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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, 2024 (extended to 2/4/24) March 1, 2024 (extended to 3/5/24)
Access Fellowship - Round II: Retention April 3, 2024 May 1, 2024
Award for Graduate Research Fall: October 4, 2023; Spring: March 15, 2024 Fall: December 1, 2023 Spring: May 1, 2024
Barnhurst-Doherty Award (*new*) May 1, 2024 June 3, 2024
Dean's Scholar Fellowship March 8, 2024 (extended to 3/11/24) May 1, 2024
Fellowship for International Research (*new*) November 1, 2023 February 1, 2024
Graduate Mentoring Award March 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award December 1, 2023 February 1, 2024
Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award October 13, 2023 December 1, 2023
Provost's Graduate Internship Award March 18, 2024 May 1, 2024
Provost's Graduate Research Award October 6, 2023 December 1, 2023
SROP Early Admissions Fellowship October 13, 2023 December 15, 2023
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, 2024 (extended to 2/4/24) March 1, 2024 (extended to 3/5/24)

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Campus Deadline(s) Submission Deadline(s)
Meta PhD Fellowship n/a - student submit directly
NVIDIA Corp. Graduate Fellowship Program n/a anticipated September 1, 2024
UI System - Paul D. Doolen Scholarship n/a - student submits directly October 4, 2023
Fulbright US Student Program September 05, 2024 October 8, 2024
Google PhD Fellowship anticipated September 15, 2022 Paused for 2023 - awaiting updates, Oct. 2023
IBM PhD Fellowship Ask your department Unknown - awaiting updates.
NSF GRFP n/a - student submits directly Varies by discipline, October 16-20, 2023
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program n/a anticipated November 1
Two Sigma Fellowship Ask your department head/chair November 3, 2023
Joint AAAI/ACM SIGAI Doctoral Dissertation Award anticipated November 1 anticipated 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
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship January 2, 2024 anticipated January 22
Boren Fellowship January 10, 2024 January 24, 2024
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad March 1 March 29, 2024
UI System - President's Research in Diversity Travel Assistance Program n/a - student submits directly Fall 23 competition: October 21; spring 2024 deadline March 31

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Links to specific Graduate College fellowships and awards.