CFSA: Cultivating Exceptional Potential
In the News
Military-Connected Students of the Month: Marine Corps Veterans and Gilman Scholars Tristan Carson ’20 and Zach Watson ’20
AS REPORTED IN SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER: Grad Student Spends Summer in Korea through a Critical Language Scholarship The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) is a program funded by the Department of State that sends undergraduate and graduate students abroad to learn a critical-need foreign language (Swahili, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Chinese, among others) for 8…
Art History alum Laura Marsolek (B.A.’13, M.A.’15), SU’s first Luce Scholar and a Fulbright grantee to Kosovo in 2013, recently presented a guest lecture at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly, the Prince of Wales Museum) in Mumbai (Bombay), India. Laura’s lecture was titled “The Jewelry of Jodhpur/Marwar: At Court and in the…
Adam Crowley recently joined the Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising staff! Adam was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Missouri, Central New York, and Connecticut. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Connecticut and later returned to Central New York to attend the Syracuse University College of…
What We Do
CFSA helps Syracuse University undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni apply for national scholarships and fellowships. These external awards provide funding and recognition across a range of disciplines and interests.
Institutional Endorsement
We require all Syracuse University students who are seeking institutional endorsement for the Marshall Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship to register with CFSA by June 1 and to complete an “Intent to Apply” form by July 1, detailing their record on leadership, service, academic accomplishments, and their rationale for the application.
A campus committee will meet in July to review these forms and select the students who will be endorsed by the University. Students seeking CFSA’s support and assistance with applications to the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship, the Schwarzman Scholars Program, the Luce Scholars Program, or the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program should also complete the form. The “Intent to Apply” Form will open in late May and close on July 1st.
Prestigious Fellowships Intent to Apply Form
Let us know if you intend to apply for a prestigious award (those listed under "Institutional Endorsement" above) by completing this form by July 1st.
Upcoming Events
CLS Advising Appointments
Advising appointments will be held
- Monday, November 3: 3:00pm-5:00pm
- Friday, November 7: 10am-12pm
- Monday, November 10: 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Thursday, November 13: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sign up HERE for an advising slot.
Upcoming Awards and Deadlines
PPIA Junior Summer Institutes (Due Nov. 1)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Due the week of November 10)
Critical Language Scholarship (Due Nov. 18)
Department of Defense SMART Scholarship-for-Service (Due Dec. 7)
Boren Awards (Due Jan 21 [Fellows] and Jan 28 [Scholars])
National Recognitions
