Many national scholarships and prestigious fellowships require campus nomination or endorsement in order to apply. In these cases, Williams establishes a campus deadline that is several weeks or months in advance of the submission deadline posted by the awarding organization’s website. The tables below list the fellowships that have a preliminary campus deadline, as well as major programs that do not have a preliminary deadline.
Students or recent graduates who seek nomination for any of these awards should attend an information session and schedule an individual meeting with the Fellowships Office. Students should self-enroll in the Fellowships Office GLOW course where you can find campus-specific instructions for your application. Alumni, contact Lynn Chick, Fellowships Coordinator for relevant documents.
All dates subject to change.
| Preliminary Deadline | Submission Deadline | |
| Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell Scholarships | June 20 OR Aug 29 | late Sept / early Oct |
| Fulbright US Student Program | Sept 12 or Sept 19 | Oct 11 |
| Schwarzman Scholars | Sept 1 | Sept 20 |
| Luce Scholars | Oct 15 | |
| Churchill Scholarship | Oct 3 | Nov 2 |
| Knight-Hennessy Scholarship | Oct 12 | |
| Watson and Chandler Fellowships | Oct 10 | Nov 9 |
| Gates-Cambridge Scholarship | Oct 12 or Dec (dates vary) | |
| Williams College Oxbridge Fellowships | Oct 31 | Apply to your course in October or November! |
| Truman Scholarship | Nov 15 Recommendations due Nov 15 |
Feb 7 |
| Goldwater Scholarship | Dec 5 Recommendations due Dec 5 |
Jan 27 |
| Yenching Academy Scholarship | Nov 1 (approx) | Dec 3 |
| St. Andrews Scholarship | Nov 15 | Dec 15 |
| James C. Gaither Jr Fellowship | Dec 15 | Jan 15 |
| Middlebury Language Schools | Dec 15 for Fin Aid | Jan 10 |
| Beinecke Brothers Scholarship | Jan 12 | Feb 9 |
| Udall Scholarship | Feb 4 | March 1 |
| Williams Summer Travel, Research, Study Fellowships | Feb 15 | |
| Library Special Collections Summer Fellowship | Feb 15 | |
| Wilmers Language Study Grant | Feb 22 | |
| Hubbard Hutchinson Fellowship | March 16 | |
| Lansing Fellowship for Classics | April 1 | |
| Jeffrey Jones Fellowship in Journalism | April 11 | |
| Samvid Scholars | April 9 | |
| Sentinels Fellowship | April 10 | |
| Dunbar Student Life Writing Prizes | April 11 | |
| Stratton Fellowship in Biology | May 1 |
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