Application Deadlines

2025-2026

Application deadlines for the 2025-2026 application cycle.

Award	Internal Deadline	External Deadline
Luce Scholarship		9/15/25 5 PM EST
Marshall Scholarship	9/16/25 5 PM EST	9/18/25 5 PM EST
Rhodes Scholarship		10/01/25 11:59 PM EST
Fulbright U.S. Student Award	9/03/25	10/07/25 5 PM EST
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (October deadline)	10/03/25 11 PM PT	10/10/25 11 PM PT
Gates Cambridge Scholarship		10/15/25 ✝
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)		Third week of October 2025
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans		10/30/25
Hertz Fellowship		10/31/25
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (October deadline)		10/31/25 6 PM EST
Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship		11/01/25 ✝
Critical Language Scholarship		11/15/25 ✝
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships		12/30/25
Humanity in Action Fellowship		January 2026 ✝
Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs		January 2026 ✝
James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship	1/06/26 ✝	1/15/26
Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship	1/06/26 ✝	2/12/26 ✝
New York City Urban Fellows Program		1/13/26 ✝
Boren Fellowship (Graduate)		1/27/26 ✝
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship		1/30/26
Women’s Forum of New York Education Fund Scholarship		2/01/26
Harry S. Truman Scholarship		2/03/26 11:59 PM EST
Boren Scholarship (Undergraduate)		2/03/26 ✝
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship	2/15/26 ✝	3/02/26 ✝
James Madison Memorial Fellowship		3/02/26 2 AM EST
Freeman Award for Study in Asia		March 2026 ✝
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (March deadline)	3/02/26 ✝	3/13/26 ✝
Beinecke Scholarship	3/12/26 ✝	3/27/26
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (April deadline)		4/30/26 6 PM EST

✝ External date/deadline is estimated based on last year’s respective date/deadline. Dates are subject to change.
* “Student Deadline” refers to the date by which your application must be received by the Office of Prestigious Scholarships & Fellowships to be considered for endorsement or nomination.

Updated 9/4/25