Extraordinary Opportunities

The National Scholarships and Fellowships Coordinator helps NC A&T's undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni learn of and apply for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, regardless of University Honors Program membership or current scholarship status. These extraordinary opportunities are external to NC A&T and they span a wide range of experiences. Many of these extraordinary opportunities (EOs) are fully funded and are connected to undergraduate as well as graduate degree programs and internships, international programs and activities, language programs, and independent projects and research.

Several nationally competitive and prestigious EOs have a two-part application process. Before students and alumni can apply in the national competition, they must first apply in the campus competition to gain nomination, or endorsement. Applicants should therefore put their best foot forward for the campus competition. Campus application deadlines for this endorsement may be anywhere from four weeks to four or more months before the national deadline. Applicants should also allot at least four weeks before the national deadlines for non-endorsed EOs.

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Undergraduate EOs

International/Language

Public Service/Leadership

Humanity in Action (HiA) Fellowship
The John Lewis Fellowship (HiA)
Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows (MVLF) program
Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute (JSI)
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
Truman Scholarship
Udall Scholarship
The Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

STEM

Underrepresented Groups

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
ETS Presidential Scholarship for HBCU Students
NOAA EPP/MSI Scholarship

Point Foundation Scholarship (LGBTQ)
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Awards
Udall Scholarship (Native American/Alaska Native track)
UNCF Scholarship Programs

Postgraduate EOs

International/Language

American-Scandinavian Foundation Scholarship
Boren Fellowship
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
DAAD Scholarships
Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant
Humanity in Action (HiA) Fellowship
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
Schwarzman Scholars program

U.K. Degrees (all disciplines)

Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Marshall Scholarships
Mitchell Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarships

Public Service/Leadership Degrees

James Madison Graduate Fellowships
Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program
Schwarzman Scholars program

Think Tanks/Independent Projects

The Detroit Fellowship (HiA)
Echoing Green Fellowship
Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant
Gaither Junior Fellows Program
Humanity in Action (HiA) Fellowship
The John Lewis Fellowship (HiA)
Rotary Peace Fellowships
Scoville Peace Fellowship

STEM

AAUW American Fellowship (for women scholars)
Dept. of Energy Computational Science Fellowship
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs for Minorities
Foreign Affairs Information Technology (FAIT) Fellowship
Hertz Foundation Fellowship
Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Underrepresented Groups