Scholarship Deadlines

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

Understanding Scholarship Categories and Endorsement Requirements

There are three basic national scholarship and fellowship categories:

Endorsement Required awards have a preliminary application process to obtain an institutional nomination.

Endorsement Recommended award applications are strengthened by having an institutional nomination, but are not required.

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 Fellowships	Institutional Endorsement Required?	Campus Deadline	Application Deadline
Boren Scholarships	Recommended	January 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM	Boren Fellowships (graduates): January 21, 2026 Boren Scholarships (undergraduates): January 28, 2026
Churchill Scholarship	Yes	November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM CST	October 20, 2025
DAAD Rise	No		November 30, 2025
Delta Scholars	No		February 5, 2026
Fulbright Fellowship	Yes	Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM	October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM CST
Fulbright UK Summer Institute	No		February 2, 2026
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Programs	Yes		January 15, 2026
Gates Cambridge Scholarship	No		October 15, 2025
Goldwater Scholarship	Yes	Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM	January 30, 2026 by 4:00 PM CST
Knight-Hennessy Scholars	No		October 8, 2025
Lafayette Fellowship	No		November 30, 2025
Marshall Scholarship	Yes	Sunday, July 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM	September 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mitchell Scholarship	Yes	No Applications for 2024-2025 Academic Year.	TBD
NSF GRFP	No		November 10, 2025: Life Sciences November 12, 2025: Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Materials Research; Psychology; Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; STEM Education and Learning November 13, 2025: Engineering November 14, 2025: Chemistry; Geosciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physics and Astronomy
Payne Fellowship	No		TBA
Pickering Fellowship	No		TBA
Princeton in Asia	No		November 1, 2025
Public Policy & International Affairs Program (PPIA)	No		November 1, 2025
Rangel Fellowship	No		TBA
Rhodes Scholarship	Yes	Sunday, July 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM	October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Schwarzman Scholars	No		September 10, 2025
Truman Scholarship	Yes	Pre-Application Deadline: October 12, 2025 Campus Deadline: November 16, 2025	February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Udall Scholarships	Yes		March 2026
Voyager Scholarship	No		March 2026 at 11:59 CST
Yenching Academy	No		December 1, 2025