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.

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In alphabetical order. Deadline is 4 pm (Central Time) unless otherwise noted and dates are subject to change. Awardees of recruitment fellowships MUST inform the Graduate College of acceptance by April 15th.
	Department nomination deadline	Announcement of awards
Access Fellowship - Round I: Recruitment	February 1, 2023 >> Extended to NOON, 2/6/23	March 1, 2023
Access Fellowship - Round II: Retention	April 3, 2023	May 3, 2023
Award for Graduate Research	Fall: October 12, 2022; Spring: March 17, 2023	Fall: December 1, 2022 Spring: May 3, 2022
Dean's Scholar Fellowship	March 10, 2023	May 3, 2023
Graduate Mentoring Award	March 1, 2023	May 3, 2023
Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award	December 1, 2022	February 1, 2023
Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award	October 12, 2022	December 1, 2022
Provost's Graduate Internship Award	March 17, 2023 >> Extended to March 24th	May 3, 2023
Provost's Graduate Research Award	October 14, 2022	December 1, 2022
SROP Early Admissions Fellowship	October 14, 2022	December 15, 2021
UIC Pipeline to an Inclusive Faculty (PIF) Program	February 1, 2023 (as part of Access or University Fellowship app) >> Extended to NOON, 2/6/23	March 1, 2023
University Fellowship	February 1, 2023 > Extended to NOON, 2/6/23	March 1, 2023

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	Campus Deadline(s)	Submission Deadline(s)
Microsoft PhD Fellowship	Nomination by department chair (to Microsoft): anticipated June 30	Invited proposals: anticipated August 1
UI System - Paul D. Doolen Scholarship	n/a - student submits directly	anticipated October 1
Fulbright US Student Program	September 08, 2022	October 11, 2022
Google PhD Fellowship	anticipated September 15, 2022	September 30
NSF GRFP	n/a - student submits directly	Varies by discipline, October 17-21
Joint AAAI/ACM SIGAI Doctoral Dissertation Award	November 1	November 15
Critical Language Scholarship	n/a - student submits directly	anticipated November 15
Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst (DAAD)	Fields other than Architecture, Music, Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Design/Visual Communication & Film: Oct. 21	varies
Ford Foundation	n/a - student submits directly	Dissertation and postdoc: December 8, 2022; Predoctoral: December 15, 2022
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship	January 2, 2023	January 22
Boren Fellowship	January 11, 2023	January 25, 2023
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad	not yet set	varies
UI System - President's Research in Diversity Travel Assistance Program	n/a - student submits directly	Fall 22 competition: September 21; spring 2023 deadline c. March 31