Fellowships Calendar
Calendar listings are updated as new deadlines are announced.
Your preparation for submitting an application to any of the programs on this page should start months in advance of their deadlines. Contact our office to alert us of your interest in a program and to receive guidance in the application process. Note that several programs require review or nomination by committee.
Rising Seniors: note that the application cycles for many post-graduate programs begin in the spring of your Junior year.
Fellowships calendar (by opening of application cycle)
Rotary Global Grant
Application period: rolling basis throughout the year; applications should be submitted three to six months before studies commence
NIH Intramural Research Training Award & Cancer Research Training Award (IRTA/CRTA)
Application period: rolling basis throughout the year; applications should be submitted three to six months before training is desired to commence
Rhodes Scholarship
Application period: July 1, 2021 to October 6, 2021
Internal deadline: September 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: October 6, 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT)
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Blakemore Freeman Fellowship
Application period: July 1, 2021 to December 30, 2021 (5:00 p.m. PT)
Pickering Graduate Fellowship
Application period: July 2021 to September 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Rangel Graduate Fellowship
Application period: July 2021 to September 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Life Sciences application period: July 2021 to October 2021 (5:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Materials Research, Psychology, Social Sciences, and STEM Education and Learning application period: July 2021 to October 2021 (5:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Engineering application period: July 2021 to October 2021 (5:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Chemistry, Geosciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy application period: July 2021 to October 2021 (5:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
DAAD Graduate Study Scholarship
Application period: July 2021 to November 2021 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree
Application period: July 2021 to March 2022 (specific deadlines vary by program; most are between October and January)
Princeton in Asia Fellowship (PiA)
Application period: August 2021 to October 2021 (9:00 a.m. PT) [TBA]
Luce Scholars
Application period: August 2021 to November 1, 2021
Internal deadline: October 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: November 1, 2021
NOTE: Internal nomination process
AAUW International Fellowship
Application period: August 2021 to November 2021 (9:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship
Application period: August 2021 to December 2021 (9:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Korean Teaching Programs (TaLK and EPIK)
EPIK fall application period: August 2021 to November 2021 [TBA] (Spring 2022 term); the application may close ahead of the deadline
TaLK fall application period: August 2021 to November 2021 [TBA] (Spring 2022 term)
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
Application period: August 2021 to November 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NIH Oxford-Cambridge Biomedical Scholars Program
Application period: August 2021 to December 2021 [TBA]
Truman Scholarship
Application period: August 2021 to February 2022 [TBA]
Initial internal deadline: December 2021 [TBA]
Final internal deadline: January 2022 [TBA]
National deadline: February 2022 [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Payne International Development Fellowship
Application period: August 2021 to November 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Boren Fellowship
Application period: August 2021 to January 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Boren Summer STEM Program
Application period: August 2021 to February 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Boren Undergraduate Scholarship
Application period: August 2021 to February 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Hertz Foundation Fellowship
Application period: August 2021 to October 2021 [TBA]
Coro Fellowship
Application period: August 2021 to January 2022 (11:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Gilman International Scholarship
Fall application period: August 2021 to October 5, 2021 (11:59 p.m. PT, for Spring 2022 program and early application for Summer and Fall 2022 programs)
Critical Language Scholarship
Application period: August 2021 to November 2021 (5:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Princeton in Africa Fellowship (PiAf)
Application period: August 2021 to October 27, 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT)
Beinecke Scholarship
Application period: August 2021 to February 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: December 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: February 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Scoville Peace Fellowship
Fall application period: August 2021 to October 1, 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT, for Spring 2022 program)
Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Application period: August 1, 2021 to October 6, 2021
Internal deadline: September 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: October 6, 2021 (1:00 p.m. PT)
NOTE: Institutional endorsement process
Echoing Green Fellowship
Fall application period: September 2021 to October 2021 (11:00 a.m. PT) [TBA]
Bridging Scholarship
Fall application period: September 2021 to October 2021 [TBA] (Spring 2022 program)
Humanity in Action Fellowship
Application period: September 2021 to January 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: December 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: January 2022 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
U.S. citizens normally resident in the United States:
Application period: September 2021 to October 2021 [TBA]
Internal deadline: September 2021 [TBA]
International applicants and U.S. citizens living abroad:
