SMU's Office of National Fellowships helps SMU students and faculty to apply for external, nationally-competitive fellowships, scholarships and awards such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Mitchell, Truman, Goldwater, Udall, Guggenheim, and many others.  If you wish to be a candidate, review carefully the links at left. After reviewing programs and criteria, if you feel there is a fit, contact us to investigate applying.

Congratulate our most recent awardees!:
                    Rhodes Scholar Finalist:  Vladimir Jovanovic,  Engineering
                    Truman Scholars :  Matt Gayer, Warren Seay
                    Fulbright ETA to Cyprus:   Jordan Johansen, History/Anthropology
                    Fulbright to Egypt:  Heather Hunt, History
                    Fulbright to Canada:  Carla Mendiola, History
                    Canada Doctoral Student Research Award:  Carla Mendiola, History
                    Fulbright to New Zealand:  A. Sunshine Prior,  Psychology
                    Goldwater Scholar:  Katherine Deland, Biochemistry
                    Goldwater Scholar:  Kent Fischer, Chemistry
                    Goldwater Scholar:  Jessica Maxey, Electrical Engineerig
                    Goldwater,  Honorable Mention:   Matthew Rispoli, Physics
                    Goldwater, Honorable Mention:  Jessica Steinmann-Hermsen, Mechanical Engineering
                    Gilman:  Ankita Krishnan, France;  Larry Anthony, Morocco;  Ryan Swick, China
                    French Government Teaching Assistantships:  Alaa Al-Barghuthi;  Melissa Burgess;
                                Shelley Diefenbach;  Carly Laywell;  Christine Pearson
                   

    Faculty: Election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences:   Charles Curran
                Election to American Law Institute:   Linda Eads
                Election to National Academy of Sciences:  David Meltzer, Anthropology
                CHOICE Book Award:  Johann Elverskog,  Religious Studies
                American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Visiting Scholar 2011-12:  Lisa Siraganian, English
                Harvard Du Bois Institute Fellow, 2011-12:  Angela Ards, English
                National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship 2012:  Ezra Greenspan,  English
                Fulbright Scholar, India 2011-12:  Kathy Hargrove, Simmons Education
                Fulbright Visiting Researcher, India:  Maggie Dunham, Lyle Engineering
                AAR, 2011 Award for Excellence in Study of Religion:  Johan Elverskog, Religious Studies
                Getty Research Grant, 2011-12:  Amy Buono, Art History
                AAR Individual Grant, 2011:  Bill Barnard, Religious Studies
                Premio Cappellini:  James Quick
                Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award:  Jodi Cooley-Sekula, Physics
                Department of Energy Early Career Award:  Pavel Nadolsky, Physics  
                Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 2010-2012:  Brent Sumerlin, Chemistry
                Fellow, Center for Theological Inquiry 2012:  Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, Perkins Theology
                National Geographic/ Waitt Institute Grant:  Brigitte Kovacevich, Anthropology
                MIT MLK Visiting Professor 2010-11:  Isaac Mbiti, Economics
                Joseph W. Aidlin Award, Geothermal Resources Council:  David Blackwell, Earth Science
                Sam Taylor Fellowships: John Buynak, Chemistry              
                                                        Darryl Dickson-Carr, English
                                                        Brigitte Kovacevich, Anthropology
                                                        Anne Schilling, Theater
                                                        Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, Perkins Theology

                                               
Immediate Deadlines (verify these dates at the app home websites):

November 14:   Critical Languages Scholarship (students)
                15    Truman Scholars, campus deadline (undergraduates)
                        Goldwater Scholars, campus deadline (undergraduates)
                        AAUW Short-term Publication Grants  (faculty)
                        AAUW Post-doc  (faculty)
                        AAUW  Dissertation Completion Fellowships (grad students) 
                        Nobel Lindau Program  (grad students)
December 1:     APS Franklin Grants (faculty)
                        Bellagio Residency (faculty)
                        Tanner Humanities Center (faculty)
                        French Government Teaching Assistantships  (students)
                17    NDSEG Fellowships (science/engineering students)
                       


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