Office of Nationally Competitive Awards

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. 

April 14th at 12:30PM: Scholarship and Session Details

Schwarzman Scholars are talented young leaders helping to build stronger links between China and a rapidly changing world as they pursue a fully funded Master’s of Global Affairs at Tsinghua University. 

• Campus Deadline: August 19, 2022
• National Deadline: October 11, 2022

• National Deadline: September 2022

• National Deadline: September 30, 2022 @5PM EST

• National Deadline: October 3, 2022 @11:59PM EST

• Kylie Boyer, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Critical Language Scholarship (Korean)
• Adam Elzarka, Medical Sciences; Liberal Arts, Truman Scholarship Recipient; Critical Language Scholarship (Arabic)
• Regina Kazanjian, Industrial Design, Fulbright Aalto University Graduate Award (Finland)
• Stephanie Cuyubamba Kong, Fine Arts, Fulbright Study/Research (Peru)
• Lynn Pickering, Aerospace Engineering, Fulbright Ghent University Award (Belgium)
• Nicholas Shaw, Medical Sciences, Goldwater Scholarship
• Isabel Slonneger, International Affairs; Environmental Studies, Fulbright ETA (Spain)
• Lily Stiefel, Asian Studies, Critical Language Scholarship (Japanese)
• Will Thompson, Business Analytics, Boren Fellowship (Jordan)
• Andrew Van Dyke, Musicology, Critical Language Scholarship (Russian, declined)

• Thomas Croke, Musicology, Fulbright Study/Research Poland (Semi-Finalist)
• Jack Fogle, Biology; Psychology; Neuroscience, Fulbright Study/Research Slovenia (Semi-Finalist)
• Maya Gulani, Political Science; International Affairs; German Studies, Fulbright ETA (Semi-Finalist)
• Joyner Horn, Voice Performance, Fulbright John Wood LAMDA Award in Classical Acting (Alternate)
• Daniel Posmik, Business Economics; Business Analytics, Schwarzman Scholarship (Finalist)
• Mariam Soliman, Middle Childhood Education, Fulbright ETA Turkey (Alternate)