All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received by Kenyon’s Fellowships and Scholarships Office by the internal campus deadline as noted below. Contact Dean Hawks for guidance at hawkst@kenyon.edu.
Rhodes Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 8/09/2023; second Wednesday in August
External Award Deadline: 10/04/2023
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: 8/09/2023; second Wednesday in August
External Award Deadline: 9/26/2023
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
Internal Campus Deadline: 8/09/2023; second Wednesday in August
External Award Deadline: 9/28/2023, 5pm ET
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Faculty Liaison: Thomas Hawks, Dean of Academic Advising
Application opens mid-March
Learn more at us-irelandalliance.org
Fulbright Fellowship
Internal Campus Deadline: 9/06/2023; first Wednesday in September
External Award Deadline: 10/10/2023
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Faculty Liaisons: Marne Ausec, Alex Brostoff, Ian Curtis, Paul Gebhardt, Arianna Smith, Stephen Volz
Learn more at us.fulbrightonline.org
The Luce Scholars Program
Fellowship External Deadline: October 15
The Luce Scholars Program no longer requires a nomination or an endorsement from an institution (program update, Spring 2022).
Who can apply: Seniors and alumni
Application opens in early June
Learn more at hluce.org
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace —
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program
Internal Campus Deadline: 11/08/2023; second Wednesday in November
External Award Deadline: 1/15/2024
Campus Liaison: Thomas Hawks, Dean of Academic Advising
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 Aaron Reinhard
External Award Deadline: 1/26/2024, 5pm (CST); last Friday in January
Who can apply: Juniors and Sophomores
Application opens the first Tuesday in September
Learn more at act.org/goldwater
Truman Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 1/10/2024, second Wednesday in January
External Award Deadline: 2/06/2024; first Tuesday in February
Who can apply: Juniors
Faculty Liaison: Kathy Krynski, Himmelright Professorship in Economics
Application opens August 1
Learn more at www.truman.gov
Beinecke Scholarship Program
Internal Campus Deadline: 01/10/2024, second Wednesday in January
External Award Deadline: 02/14/2024, 5 pm (EST); second Wednesday in February
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: 2/07/2024, 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
Boren Scholarships
Internal Campus Deadline: Contact Marne Ausec
External Award Deadline: early February, date TBA
Who can apply: Sophomores
Faculty liaison: Marne Ausec, Director of CGE
Learn more at borenawards.org
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Internal Campus Deadline: 2/07/2024, first Wednesday in February
External Award Deadline: early March
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