The Fulbright Program awards approximately 4,500 new grants annually with participants chosen for their leadership potential. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship Program was created to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering and to foster excellence in these fields. These awards are based on merit and are made to students who will be college juniors or seniors. All candidates are nominated by their college or university. They are awarded to students who are about to complete, or have recently completed their undergraduate course of study and plan to begin graduate work on a full-time basis.
Fellows have two years to complete their degree.
The Marshall Scholarship is awarded for study in any discipline in any British university for two years, at either the undergraduate or graduate level, and covers all expenses. The objective is to select to study in the United Kingdom those intellectually distinguished young Americans who will one day become leaders, opinion formers and decision makers in their own country. The Mellon Fellowships are designed to help exceptionally promising students prepare for careers of teaching and scholarship in humanistic disciplines. This is a competitive merit award for first year doctoral students. Fellows may take their award to any accredited graduate program in the United States and Canada.