Office for Fellowships and Preprofessional Advising

Fellowships

Several fellowships require the applicant to have the support and endorsement of the undergraduate institution in order to apply. The office assists students with the following competitions: Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Watson, Goldwater, Truman, Luce, Maguire, Woodrow Wilson, National Science Foundation, W.K. Rose, Vassar Fellowships, "echoing green", James Madison, Morris Udall, NYC Urban Fellows, Ford, Rotary Jacob Javits Fellowship, and others. Students interested in learning more about these fellowships should inquire at the office and watch for information, meetings and campus mailings, and comply with deadlines.

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Vassar Fellowships for Graduating Seniors and Recent Alumni

• List of Vassar Fellowships (84k)
• Ann Cornelisen Fellowship for Graduating Seniors and Recent Alumni (128k) - application instructions
• Maguire Fellowship for Study Abroad after Graduation (47k) - application instructions
• Vassar Fellowships for Graduate Study (82k) - application instructions
• Vassar W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts (125k)

Vassar Fellowships for Sophomores and Juniors

• Ann Cornelisen Fellowship for Undergraduate Students (112k) - application instructions
• Burnam Summer Fellowships for Juniors (58k)

Vassar Maguire Summer Internship/ Building with Books:

• Application for Nicaragua (88k)
• Application for Mali (88k)

Nationally Competitive Fellowships Requiring Institutional Endorsement

Graduating Seniors and Recent alumni

• American Graduate Fellowships to support doctoral study in the humanities

• Carnegie Junior Fellows Program

  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program (300k)
  • Carnegie Junior Fellows Program FAQ (300k)
• Marshall Scholarship at Vassar (70k)
• Rhodes Scholarship at Vassar (58k)
• Fulbright Grants at Vassar (14k)
• Luce Scholars Fellowship Program for Internships in Asia (52k)
• Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship (14k)
• Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship for study at Cambridge University (72k)

Graduating Seniors Only

• Compton Foundation Mentor Fellowship Program (316k)

• Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

  • Watson Campus Process (36k)
  • Application 2008 (64k)
  • Watson Recommendation Request (32k)

Sophomores and Juniors:

• Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program
• The Harry S. Truman Scholarship
• The Morris K. Udall Scholarship
• The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Other Resources

• General Scholarship Search Engines (65k)
• Is there a Fellowship in your Future? (324)
• Selected Funding Opportunities Open to Non-US Citizens (66k)