**All opportunities listed below with a double asterisk require that students apply for institutional nomination through the Office of Scholar Development to be considered by the funding organization.

Deadlines are subject to change. We encourage prospective applicants to check-in with the Office of Scholar Development in advance of the published deadlines before submitting their materials.

Please note: If the upcoming deadlines have not yet been made public by the funding organization, the dates from the previous cycle will remain posted to give prospective applicants a sense of an award's usual timeline.

**Require Endorsement

Marshall Scholarship**

Application opens: 6.24

Deadline to apply for campus endorsement: 8.14.24

Application closes: 9.24.24

Finalist Interviews: TBA

Find more information here.

Rhodes Scholarship**

Application opens: 6.10.24

UI Campus Nomination Deadline: 9.3.24

Application closes: 10.2.24

Finalist Interviews: 11.15 - 11.16

Find more information here.

Churchill Scholarship**

Application opens: 5.24

UI Campus Nomination Deadline: 9.3.24

Apply to Cambridge by: Mid-October

Deadline for LORS and supplemental materials to Cambridge: Mid-October

Deadline for Nominee applications: 11.1.24

Find more info here. 

Gaither Junior Fellows Program**

Application Opens: 10.24 - Email kelly-thornburg@uiowa.edu for access

Deadline for campus endorsement: 11.13.24

Final Deadline for UI nominees: 1.15.25

Finalist Interviews: Late Feb. - Early March

Find more information here

Goldwater Scholarship**

Application Opens: 9.24

UI Campus Nomination Deadline: 11.6.24

Notification of UI Campus Applicants: 11.21.24

Final Deadline for UI Nominees:1.31.25

Notification of Scholars: 3.28.25

View the Opportunity Profile here

Truman Scholarship**

Application opens: 9.1.24

Deadline for campus endorsement: 11.13.24

Notification of UI Campus Applicants: 11.21.24

Application closes: 2.4.25

Finalist Notification: Mid-Feb.

Finalist Interviews: March - Early April

Review the Opportunity Profile here

Beinecke Scholarship**

Application opens: 9.15.24

UI Campus Nomination Deadline: 12.3.24

Notification of UI Campus Applicants: 12.10.24

Application closes: 3.28.25

View the OSD Opportunity Profile here

Udall Scholarship**

Application opens: 9.24

Indicate Intent to Apply: 11.13.24

First Full Draft Deadline: 1.3.25

Application closes: 3.1.25

OSD Opportunity Profile here

Science & Technology

Goldwater Scholarship**

Application opens: 9.1.24

Campus Deadline: 12.6.24

Application closes: 1.31.25

Find more information here.

Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship

Application opens: 10.24

Deadline to access campus support: 12.1.24

Application closes: Late 1.31.25

Find more information here.

Churchill Scholarship**

App opens: 5.24

Deadline to apply for campus nomination: 9.3.24

Deadline to apply to Cambridge: Mid-Oct.

App closes: 11.1.24

Finalist Interviews: TBA

Notification of Scholars: February

Find more info here.

Quad Fellowship

Application opens: Fall 2024

Campus Support Deadline: TBA

Application closes: TBA

Notification of Finalists: Early Summer

Find more information here.

Samvid Scholars Program

Application opens: 2.13.24

Campus Support Deadline: 3.5.24

Application closes: 4.9.24

 

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Application opens: 7.24

Priority UI Campus Support Deadline: 9.7.24

Final UI Campus Support Deadline: 10.7.24

Final Submission Deadline for Referees: 10.11.24 at 5 PM EST

Final Submission Deadlines for Applicants: By 5:00 PM EST - Fall 2024 Deadlines TBA

  • 10.15 - Chemistry, Geosciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Astronomy
  • 10.16 - Life Sciences
  • 10.17 - Engineering
  • 10.18 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Materials Research, Psychology, Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, STEM Education and Learning 

Find the OSD Opportunity Profile here.

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Cambridge GRADSAF application opens: Mid-September

Deadline to access campus support: 8.21.23

Deadline for US applicants: TBA Mid-Oct.

Deadline for Global applicants: Early Dec. or January depending on the course)

Finalists notified:

  • US Round: 12.9.24 TBC
  • Global Round: 3.25 TBC

Find more information here

Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Application opens: 4.24

UI Campus Support Deadline: 9.1.24

National Deadline: 10.31.24

Finalist Interviews: TBA

Scholars Announced: Mid-April

Find more information here

Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Application opens: 5.24

Deadline to access campus support: 8.21.24

Application closes: 10.9.24 by 1:00 pm Pacific

Video Statement Invitations go out in Jan.

Virtual Finalist Interviews - Mid-Feb. 

Immersion Weekend: Feb.28 - March 1

Applicants must apply and be accepted to their Stanford graduate program of choice in addition to applying to the K-H Scholars program.

Find more information here.

Public Service

Truman Scholarship**

App opens: 9.1.24

Campus Deadline: 12.9.24

App closes: 2.6.25

Finalists notified: Mid-February

Finalist interviews: KC Region 3.21.25

Notification of scholars: Early April

Find more info here. 

Udall Scholarship**

App opens: 9.24

Priority Campus Deadline: 11.13.24

Final Campus Deadline: 1.3.24

App closes: 3.1.25

Notification of Scholars: May 

Find out more here. 

 

Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

Application opens: 8.1.24

Deadline to access campus support: 8.21.24

Application closes: 9.29.24 TBA

Finalists Notified: 11.10.24

Final Round to Select Fellows: 12.7.24

Award Offers Made to Finalists: 12.9.24

Find more information here.

Rangel Fellowship

Application opens: 8.1.24

Deadline to access campus support: 8.21.24 TBA

Application closes: 9.22.24 TBA

Find more information here.

Payne Fellowship

Application opens: Late July

UI Campus Support Deadline: 9.15.24

National Deadline: Early November

Find more information here

Obama/Chesky Voyager Scholarship

Application opens: TBC 1.25.24

Campus Support Deadline: 3.5.24

Application Closes: TBC 3.22.24

PPIA Summer Institutes

Application opens: 8.24

UI Campus Support Deadline: 10.16.24

National Deadline: 11.15.24

Find more information here

Clarke Diplomatic Security Fellowship

Application opens: 10.4.24 TBC

Campus Support Deadline: 11.3.24

Application closes: 11.30.24 TBC

Find more information here.

Emerson Hunger Fellows

App opens: Early October

Deadline for campus support: 11.13.24

App closes: 1.12.25 - TBC

Semi-finalists notified: February

Finalists invited to interview: March

Scholars notified - March - May

Find more info here. 

Foreign Affairs IT Fellowship

App opens: 9.24

Deadline to access campus support: 12.10.24

App closes: Mid-January

Find more info here. 

Tillman Scholars Program

App opens: 11.24

Campus support: 

App closes: 2.15.25

Finalist Notification: Mid-May

Scholar Notification: Mid-June

Find more info here.