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The following deadlines are for awards that require an institutional endorsement and others that are frequently of interest to JMU students. Please review the full timeline for the awards you are interested in, paying particular attention to the internal deadlines that are specific to the JMU Office of Fellowships and Awards. To find deadlines for awards not on this list, visit the database and follow the links to the website of the fellowship(s) you are interested in. 

* Requires nomination from JMU

January

Application closed for 2023-2024 cycle! 

Open: Early-October

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application on December 1

JMU Deadline: Early-January

Closes: Mid-January

 

For more information visit the Gaither Junior Fellows Program website. 

Application closed for 2024-2025 cycle! 2025-2026 application opens mid-August 2024.

Opens: Mid-August 2024

JMU Deadline: Late-January

Closes: January 31, 2024 at 5:00pm E.T.

 

For more information visit the Boren Awards website. 

Application closed for 2024-2025 cycle! 2025-2026 application opens mid-August 2024.

Opens: Mid-August 2024

JMU Deadline: Late-January

Closes: January 24, 2024 at 5:00pm E.T.

 

For more information visit the Boren Awards website. 

Application closed for 2023-2024 cycle! 2024-2025 application opens September 1, 2024.

Open: September 1, 2024

Closes: Late-January

 

For more information visit the NOAA Hollings Scholarship website. 

February

Application closed for 2024-2025 cycle! 

Open: October 

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application Early-February

Closes: Early-March 

 

For more information visit the Udall Scholarship website. 

July

Application open now! 

Open: July 1, 2024

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application Mid-August

Closes: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 11:59pm

 

For more information visit the Rhodes Scholarship website. 

August

Application now open!

August 2024 Application

Open: Mid-May 2024

Closes: Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 11:59pm Pacific Time

 

 For more information visit the Gilman Scholarship website. 

Application closed for 2024-2025 cycle!

Open: Early-June

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application by Mid-August. 

Closes: Late-September

 

For more information visit the Mitchell Scholarship website. 

More information about 2025-2026 cycle provided in late spring of 2024.

Open: Early-June

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application on Mid-August

Closes: Mid-September

 

For more information visit the Marshall Scholarship website. 

October

Application 2025-2026 application open now! 

Opens: April 2, 2024

Closes: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 5pm Eastern Time

 

For more information visit the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website. 

Application 2024-2025 application opens Mid-August. 

October Application

Open: Mid-August

Closes: Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 11:59pm Pacific Time

 

For more information visit the Gilman Scholarship website. 

Applications for 2024-2025 cycle is now open!

Open: May

Closes: October 9, 2024, 1:00pm Pacific Time

 

For more information visit the Knight-Hennessy Scholar website. 

Applications for 2024-2025 cycle is now open!

Open: Mid-April

Closes: October 31st, 2024, 2pm ET

 

For more information visit the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans website. 

November

Applications closed for 2024-2025 cycle!

Open: First Tuesday in September

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application on November 15. 

Closes: Last Friday in January

 

For more information visit the Goldwater Scholarship website. 

Application closed for 2023-2024 cycle! 

Open: September

Closes: November

 

For more information visit the NSF-GRFP website. 

Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Application closed for 2024 cycle! 2025 cycle opens Fall 2024!

Opens: Mid-October

Closes: November

For more information visit the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program website. 

December

Application closed for 2024-2025 cycle! 

Open: November

Seeking JMU Nomination: Submit final draft of application December 1

Closes: February 6, 2024 at 11:59pm your time zone

 

For more information visit the Truman Scholarship website. 

Applications closed for Summer 2024!  

Opens: Mid-October

Closes: Late-December

 

For more information visit the DAAD RISE website. 

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