Planning is key to a successful application process.

Interest Deadline: You should contact the Office of Fellowships & Awards (OFA) at fellowships@jmu.edu by this date for guidance regarding award information, application timelines, and other expectations

Campus Deadline: Your essays and other application materials should be (near) ready and submitted to OFA by this date

National Deadline: The official deadline of the scholarship, fellowship, award, or program

Most applications are due at 11:59 PM EST unless noted below.  Applicants should always check deadlines on an award’s official website.

01 - 31 Return to campus with a plan!

01 - 05 Indicate Interest or update OFA on progress for these awards and note campus deadlines:

Fulbright, Knight-Hennessy, Gates-Cambridge, McCall MacBain, Rhodes, Marshall, Schwarzman, Luce, Hertz, Fulbright Canada, MITACS Globalink Research Internship

 01 Marshall - OFA Campus Deadline     

 06 Fulbright – OFA Campus Deadline

 06 Knight-Hennessy - OFA Campus Deadline

 08 Luce Scholars Program - National Deadline

 09 Schwarzman Scholars – National Deadline

 10 Gates Cambridge - JMU OFA Campus Deadline

 16 Fulbright Canada MITACS Globalink Internship -  National Deadline (4:00 PM EST)

  23 McCall MacBain Scholarships - National Deadline (4:00 PM EST)

  29 Marshall – National Deadline (5:00 PM EST)

01 Gilman  - National Deadline (11:59 PM PST) for study/internship abroad      programs that start between Dec. 1, 2026 and Oct. 31, 2027

06 Fulbright – National Deadline (5:00 PM EST)

06 Knight-Hennessy - National Deadline (1:00 PM PST)

06 Brooke Owens Fellowship - National Deadline

07 Rhodes – National Deadline 

14 Gates-Cambridge – National Deadline (11:59 PM UK Time)

18-22 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship - Field-Specific National Deadlines (5:00 PM EST)

26 Princeton in Africa (PiAf) - National Deadline

26 Soros – National Deadline (2:00 PM EST)

30 Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship - National Deadline

30 National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) - National Deadline (5:00 PM EST)

30 Truman - OFA Interest Deadline

01 Princeton in Asia (PiA) - National Deadline

01 Princeton in Latin America (PiLA) - National Deadline

03 CBYX - Congress-Bundestag Young Professionals Program - National Deadline 

06 Public Policy & International Affairs Junior Summer Internship (PPIA-JSI) - National Deadline 

13 JET - Japanese & Exchange Teaching Program - National Deadline (11:59 PM HST - Hawaii Standard Time)

17 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program (8:00 PM EST)

19 Point Foundation Flagship Scholarship - National Deadline (5:00 PM PST)

19 William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security (Clarke DS) Fellowship - Early   Review Deadline (final deadline November 30)

20 SCAN Design Foundation Environmental Sustainability Internship - National Deadline

30 Udall, Boren Scholarships – OFA Interest Deadline

30 DAAD RISE Scholarship – National Deadline (11:59 PM CET Central European Time)

30 William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security (Clarke DS) Fellowship - National Deadline 

30 - Peruse available REUs via NSF and other searchable databases; note details and deadlines per project

30 - Please contact OFA by this date for interest in Summer 2027 opportunities

01 Lafayette Fellowship - National Deadline

01 James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program - Campus Deadline

04 DoD / DoW SMART – National Deadline (5:00 PM EST)

06 Goldwater Scholarship - Internal Competition / Campus Deadline

07 Foreign Affairs IT Fellowship (FAIT) - National Deadline

14 US-UK Summer Fulbright – OFA Interest Deadline

14 NOAA Hollings Scholarship - OFA Interest Deadline

16 Truman – OFA Campus Deadline

30 Blakemore Freeman Fellowships - National Deadline (11:59 PM PST)

07 Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) - National Deadline 5:00 PM CST)

08 Douglass-O’Connell Global Summer Internship - National Deadline

15 James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program - National Deadline

20 Boren Fellowships - National Deadline (5:00 PM EST)

27 Boren Scholarships - National Deadline (5:00 PM EST)

29 Goldwater – National Deadline (5:00 PM CST)

30 Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship - National Deadline

31 NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship – National Deadline 

01 Amgen Scholars Program - National Deadline

01 FAO Schwarz Fellowship - National Deadline (9:00 PM EST)

02 Truman – National Deadline 

03 US-UK Summer Fulbright – National Deadline 

05 Udall – OFA Campus Deadline

10 AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship - National Deadline

15 Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) - National Deadline

15 Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) Scholarships - National Deadline 

27 Gilman - National Deadline (11:59 PM PST) for study/internship abroad programs that start between May 1, 2027 and April 30, 2028

03 Udall – National Deadline

15 Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants - National Deadline

17 Voyager Scholarship - National Deadline is typically mid-to-late March

29 Freeman-ASIA - National Deadline is typically late March or early April

02 NALCAP - National Deadline is typically in early April

02 Samvid Scholarship - National Deadline is typically in early April

01 - 30  * Attend campus-hosted and fellowship-specific information sessions, 

              webinars, and tutorials to prepare for the upcoming academic year

             * Contact OFA with questions/interests

             * Follow specific scholarship/fellowship social media accounts

             * Juniors should consult with their faculty and other mentors/campus

                resources about post-graduate plans

01 - 30 Continue attending information sessions, webinars, and tutorials;

                    * stay in contact with the OFA;

                    * follow specific scholarships/fellowships on social media

                    * engage in research projects, service work, travel, etc.

                    * journal about your summer experiences! 

01 Fulbright, Knight-Hennessy, Marshall, Rhodes, Schwarzman, Luce, McCall MacBain, NSF-GRFP 

Please contact OFA no later than this date to express interest