Awards Overview

Overview of Select Awards

NameFocusFields*UG/Grad/Summer
Boren ScholarshipLanguagesAllUG
Boren ScholarshipLanguagesSTEMSummer
Boren FellowshipLanguagesAllGrad
Critical Language ScholarshipLanguagesAllSummer
DAADGermanyAllUG/Grad
DAAD RISEGermanySTEMSummer
Fulbright UKInternationalAllUG/Summer
FulbrightInternationalAllGrad
Gates-CambridgeCambridgeAllGrad
GilmanInternationalAllUG/Summer
GoldwaterSciencesSTEMUG
MadisonHistoryTeachersGrad
Marshall UKAllGrad
Mitchell IrelandAllGrad
NSF Grad Research FellowsSciencesSTEMGrad
PPIAPublic PolicyminoritiesUG/Summer/Grad
Prior EssayLiberal ArtsAllUG
RangelInternationalAllSummer/Grad
RhodesOxfordAllGrad
TrumanServiceAllGrad
UdallNative AmericanEnvironmentalUG
Wiesel EssayEthicsAllUG
Woodrow Wilson Teaching FellowTeachingSTEM*UG/Grad

*STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (including Computer Science)

Externships

EuroScholars is a summer undergraduate science research program at 6 universities. See the UIS Student Research & Support for more opportunities.

The Washington Center provides summer or semester-long placements for undergraduate students in federal government offices in Washington, DC. See the UIS Internships office for more information.

External Databases

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign National and International Scholarships Program maintains an extensive, searchable database of fellowships.  Some are limited to UIUC students.