CFSA: Cultivating Exceptional Potential
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This is the 4th in our series of Fulbright Hints for applicants. There is a lot of information in this email, please read it carefully and don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions. Previous Hints can be found at: https://nationalscholarships.syr.edu/?page_id=92 The Personal and Project Essays Rewrite, rewrite, do it again – and then…
Hint #3 – 2015 • If you have already started your Fulbright Application and indicated that you are applying through SU – GREAT! Thank you. If not, please log on at Fulbright US student program, and get started. After July 1, I will only send these hints to people who have officially started a Fulbright…
This is the 2nd Hints Email: • If you haven’t already done so – Start Your Application! • Once you’ve registered as a Fulbright Applicant, read through the entire application and begin writing and gathering the materials that you need. • If you need an institutional affiliation commitment letter (full research proposals) – start making…
If you haven’t already started your Fulbright application, go to the Fulbright website at: and begin an application. You should do this as soon as possible as Fulbright will also periodically send information to applicants and provide online workshops to help you through the process. When you begin your application, the first screen you will…
Alexis Lian, ’11 shares some news from her year in France teaching English: I have been teaching English at three elementary schools in Bourg-en-Bresse, just north of Lyon, and it has been absolutely incredible. The children are just adorable and all of my colleagues have been so helpful and accommodating. I have been learning so…
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
