Awards Requiring UNC Endorsement
*Note* Many of the endorsement deadlines for 2024-2025 have not yet been set. If there’s a date on this page then it’s finalized. If it says TBD then this is a general sense of when the date is likely to be. Please check back or contact ODS for more information.
Please notify the Office of Distinguished Scholarships (ods@unc.edu) if you wish to apply for one or more of these awards. Note that some of the dates (endorsement deadlines in particular) may change or be updated. We encourage you to check this page regularly and reach out to our office!
Beinecke Scholarship
Open to third-year students
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely February, 2025
- Final application deadline: TBD–likely late March, 2025
Boren Awards
Open to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students
- Endorsement application deadline* Thursday, January 2, 2025–note endorsement is recommended but not required for Boren Awards
- Boren Fellowships (graduate students) final application deadline: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Boren Scholarships (undergraduate students) final application deadline: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Churchill Scholarship
Open to fourth-year students and alumni from the previous academic year
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely early-to-mid-September, 2024
- Endorsed students must apply to Cambridge by Wednesday, October 11 at (12:00 pm ET)
- Final application deadline: Friday, November 1, 2024 (5:00 pm ET)
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Open to graduating seniors, master’s students, doctoral candidates, and alumni.
- Endorsement application deadline: Sunday, September 8, 2024 (11:59 pm)
- Final application deadline: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (5:00 pm)
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program
Open to fourth-year students and alumni from the previous academic year
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely late November, 2024
- Final application deadline: TBD–likely mid-January, 2025
Goldwater Scholarship
Open to second- and third-year students
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely November, 2024
- Final application deadline: TBD–likely late January, 2025
Marshall Scholarships
Open to fourth-year students and recent alumni
- Endorsement application deadline: Friday, August 9, 2024 (9:00 pm)
- Final application deadline: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 (9:00 pm)
McCall MacBain Scholarship
Open to fourth-year students and alumni
- Endorsement application deadline: Friday, August 9, 2024 (9:00 pm ET)
- Final application deadline: September 25, 2024 (4:00 pm ET)
- Note that the application deadline for applicants from countries other than Canada and the United States is August 21, 2024. If you are an international applicant interested in the McCall MacBain, please contact UNC-Chapel Hill well in advance of August.
Michel David-Weill Scholarship
Open to graduating seniors
- Applicants who wish to be nominated need to apply to a Science Po master’s program no later than TBD–likely late October, 2024
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely early October, 2024
- Final application deadline: TBD–mid-November, 2024
Mitchell Scholarship
As of March 2024 the Mitchell Scholarship has “paused” and there will be no scholarship competition for the 2024-2025 cycle. ODS will update the website if the scholarship reopens or more information becomes available.
Rhodes Scholarship
Open to graduating seniors and recent alumni
- Endorsement application deadline for US and Canadian applicants: Friday, August 9, 2024 (5:00 pm ET)
- Final application deadline: for US applicants: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 (11:59 pm). For Canadian applicants: Friday, September 27, 2024 (11:59 pm)
- Other competitions have final deadlines that may be much earlier than the US competition; check with ODS regarding endorsement for non-US competitions
Truman Scholarship
Open to third-year students
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely late November or early December, 2024
- Final application deadline: TBD–likely early February, 2025
Udall Scholarship
Open to second- and third-year students
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD–likely late January / early February, 2025
- Final application deadline: TBD–likely early March, 2025
Yenching Academy
Open to fourth-year students and alumni
- Endorsement application deadline: TBD — likely late October / early November, 2024
- Final application deadline: TBD — likely early December, 2024
