CFSA: Cultivating Exceptional Potential
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This website has a great little exercise for brainstorming some prose that you could modify for personal statements, application essays, or cover letters. Why don’t you set a timer for 20 minutes and give it a try? http://www.writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/apessay_tutorial.html Here’s a link to one of my favorite online resources for writing personal statements: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/writingpersonalstatementsonline/p5.html Image: Albrecht Dürer,…
Check out this excellent news: Syracuse is ranked among the top research institutions in the nation for producing Fulbright students for 2012-13! http://chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-US/135454/ We are so proud of our 10 Fulbrighters. Interested in applying next year? Stay tuned to CFSA for more information about info sessions and explore the Fulbright US Student Program website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/
We had delicious pizza and a fantastic presentation by Mary Fedorko from SU Abroad. We were all surprised and delighted to hear that the Gilman has almost a 40% acceptance rate. Many students are interested in applying for the Gilman and/or Freeman-Asia scholarships so we are going to organize a writing workshop to help with…
We are thrilled for you to explore our new website; please visit frequently for information and updates. We’ll have specific information for particular award competitions as well as more general advice on writing and preparing applications. Students and alums, please contact us here. Faculty, please contact us here.
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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.
You can read more about CFSA in this SU News story.
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
To request disability accommodations for any of the CFSA-hosted events below, please email cfsa@syr.edu
National Recognitions
