All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received by Kenyon’s Office of National Fellowships and Scholarships by the internal campus deadline as noted below. Contact Betsy Billiter for guidance at billiter2@kenyon.edu.
Rhodes Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 8/21/2024; third Wednesday in August
External Award Deadline: Early October, TBD
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Faculty Liaison: Piers Brown, Associate Professor of English
Application opens late Spring
Learn more at rhodesscholar.org
Marshall Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 8/21/2024; third Wednesday in August
External Award Deadline: Late September, TBD
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Faculty Liaison: Piers Brown, Associate Professor of English
Application opens mid-April
Learn more at marshallscholarship.org
The George J. Mitchell Scholarship
NOTE: Program on hold for the 2024-25 application cycle.
Internal Campus Deadline:
External Award Deadline:
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Faculty Liaison:
Application opens mid-March
Learn more at us-irelandalliance.org
Fulbright Fellowship
Internal Campus Deadline: 9/04/2024; first Wednesday in September
External Award Deadline: 10/08/2024
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Faculty Liaisons: Marne Ausec, Paul Gebhardt, Nurten Kilic, Irene Lopez
Application opens in early April
Learn more at us.fulbrightonline.org
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace —
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program
Internal Campus Deadline: 11/13/2024; second Wednesday in November
External Award Deadline: mid-January, TBD
Campus Liaison: Joseph Klesner, Professor of Political Science & International Studies
Director, Center for the Study of American Democracy
Who can apply: Seniors or those having graduated in the last academic year.
Application opens in early October
Learn more at the Carnegie Endowment website
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: Contact Professor Les Wade
External Award Deadline: 1/26/2024, 5 p.m. (CST); last Friday in January
Who can apply: Sophomores and juniors invited to apply by department chairs
Application opens the first Tuesday in September
Learn more at act.org/goldwater
Truman Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 1/08/2025, second Wednesday in January
External Award Deadline: 2/04/2025; first Tuesday in February
Who can apply: Juniors
Faculty Liaison: PJ Glandon, Associate Professor of Economics
Application opens August 1
Learn more at www.truman.gov
Boren Scholarships
Internal Campus Deadline: 1/08/2025, second Wednesday in January
External Award Deadline: January end, TBD
Who can apply: Sophomores
Faculty liaison: Marne Ausec, Director of CGE and Betsy Billiter, NFS
Learn more at borenawards.org
Beinecke Scholarship Program
Internal Campus Deadline: 2/05/2025, first Wednesday in February
External Award Deadline: 03/28/2025, 5 p.m. (EST); last Friday in March
Who can apply: Juniors
Faculty Liaison: Adele Davidson, Charles P. McIlvaine Professor of English
Learn more at beineckescholarship.org
James Madison Fellowship Program
Internal Campus Deadline: 2/05/2025, first Wednesday in February
External Award Deadline: March 1 of each year
Who can apply: Seniors
Liaison: Maureen Tobin, Senior Associate Director for Grad School & Career Advising
Learn more at jamesmadison.com
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 2/05/2025, first Wednesday in February
External Award Deadline: early March, TBD
Who can apply: Juniors and Sophomores
Faculty Liaison: Robert Alexander, Prof. of Economics and Environmental Studies
Application opens mid-September
Learn more at udall.gov