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. 

October 4th at 12:30PM: Scholarship and Session Details

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is the premier graduate fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers as public service leaders. The Truman Foundation nurtures and supports future generations who answer the call to public service leadership.

October 12th at 12:30PM: Scholarship and Session Details

Funded by the U.S. Department of State, this two-year Fellowship program is a path to a career in the Foreign Service by providing academic funding for an IT-related degree, internships, professional development and mentorship – culminating in an appointment in the Foreign Service as an Information Management Specialist (IMS).

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

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

• National Deadline: October 11, 2022

• National Deadline: October 12, 2022

• National Deadline: October 12, 2022

• National Deadline: October 15, 2022

• Campus Deadline: October 19, 2022
• National Deadline: January 23, 2023

• National Deadline: October 27, 2022

• Chinmay Bakshi, Neurobiology; Medical Sciences, Samvid Scholar
• Kylie Boyer, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Critical Language Scholarship (Korean)
• Stephanie Cuyubamba Kong, Fine Arts, Fulbright Study/Research (Peru)
• Adam Elzarka, Medical Sciences; Liberal Arts, Truman Scholarship Recipient; Critical Language Scholarship (Arabic)
• Regina Kazanjian, Industrial Design, Fulbright Aalto University Graduate Award (Finland)
• Lynn Pickering, Aerospace Engineering, Fulbright Ghent University Award (Belgium)
• Nicholas Shaw, Medical Sciences, Goldwater Scholarship
• Isabel Slonneger, International Affairs; Environmental Studies, Fulbright ETA (Spain)
• Mariam Soliman, Middle Childhood Education, Fulbright ETA (Turkey)
• 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)