Scholarship Deadlines

Each scholarship or fellowship has unique application requirements and application deadlines.

Three basic national scholarhip and fellowship categories

  1. Endorsement Required awards have a preliminary application process to obtain an institutional nomination.
  2. Endorsement Recommended award applications are strengthened by having an institutional nomination, but are not required.
  3. Open awards are those to which students can directly apply without an institutional endorsement.

On our National Scholarships List, it is clearly indicated which scholarships need and do not need an institutional endorsement.

If an institutional endorsement is necessary, then the applicant will follow a set of campus application procedures before submitting the final application. For these awards, ONSA establishes a campus deadline in advance of the final submission deadline to allow time for application review and committee interviews. The campus deadline will occur weeks or even months prior to the national deadlines posted online, so it is important to take note of the Application Deadline and the Campus Deadline. Students must meet the campus deadline to be considered for endorsement from the institution!

Application Deadlines

The table below outlines the campus and application deadlines for all of our scholarships and/or fellowships.

Table outlining various award and national scholarships available and their application year.
Scholarships and FellowshipsInstitutional Endorsement Required?Campus DeadlineApplication Deadline
Boren ScholarshipsRecommendedJanuary 12, 2025 at 11:59 PMBoren Fellowships: January 2026
Boren Scholarships: January 2026
Churchill ScholarshipYesOctober 5, 2025 at 11:59 PMOctober 13, 2025
Fulbright FellowshipYesSunday, August 17, 2025 at 11:59 PMOctober 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM CST
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows ProgramsYesJanuary 2025
Gates Cambridge ScholarshipNoOctober 2024
Goldwater ScholarshipYesSunday, November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PMJanuary 30, 2026 by 4:00 PM CST
Knight-Hennessy ScholarsNoOctober 2025
Marshall ScholarshipYesSunday, July 21, 2025 at 11:59 PMSeptember 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mitchell ScholarshipYesNo Applications for 2024-2025 Academic Year.TBD
NSF GRFPNoOctober 2025
Payne FellowshipNoOctober 2025
Pickering FellowshipNoSeptember 2025
Rangel FellowshipNoSeptember 2025
Rhodes ScholarshipYesSunday, July 19, 2025 at 11:59 PMOctober 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Schwarzman ScholarsNoSeptember 10, 2025
Truman ScholarshipYes

Pre-Application Deadline: October 12, 2025

Campus Deadline: November 16, 2025

February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Udall ScholarshipsYesMarch 2026
Voyager ScholarshipNoMarch 2026 at 11:59 CST
Yenching AcademyNoDecember 2025