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Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Deadline: Thursday, March 6, 2025

Provides up to $8,000 to students of limited financial means to study abroad.

Boren Scholarship for Critical Language Study

Deadline: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Funds language study in world regions critical to U.S. interests.

Critical Language Scholarship Program

National Deadline: November 2025 (TBD)
Offers fully-funded intensive language study and cultural immersion abroad.

DAAD German Studies Research Grant

Deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Supports third- or fourth-year students seeking a 1-2 month research experience in Germany.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

National Application Deadline: October 7, 2025 at 4 pm CT/5 pm ET
Funds one academic year of study, research, or teaching assistantship experience in a participating country outside the U.S.

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Application Deadline for US citizens: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Provides full-funding for graduate study at Cambridge University

George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program

Campus Deadline for University Endorsement: in May or July each year (current students only; alumni can apply independent of University)
Supports one year of graduate study at a university in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

Spring 2022: Friday, October 1, 2021

Supports recent college graduates working in the area of peace and security affairs for up to nine months in Washington DC.

Lionel Pearson Fellowship

Application Deadline: Friday, November 6, 2020

Supports American- and Canadian-trained classicists for a year of study at an English or Scottish university

Marshall Scholarship

Campus Deadline for UChicago Endorsement: in May or July each year
Funds two years of graduate study at any university in the United Kingdom.

Michel David-Weill Scholarship

Campus Nomination Deadline: Friday, October 30, 2020

Provides up to $80,000 to cover the full cost of attending Sciences Po in Paris, France.

Rhodes Scholarship

Campus Deadline for University Endorsement: in May or July each year.
Competitive national fellowship to support two years of graduate study at the Univerisity of Oxford (open to international students, as well as US citizens).

Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF)

National Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF)

ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship

Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2021

ThinkSwiss offers 15 scholarships for research in Switzerland. Supports highly motivated U.S. undergrad & grad students (all fields) to do research at a public Swiss university or research institute for 2-3 months.

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship Program

National Deadline: Thursday, September 29, 2022

Funds two years of graduate school for college seniors and college graduates committed to joining the Foreign Service.

Yenching Academy of Peking University

Final Application Deadline for UChicago Nominees: Saturday, November 30, 2024

Provides support for at least the first year of a two-year Master’s in China Studies issued by Peking University