Application Deadlines
Each of the fellowships supported through the Fries Center's Fellowships office requires some form of a campus-level application or nomination process before candidates progress on to the national or international level of the competition.
Expression of Interest Target Date
We always encourage students to start their fellowship applications early, several months ahead of the campus deadlines. If you're thinking of applying for a fellowship, the Office of Fellowships wants to know about it! This helps us support you and plan our campus process. If it's a little past this date and you still want to apply, just email fellowships@wesleyan.edu as soon as you can to let us know you're interested.
Campus Deadlines
The campus deadlines to apply for a fellowship (listed in the table below) are final. These are the deadlines to submit all required materials, usually through your selected program's online portal.
The number of candidates Wesleyan may nominate varies by fellowship program. Some programs allow only one nominee, while others encourage us to nominate all qualified candidates. When you submit your application for the campus deadline, it is reviewed by Fellowships staff and/or by a Wesleyan fellowships review committee. In some cases, these committees will also interview applicants and decide who will be nominated for the national competition based on the fellowship program's selection criteria. Nominees will usually work with Fellowships and/or faculty advisors to further revise their materials before the national deadline.
National Deadlines
National deadlines are set by the foundations, state agencies, and other organizations that run fellowship/scholarship competitions at the national and international level. Deadlines in italics below are approximations based on prior years. Those in regular print have been updated for the current year's application cycle. (Where a time zone is not stated, the deadline is in Eastern time, the local time at Wesleyan's campus.)
FELLOWSHIP |
Expression of interest target date |
CAMPUS DEADLINE |
(Inter)NATIONAL DEADLINE |
Schwarzman China |
April 1, 2024 |
May 3, 2024, noon |
May 20, 2024, 11:59pm CST |
Rhodes (Global) |
May 1, 2024 |
June 20, 2024 |
August 1, 2024 |
Luce |
July 1, 2024 |
Aug 21, 2023, noon |
Mid-October |
Schwarzman US |
June 15, 2024 |
Aug 21, 2024, noon |
Sept 12, 2024, 3pm EDT |
Knight Hennessy |
Aug 1, 2024 |
N/A |
Early-mid October |
Keasbey |
July 15, 2024 |
Aug 23, 2024 |
Mid-November |
Marshall |
June 15, 2024 |
Aug 23, 2024, noon |
Late September |
Mitchell |
N/A (Not taking applications this year) |
N/A |
Typically late September |
Rhodes (US) |
June 15, 2024 |
Aug 23, 2024, noon |
early October |
Fulbright ETA |
June 15, 2024 |
Sep 10, 2024, noon |
Oct 8, 2024, 5pm ET |
Fulbright S/R |
June 15, 2024 |
Sep 10, 2024, noon |
Oct 8, 2024, 5pm ET |
Churchill |
Aug 1, 2024 |
Oct 11, 2024, noon |
Nov 1, 2024, 5pm ET |
Gilman (fall) |
July 15, 2024 (Application opens mid-August) |
N/A |
October 10, 2024 11:59pm PST |
Watson |
June 15, 2024 |
Oct 10, 2024, noon |
Nov 5, 2024, noon |
Gates Cambridge (US) |
Aug 1, 2024 |
N/A |
Mid-October |
Goldwater |
Oct 28, 2024 (pre-application due in online system by this date) |
Nov 14, 2024, noon |
Jan 16, 2025, noon (for letters & student materials) |
Truman |
Oct 30, 2024 |
Nov 18, 2024, noon |
Feb 4, 2025 |
CLS |
N/A (application opens early October) |
N/A |
Mid-November |
Gaither Carnegie Junior |
Nov 1, 2023 |
Dec 2, 2024, noon ET |
Early January |
Gates Cambridge (non-US) |
Nov 1, 2024 |
N/A |
Early Dec 2024 or early Jan 2025, depending on your course |
Boren Fellowship |
Nov 15, 2024 |
N/A |
late January |
Boren Scholarship |
Dec 1, 2024 |
N/A |
early February |
Udall |
Jan 10, 2025 |
February 4, 2025 |
Late Feb/early March |
Beinecke |
Jan 10, 2025 |
Feb 20, 2025, noon |
Late March |
Gilman (spring) |
February 15, 2025 |
N/A |
mid March |