Prestigious Graduate Scholarships
We encourage students to contact us as early as possible in their college career if they have an interest in any of the opportunities listed below. Email Beth Powers at bethpowers@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, November 1st-December 1st
American, International Student, and Selected Professions options available.
AAUW website / AAUW Fact Sheet
Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 4, 2022 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: December 15, 2022 at 5PM 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: TBA 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)
Three years of funding in any NSF-supported field.
Nuclear Energy University Fellowships (DOE)
Deadline: Opens Fall 2022
For science and engineering students interested in nuclear energy.
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: April 15, 2023 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: November 30, 2022
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: TBA Campus Deadline: None
For students interested in careers in the U.S. Foreign Service.
Pickering Website / Pickering Fact Sheet
Quad Fellowship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: none
For STEM students to pursue masters and doctoral degrees at STEM universities in the United States.
Quad Website / Quad Fact Sheet
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: Application opens February 17th, 2023
Up to $50,000 for tuition and fees each year for two years of graduate study
SMART Scholarship
Deadline: December 1, 2022 Campus Deadline: None Full tuition plus stipend for STEM majors interested in DoD research careers.SMART Website / SMART Fact Sheet
Soros Fellowship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: None
For "New Americans" (as defined by Soros) in any discipline.
Soros Website / Soros Fact Sheet
Truman Scholarship
Deadline: February 7, 2023 Campus Deadline: October 20th, 2023
For students who aspire to careers in public service. Four nominees per school.
Truman Website / Truman Fact Sheet / Truman Campus Application
International Study/Research
Boren Fellowship
Deadline: January 25, 2023 at 5PM, EST Campus Deadline: None
Supports study in countries "critical to national security" but underrepresented in study abroad.
Boren Website / Boren Fact Sheet
Chevening Scholarship
Deadline: November 1, 2022 at 12:00 GMT 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: TBA Campus Deadline: TBA
One-three years of graduate study at any university in the United Kingdom.
Marshall Website / Marshall Fact Sheet / Campus Application
Mitchell Scholarship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: TBA
One year of graduate study at any university in Ireland or Northern Ireland.
Mitchell Website / Mitchell Fact sheet / Campus Application
Rhodes Scholarship
Deadline: TBA Campus Deadline: TBA
One-three years of graduate study at Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Rhodes Website / Rhodes Fact Sheet / Campus Application
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: TBA Campus Deadline: None
Special one-year program through Tsinghua University in Beijing.