Application Deadlines

2025-2026

Application deadlines for the 2025-2026 application cycle.

AwardInternal DeadlineExternal Deadline
Luce Scholarship9/15/25
5 PM EST
Marshall Scholarship9/16/25
5 PM EST		9/18/25
5 PM EST
Rhodes Scholarship10/01/25
11:59 PM EST
Fulbright U.S. Student Award9/03/2510/07/25
5 PM EST
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (October deadline)10/03/25
11 PM PT		10/10/25
11 PM PT
Gates Cambridge Scholarship10/15/25 ✝
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)Third week of October 2025
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans10/30/25
Hertz Fellowship10/31/25
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
(October deadline)		10/31/25
6 PM EST
Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship11/01/25 ✝
Critical Language Scholarship11/15/25 ✝
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships12/30/25
Humanity in Action FellowshipJanuary 2026 ✝
Coro Fellowship in Public AffairsJanuary 2026 ✝
James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship1/06/26 ✝1/15/26
Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship1/06/26 ✝2/12/26 ✝
New York City Urban Fellows Program1/13/26 ✝
Boren Fellowship (Graduate)1/27/26 ✝
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship1/30/26
Women’s Forum of New York Education Fund Scholarship2/01/26
Harry S. Truman Scholarship2/03/26
11:59 PM EST
Boren Scholarship (Undergraduate)2/03/26 ✝
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship2/15/26 ✝3/02/26 ✝
James Madison Memorial Fellowship3/02/26
2 AM EST
Freeman Award for Study in AsiaMarch 2026 ✝
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (March deadline)3/02/26 ✝3/13/26 ✝
Beinecke Scholarship3/12/26 ✝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