics, service Self-Nomination. Deadline: mid-October. potential, and leadership. Campus deadline: October. Gilman Scholarship: Funding for study abroad, especially to non-traditional areas, for students Udall Scholarship: $7,000 to sophomores and juniors committed to making significant receiving Pell Grants. Deadlines vary. Study Abroad Advisor Certification required. ✪ contributions to the fields of the environment, tribal health, or tribal governance. Campus deadline: November. ★ Goldwater Scholarship: $7,500 for up to 2 years of undergraduate study in STEM fields. Research experience required. Up to four nominees per year. Campus deadline: late October. ★ • • NOTE: Many awards have citizenship eligibility restrictions • •