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Upcoming Info Sessions on Fall Fellowship Opportunities

July 19, 2021 | by Jonna Iacono

 

Explore Fully Funded Opportunities to Study, Research or Teach English Around the World

Undergraduate Research and Fellowships will host a series of information sessions for rising seniors and recent alums  interested in funded opportunities to pursue research, study, or English teaching around the world during the fall following their graduation (fall 2022). Though it seems faraway, the time to be planning that future is now – with applications coming due in mid to late August. These are great opportunities for students from across the disciplines and with a wide array of personal and professional experiences and ambitions –making a convincing case about a right fit is more important than the world’s highest GPA for most, if not all, these opportunities.

Huskies should RSVP for the information sessions at the links provided (and if you can’t make it, contact URF@Northeastern.edu to let us know you’re interested – we’ll connect another time).

 

FALL 2021 FELLOWSHIPS: INFORMATION SESSIONS AND IMPORTANT DATES

Fulbright Fellowship for International Research, Study, Teaching

With a mission “to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries,” Fulbright Fellowships fund a year of post-graduation study, research, or English teaching in approximately 140 countries around the world.

  • Eligibility: U.S. citizens or permanent residents. No GPA requirements, open to all disciplines and majors.
  • Information Session: Monday, July 19, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET – RSVP
  • Northeastern Deadline: August 20, 2021

 

UK & Ireland Leadership Awards: The Rhodes, Marshall, & Mitchell Scholarships

We seek students with big visions for making the world a better place, with the accomplishments, academic chops, and interpersonal skills to back up that ambition. The Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell Scholarships fund postgraduate study in the UK or Ireland for those who are defining and solving the problems of tomorrow. These awards seek scholars and leaders who will dedicate their intellect and energy to the service of the greater good and who will build enduring ties between the US and UK and/or Ireland.

  • Eligibility: Rhodes, U.S. citizens, DACA recipients, permanent residents; Marshall & Mitchell, U.S. citizens.
  • GPA: 3.7 and up for Rhodes and Marshall. No minimum for Mitchell. Open to all disciplines and majors.
  • Information Session: Tuesday, July 20, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET – RSVP
  • Northeastern Deadline: August 13, 2021

 

Leadership for a New Millennium: The Knight-Hennessy & Schwarzman Scholarships

The Knight-Hennessy and Schwarzman Scholarships seek 21st-century leaders who will tackle the world’s biggest challenges in all fields of endeavor with a boost from a fully-funded Stanford graduate education (Knight-Hennessy) or a yearlong, funded master’s, taught in English, at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (Schwarzman).

  • No citizenship or GPA requirements, open to all disciplines and majors.
  • Information Session: Thursday, July 22, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET – RSVP
  • Northeastern Deadline: August 13, 2021

 

Cutting-Edge STEM Research and STEM Policy at Cambridge: The Churchill Scholarship and the Churchill Kanders Scholarship

The Churchill Scholarship funds a Master’s degree – comprised of advanced research or study — at Churchill College, Cambridge, for outstanding American students in STEM fields with the promise to become intellectual leaders working at the cutting edge of research in their discipline. After Cambridge, Churchill Scholars typically head back to the US to attend top-tier PhD programs. The Churchill Kanders Scholarship, meanwhile, funds a Master’s in Public Policy at Cambridge for someone with a STEM background who aspires to shape scientifically-literate policy decisions.

Eligibility: U.S. citizens, must be senior or have graduated within past 12 months. No GPA requirements, extensive record of accomplishment in research.

  • Information Session: Friday, July 23, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET – RSVP
  • Northeastern Deadline: September 10, 2021

 

Making a Graduate School Plan

Join URF for a conversation about the nuts and bolts of putting together your graduate school application, moving from self-reflection to final application, interview and enrolling! Our “live” session is complemented with on online Canvas workshop, where you can get great advice from faculty and peers who are also moving through the same processes.

  • Eligibility: Open to students in all fields and interested in all types of graduate study (MS, MA, MFA, MBA, JD, PhD)! Rising seniors.
  • Information Session: Tuesday, August 10, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET – RSVP

 

Cultivating STEM’s Next Generation: The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) funds graduate study for students with the potential to make significant contributions to research, teaching and industrial applications in science, mathematics and engineering. Open to seniors, alums, and graduate students.

  • Eligibility: U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents. No GPA requirements.
  • Information Session: Tuesday, August 17, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET – RSVP
  • Award Deadline: TBD, usually third week of October, based on applicant’s field