Developing Yourself Through Competitive Scholarships

Every year students in UHP win nationally competitive scholarships that help them to pay for their undergraduate education, conduct summer research, or pursue graduate studies or other experiences abroad after graduation.  To successfully apply for most of these awards, students should start planning well ahead of the deadline.  This NEXUS experience aims to help you prepare an effective application, whether you are a junior applying this spring for post-graduate awards or a sophomore planning for the future.

Topics covered have broad application outside of scholarship application as well, and will include:

  • Introduction to competitive scholarships and how they might fit into your academic and professional plans;
  • Assessing a scholarship and yourself;
  • Building relationships and soliciting letters;
  • Composing a personal statement;
  • Writing about what you do;
  • Talking about what you do (i.e., interviewing skills).

 
In addition to attending the six sessions, participants should plan to spend 4 hours per session completing related reading, research, and writing. Students will have a one hour meeting with the director of ONIS.
 
Those who can benefit most are:

  • Juniors (or seniors) applying for Fulbright Student Awards to fund a year of foreign study, research or teaching in 2024-25.  Applications due beginning of fall semester 2025;
  • Juniors (or seniors) applying for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Gates- Cambridge, Schwarzman, Yenching, Knight-Hennessey, or DAAD scholarships to fund graduate study in the UK, Ireland, China, Germany, or at Stanford beginning in Fall 2025. Applications due beginning of April through November depending on award;
  • Sophomores planning to apply for any of the above or Truman or Udall scholarships during their junior year;
  • Any students planning to apply for graduate or professional schools in the future.
Faculty Participants
Tim Jones, Associates Director for National & International Scholarships
Activity Period
Spring 2025
Meets
Fridays 3-4:00pm
Students Admitted
15