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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…
Perry Copes II, from Philadelphia, PA, is earning his MA in International Relations from the Maxwell School with a focus on Global Security and Emerging Markets. In 2013, he was selected for the Critical Language Scholarship Program to study Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. While at SU, he worked as a graduate assistant for the Institute…
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
Syracuse University requires all students and alumni who are seeking institutional endorsement for the Marshall Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship to express their interest in applying 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. To express interest, email cfsa@syr.edu or one of CFSA's advisors directly. You can find the link to the "Intent to Apply" form below. A campus committee will meet in July to review these forms and select the students who will be endorsed by the University.
Applicants 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.
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
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Upcoming Awards and Deadlines
Most scholarships and fellowships that CFSA helps applicants pursue have deadlines that fall between September and February. Please consult our Scholarship directory to learn more about opportunities you may want to pursue during the 2026-2027 academic year.
National Recognitions
