Prestigious Graduate Scholarships
I encourage you to talk with me as early as possible in your college career if you have an interest in any of the opportunities listed below. Just e-mail Jim Hohenbary at jimlth@ksu.edu or call (785) 532-3422 to set an appointment.
Please note domestic and international opportunities are listed separately.
Domestic Funding
American Association of University Women Fellowships
Deadline: Varies Campus Deadline: None
American, International Student, and Selected Professions options available.
AAUW website / AAUW Fact Sheet
Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program
Deadline: TBD Campus Deadline: None
Supports students interested in working for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
Deadline: Variable Campus Deadline: None
U.S. Dept. of Transportation program for students in a wide variety fields whose interests relate to transportation (any mode)
Foreign Affairs Information Technology (FAIT) Fellowship
Deadline: January 31, 2023 Campus Deadline: None
For students who want to have a career in technology that makes a difference, see the world, and experience different cultures.
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: TBD Campus Deadline: None
For students interested in higher education careers and diversity.
Ford Website / Ford Fact Sheet
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellows Program
Deadline: Varies by program Campus Deadline: none
Three year research and/or professional developmental program.
Hertz Fellowship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
Funds graduate study related to the applied physical sciences.
Hertz Website / Hertz Fact Sheet
Innovation in Buildings (IBUILD)
Deadline: December 1, 2022 Campus Deadline: None
For students interested in research aligning with the missions of the US Department of Energy Building Technologies Offiece.
Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
Deadline: October 6, 2022 Campus Deadline: None
Full funding for study at Stanford (all majors).
Knight-Hennessy Website / Knight-Hennessy Fact Sheet
James Madison Memorial Fellowship
Deadline: March 1, 2023 Campus Deadline: None
Masters funding for current/future teachers in social studies, history and government.
Madison Website / Madison Fact Sheet / Madison Video
National Defense Science & Engineering Fellowship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
Fully funds three years of graduate in STEM fields of interest to DoD.
NDSEG Website / NDSEG Fact Sheet
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: TBA (varies by field) Campus Deadline: None
Three years of funding in any NSF-supported field.
Nuclear Energy University Fellowships (DOE)
For science and engineering students interested in nuclear energy.
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: Opens April 15, 2022 Campus Deadline: TBA
For first year of graduate or professional school. Each chapter can only nominate ONE individual.
Phi Kappa Phi Website / Phi Kappa Phi Fact Sheet
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Research Grant
Deadline: TBA
Phi Kappa Phi Website / Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Research Grant Fact Sheet
Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: November 30, 2022 Campus Deadline: None
For active members completing doctoral candidates. $10,000 award.
Phi Kappa Phi Website / Phi Kappa Phi Fact Sheet
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Deadline: September 22, 2022 Campus Deadline: None
For students interested in careers in the U.S. Foreign Service.
Pickering Website / Pickering Fact Sheet
Quad Fellowship
Deadline: October 1st, 2022 Campus Deadline: none
For STEM students to pursue masters and doctoral degrees at STEM universities in the United States.
Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
Like Pickering, supports graduate study that targets employment with the U.S. Foreign Service.
Rangel Website / Rangel Fact Sheet
Samvid Scholars
Deadline: TBA
Up to $50,000 for tuition and fees each year for two years of graduate study
SMART Scholarship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None Full tuition plus stipend for STEM majors interested in DoD research careers.SMART Website / SMART Fact Sheet
Soros Fellowship
Deadline: October 27th, 2022 Campus Deadline: None
For "New Americans" (as defined by Soros) in any discipline.
Soros Website / Soros Fact Sheet
Truman Scholarship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: TBA
For students who aspire to careers in public service. Four nominees per school.
Truman Website / Truman Fact Sheet
International Study/Research
Boren Fellowship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
Supports study in countries "critical to national security" but underrepresented in study abroad.
Boren Website / Boren Fact Sheet
Chevening Scholarship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
For graduate study in the UK. Work experience required. Specific list of eligible countries. U.S. citizens not eligible.
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Deadline: scholarship option varies Campus Deadline: None
Study and/or research in Germany (multiple options available).
DAAD Website / DAAD Fact Sheet
Erasmus Mundus Scholarships
Deadline: varies October - January Campus Deadline: None
European Union program to facilitate Masters study in multi-country graduate programs.
Erasmus Mundus Website / Erasmus Mundus Fact Sheet
Fulbright U.S. Student Grant
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: TBA
Funds an academic year abroad for study, research or teach English abroad. Over 135 different host countries.
Fulbright Website / Fulbright Fact Sheet / Fulbright Campus Instructions
Gates Cambridge
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
Graduate degree at Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Gates Website / Gates Fact Sheet
Marshall Scholarship
Deadline: Late September/Early October Campus Deadline: TBA
One-three years of graduate study at any university in the United Kingdom.
Marshall Website / Marshall Fact Sheet
Mitchell Scholarship
Deadline: September 24, 2022 Campus Deadline: TBA
One year of graduate study at any university in Ireland or Northern Ireland.
Mitchell Website / Mitchell Fact sheet
Rhodes Scholarship
Deadline: October 6, 2022 Campus Deadline: TBA
One-three years of graduate study at Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Rhodes Website / Rhodes Fact Sheet
Rotary Peace Fellowships
Deadlines: Spring semester (variable)
Master's degree program and professional development certificate program available.
Rotary website / Rotary Peace Fellowship Fact Sheet
Schwarzman Scholars
Deadline: September 20, 2022 Campus Deadline: None
Special one-year program through Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Schwarzman Website / Schwarzman Scholarship Fact Sheet
