ONS&F supports high-achieving graduate and undergraduate students who may be eligible for prestigious national scholarships and fellowships. We work with prospective candidates at any stage in their academic career, advising them on how to search for applicable awards, how to become strong candidates and how to draft and submit competitive applications.
Faculty are an important part of the process. Please send us your best and brightest! We encourage students to work closely with faculty in their disciplines as they think deeply about their educational goals, especially as they construct research proposals and other discipline-specific materials. Faculty support is also critical for letters of recommendation. In addition, we rely on faculty from across the disciplines to serve on committees to select nominees for those competitions that require institutional endorsement (Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Fulbright, Truman, Udall, Goldwater, Beinecke and the Carnegie Jr. Fellows program).
Indeed, it takes a village to raise a successful scholarship candidate in the face of difficult odds and limited funding. Win or lose, however, students benefit from an application process that requires then to reflect on their education and articulate their achievements and goals. ONS&F alumni have gone on to win numerous national awards; others have landed in top graduate and professional programs. We only began working officially with graduate students last fall, but so far, we have seen several students land post docs and big fellowships and are working in partnership with the Graduate School to educate students on the value of prestigious fellowships to help launch their academic and professional careers.
Important Fall Dates
Sept. 1: Campus Deadline for Rhodes, Marshall & Mitchell Applications
Sept. 15: Campus Deadline for U.S. Student Fulbright Applications
Oct. 21: Campus Deadline for Truman Scholarship Applications for Nomination
Oct. 28: Campus Deadline for Goldwater Scholarship Applications for Nomination
Oct. 29-Nov. 6: Deadline for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (dates vary by field)
Nov. 3: Campus Deadline for Carnegie Jr. Fellows Application for Nomination
Fall Workshop Dates
Sept. 2: Graduate STEM Fellowship General Information Session (12pm, Whetton 200)
Sept. 3: Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities & Social Sciences (4pm, Whetton 200)
Sept. 8: Graduate STEM Fellowships: Successful Applicant Panel (4pm, Whetton 200)
Sept. 11: Graduate STEM Fellowship Bootcamp (4pm Whetton 200)
Sept. 17: Intensive Foreign Language Study (4 pm, Austin 103)
Sept. 18: Intensive Foreign Language Study (12:30 pm, Rowe, 420)
Oct. 2: International Relations Scholarships (12:30 pm, Rowe 420)
Please encourage your students to consult our website regularly for upcoming deadlines and workshops: www.ons.uconn.edu
Jill Deans, Ph.D.
Director, Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships
(860) 486-0087
jill.deans@uconn.edu