The Office of Nationally Competitive Awards supports UC undergraduates, graduate students, and recent alumni interested in applying for major external fellowships. NCA fosters the intellectual and personal development of UC’s student-scholars by facilitating a rewarding application process that encourages them to engage in rigorous self-reflection, cultivate strong writing practices, and define meaningful connections among their personal commitments, academic pursuits, and future goals.
This office administers UC’s nomination processes for awards like Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Truman, and Goldwater; it also provides support for major awards that do not require endorsement.
Thursday, July 25, 2024 @ 12:00-1:30 PM
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 @ 3:30-5:00 PM
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding STEM graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving research scientists and engineers. This fellowship provides three years of financial support, including an annual stipend of $37,000. Application opens in late July/early August. To learn more, register for one of two identical information sessions led by Dr. Jenny Hyest (NCA Director).
Eligibility: US citizens or permanent residents intending to pursue a research-based Master’s or PhD program in a GRFP-supported field. Rising & graduating seniors can apply, 1st- and 2nd-year graduate students may apply.
Email nca@uc.edu with questions.
May 30, 2024
In the 2023-2024 academic year, students from the University of Cincinnati received a great variety of nationally competitive awards.
May 30, 2024
Max Kemats, a rising third-year economics major with a minor in public health and a certificate in innovation and design thinking, has been selected for the Fulbright U.K. Summer Institute in Scotland.
January 4, 2024
Trinity Shaya, a 2021 graduate in psychology, has been named a finalist for Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program.
December 7, 2023
Carl H. Lindner College of Business student Lance Entsuah, BA ’24, recently earned admission to the prestigious Schwarzman Scholars program that offers a one-year, fully funded master’s degree program in global affairs from Tsinghua University’s Schwarzman College in Beijing, China.
If you are interested in being added to our database to be kept up-to-date on all info sessions and resources for the awards that interest you, please fill out our Intake Form.
Open to all students! Get an overview of the awards and how our office can help you apply!
