Graduate College Fellowship and Award Deadlines
Internal (Graduate College) as well as prestigious external fellowships require a nomination in order for a student to apply. For internal competitions, the Graduate College sets its deadline -- academic programs generally set an earlier deadline in order to complete their role in the formal nomination process. For external funding, especially for those competitions for which the Fellowships and Awards coordinator is the formal or informal advisor, the Graduate College establishes a campus deadline in advance of the funding source's deadline.
These dates are subject to change.
Graduate College Fellowship and Award Deadlines Heading link
| Department nomination deadline | Announcement of awards | |
|---|---|---|
| Access Fellowship - Round I: Recruitment | February 3, 2025 | March 1, 2025 |
| Access Fellowship - Round II: Retention | Suspended | n/a |
| Award for Graduate Research | Fall: October 9, 2024; Spring: March 15, 2025 | Fall: December 1, 2024 Spring: May 1, 2025 |
| Barnhurst-Doherty Award (*new*) | December 2, 2024 | March 1, 2025 |
| Dean's Scholar Fellowship | Suspended | n/a |
| Fellowship for International Research (*new*) | November 1, 2024 | TBD |
| Graduate Mentoring Award | March 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award | December 2, 2024 | March 1, 2025 |
| Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award | October 11, 2024 | December 1, 2024 |
| Provost's Graduate Internship Award | March 17, 2025 | May 1, 2024 |
| Provost Visiting Scholar Award | November 1, 2024 | TBD |
| SROP Early Admissions Fellowship (deadline to apply to a UIC PhD program) | October 18, 2024 | December 16, 2024 |
| UIC Pipeline to an Inclusive Faculty (PIF) Program | February 3, 2025 (as part of Access or University Fellowship app) | March 1, 2025 |
| University Fellowship | February 3, 2025 | March 1, 2025 |
Select External Deadlines Heading link
| Campus Deadline(s) | Submission Deadline(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Meta PhD Fellowship | n/a - student submit directly | Application: September 20, 2024 ; LORs are due by October 6th |
| NVIDIA Corp. Graduate Fellowship Program | n/a | 5 pm CT on September 13, 2024 |
| UI System - Paul D. Doolen Scholarship | n/a - student submits directly | October 3, 2024 |
| Fulbright US Student Program | September 05, 2024 | October 8, 2024 |
| Google PhD Fellowship | TBD | anticipated May 1, 2025 |
| IBM PhD Fellowship | Ask your department | 10:59 pm CT on August 30, 2024 |
| NSF GRFP | Advising deadline: August 15, 2024. Otherwise, n/a - student submits directly | All LORs are due 4 pm CST on October 11, 204. Deadlines vary by discipline, October 15-18, 2024 |
| National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program | n/a | November 1 |
| Two Sigma Fellowship | Ask your department head/chair | 11 am CST on November 6, 2024 |
| Joint AAAI/ACM SIGAI Doctoral Dissertation Award | November 1 | November 21 |
| Critical Language Scholarship | n/a - student submits directly | 7 pm CT, November 19 |
| Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst (DAAD) | Fields other than Architecture, Music, Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Design/Visual Communication & Film: Oct. 21 | varies |
| Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship | January 2, 2025 | anticipated January 22 |
| Boren Fellowship | January 6, 2025 | January 22, 2025 |
| Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad | December 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 |
| UI System - President's Research in Diversity Travel Assistance Program | n/a - student submits directly | Fall '24 competition: October 21; spring 2024 deadline March 31 |
Graduate College Fellowships and Awards Heading link
Links to specific Graduate College fellowships and awards.