Application period: September 2021 to December 2021 or January 2022 (date dependant on course) [TBA]
Internal deadline: November 2021 [TBA]
Goldwater Scholarship
Application period: September 2021 to January 2022 [TBA]
Initial internal deadline: December 2021 [TBA]
Final internal deadline: January 2022 [TBA]
National deadline: January 2022 (3:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Killam Fellowship
Application period: September 2021 to January 2022 [TBA]
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
Dissertation and Postdoctoral program application period: September 2021 to December 2021 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Predoctoral program application period: September 2021 to December 2021 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Princeton in Latin America Fellowship (PiLA)
Application period: September 2021 to November 2021 [TBA]
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Fall sports application period: September 2021 to January 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Madison Graduate Fellowship
Application period: September 2021 to March 2022 [TBA]
WW Teaching Fellowship
Application period: September 2021 to March 2022
National deadlines: November 2021, January 2022, and March 2022 (the program is filled on a rolling basis) [TBA]
PPIA Junior Summer Institute Fellowship
Application period: September 2021 to November 2021 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Udall Scholarship
Application period: September 2021 to March 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: February 2022 [TBA]
National deadline: March 2022 (10:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Hollings Scholarship
Application period: September 1, 2021 to February 2022 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
DAAD University Summer Course Grant
Application period: September 15, 2021 to December 1, 2021 (2:00 p.m. PT)
Davis Projects for Peace
Application period: October 2021 to February 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: December 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: February 2022 [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET)
Application period: October 2021 to November 2021, 11:59 p.m. HST (November 2021, 1:59 a.m. PT) [TBA]
Internal deadline: October 2021 [TBA]
Gaither Junior Fellows Program
Application period: October 2021 to January 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: December 2021 [TBA]
National deadline: January 2022 [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
French Teaching Assistants (TAPIF)
Application period: October 2021 to January 2022 [TBA]
Emerson Hunger Fellowship
Application period: October 2021 to January 2022 [TBA]
El Pomar Fellowship
Application period: October 2021 to January 2022 (10:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Rangel Summer Enrichment Program
Application period: October 2021 to February 2022 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Amgen Scholars
Application period: October 2021 to February 1, 2022 (most programs) and February 15, 2022 (California Institute of Technology program)
Bridging Scholarship
Spring application period: January 2022 to April 2022 (Fall 2022 program) [TBA]
Davis-Putter Scholarship
Application period: January 2022 to April 2022 (NOTE: application will be available online only through March 2022) [TBA]
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Winter sports application period: January 2022 to April 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Gilman International Scholarship
Spring application period: January 2022 to March 2022 (11:59 p.m. PT, for Summer and Fall 2022 programs and early application for Spring 2023 program) [TBA]
Spanish Teaching Assistants (NALCA)
Application period: January 2022 (3:00 p.m. PT) to April 2022 (3:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Green Corps
Application period: April 2022 to mid-March 2023 [TBA]; the program is filled on a rolling basis
National deadlines: October 2022 [TBA] (early consideration), January 2023 [TBA] (later consideration); applications for the 2023 program are also accepted after these deadlines until mid-March 2023
American-Scandinavian Foundation
Application period: April 2022 to November 2022 [TBA]
Echoing Green Fellowship
Spring application period: April 2022 to April 2022 (11:00 a.m. PT) [TBA]
Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Application period: April 2022 to October 2022 (11:00 a.m. PT) [TBA]
Schwarzman Scholars
Application period: April 2022 to September 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: August 2022 [TBA]
National deadline: September 2022 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NOTE: Institutional endorsement process
Watson Fellowship
Application period: May 2022 to November 2022 [TBA]
Initial internal deadline: September 2022 [TBA]
Internal interviews: October 2022 [TBA]
Final internal deadline: October 2022 [TBA]
National deadline: November 2022 (9:00 a.m. PT) [TBA]
Watson Foundation interview of Whitman nominees: November 2022 to January 2023 [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Marshall Scholarship
Application period: May 2022 to September 2022 [TBA]
Internal deadline: August 2022 [TBA]
National deadline: September 2022 (5:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
NOTE: Internal nomination process
Pickering Graduate Fellowship
Application period: June 2022 to September 2022 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Rangel Graduate Fellowship
Application period: June 2022 to September 2022 (8:59 p.m. PT) [TBA]
DAAD Graduate Study Scholarship in the Arts
Architecture application period: June 2022 to September 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Music application period: June 2022 to October 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Performing Arts application period: June 2022 to October 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
Fine Art, Design, Visual Communication and Film application period: June 2022 to November 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]
DAAD Graduate Study Scholarship
Application period: June 2022 to November 2022 (2:00 p.m. PT) [TBA]