Prestigious Scholarships

Undergraduate Tuition, Fees and Books

Scholarship	Degree/Career	Eligibility	NWU Faculty Advisor	Length	Value	Deadline
Goldwater	Sciences, Mathematics	Sophomore, Junior	Gary Gerald	1-2 years	$7,500 annually	January
Udall	Sciences, Environment	Sophomore, Junior	Jeff Mohr	1 year	$5,000 annually	February
NOAA/Hollings	Sciences, Mathmatics, Education	Sophomore, Junior	Jerry Bricker	9 months	up to $8,000	January

 

International Study

Scholarship	Degree/Career	Eligibility	NWU Faculty Advisor	Length	Value	Deadline
Boren	Critical Languages and National Security	Sophomore, Junior, Senior	Robert Oberst	summer, semester, full year	up to $20,000	February
Critical Language	Any (Language may be required)	Any	Rita Lester	7-10 weeks	program costs*	November
Freeman-ASIA Award	Any	See website	Sarah Barr	summer, semester, full year	up to $7,000	March/April/October
Fulbright	Any, Teaching English	Senior (Language may be required)	Robert Oberst	1 year	program costs*	October
US-UK Fulbright Summer Institutes	Any	First year, Sophomore	Steven Wills	3 weeks	program costs*	March
Fulbright Canada Killam Scholarships	Any	Any	Gerise Herndon	1-2 semesters	$5,000 per semester	January
Gilman	Any	Pell eligible	Sarah Barr	summer, semester, full year	up to $5,000	October/ March
JET Japan Exchange and Teaching Program	Any, Teaching English	Senior	Yuko Yamada	1 year	program costs*	October

 

Graduate Study (Some International)

Scholarship	Degree/Career	Eligibility	NWU Faculty Advisor	Length	Value	Deadline
British Marshall	Any	Senior	Rita Lester	2 years	university program costs*	October
Davies-Jackson (Cambridge)	Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences	Senior (First in family to graduate college)	Rita Lester	2 years	$50,000; Cambridge B.A. degree	November
Gates (Cambridge)	Any Liberal Arts major	Senior	Rita Lester	2-3 years	full university costs*	October
George Mitchell (Ireland)	Any	Senior	Rita Lester	1 year	full university costs*	October
James Madison	History, Education, Political Science	Senior	Patrick Hayden-Roy	2 years	$24,000	March
Rhodes (Oxford)	Any Liberal Arts major	Senior	Rita Lester	2-3 years	up to $50,000	October
Soros	Any	New American; Senior, Post-Grad	Sarah Kelen	2 years	up to $90,000	November
Thomas Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship	Foreign Affairs	Junior, Senior	Rita Lester	2 years	$37.500	January
Truman	Leadership, Public Service	Junior	Robert Oberst	Final year undergrad; several years graduate	$30,000	February

 

*More information available regarding covered costs