Students with excellent academic records should consider applying for a nationally competitive scholarship or fellowship. The fellowships listed here are intensely competitive, but serious applicants reap plentiful rewards from the process. Students with high academic excellence, and evidence of leadership, community service and/or research experience should seriously consider applying for a fellowship. If this description fits you, review the websites for those fellowships that seem to match your interests and plans and then schedule an appointment with the fellowship coordinator, Vicki Bocchicchio in the Honors College, to talk about preparing an application.

The following undergraduate fellowships have a KSU application deadline of the first Friday of spring semester:

Goldwater Scholarship
Two-year award for science or math majors who apply in the sophomore year. www.act.org/goldwater/

Morris Udall Scholarship
One-year award for students who study the environment and related fields. Or one-year award for Native American students in fields related to health care or tribal policy. Sophomores and juniors may apply. www.udall.gov

Truman Scholarship
Multi-year fellowship: students apply as juniors and are funded for the senior year and two years of graduate school. Funds students interested in careers in public service. www.truman.gov

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Supports overseas study at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. Portable to a wide variety of institutions. www.rotary.org/foundation

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The following graduate fellowships have a KSU application deadline of the first Friday of the fall semester.

Fulbright Grants
Full support for an academic year of graduate-level research at a foreign university. www.iie.org/fulbright/us

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Partial support for up to six years. http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/

Jacob K. Javitz Fellowship
For the lesser of 48 months or the completion of a doctoral or MFA degree. www.ed.gov/offices/OPE

Marshall Scholarship
Two years at a British university in any field. www.marshallscholarship.org

George Mitchell Scholarship
One-year award for study in Ireland in any field. http://www.mitchellinstitute.org/scholarships.html

Rhodes Scholarship
Full support for two years at Oxford University in any field. www.rhodesscholar.org

Rotary Peace Scholarship
Supports peace studies work at five international institutions. www.rotary.org/foundation