External Grants and Awards
In addition to the grants and awards offered by Willamette, SAGA also offers support for students planning to pursue financial awards and opportunities offered by external organizations. These include programs like Fulbright and Rhodes, as well as specialized awards by industry, discipline, or even geographic region. Each has its own set of benefits and criteria.
Click the button below to view program opportunities in all disciplines. While SAGA is happy to review materials, these applications can also be completed independently.
Grants and Award Opportunities
The programs listed below require advance communication and review by the Student Academic Awards and Grants Committee. Review each for a brief description, and click on for further details about campus deadlines, national deadlines, eligibility, and application requirements.
Priority Review Deadline: August 10th
Campus Deadline: September 1st
The Fulbright Program aims to foster mutual understanding among nations through education and cultural exchanges. Administered by the U.S. Information Agency, assisted by the Institute of International Education, each year the program allows more than 800 Americans to study and conduct research in over 160 countries.The Fulbright program offers you the chance to go to any one of more than 160 participating countries for nine months or more, depending on the program. You may pursue a one-year degree, simply take classes, teach, pursue independent research, or carry out a creative project.
Priority Review Deadline: August 10th
Campus Deadline: September 1stThe oldest international fellowships, the Rhodes Scholarship was initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902. Thirty-two Americans and outstanding students from around the world are elected each year to pursue two years of study at the University of Oxford. Graduating seniors and alums under the age of 24 are eligible to apply.
Rhodes Scholarships are investments in people; applications are sought from talented students without restriction as to their field of academic study or career plans, although their proposed course must be available at Oxford. Intellectual distinction is the principal quality required of applicants, but they will also be required to show integrity of character, interest in and respect for their fellow beings, the ability to lead, and the energy to use their talents to the full. It is expected that scholars will play an influential part in the betterment of society, wherever their careers may take them.
Priority Review Deadline: August 30, 2026
Campus Deadline: September 29, 2026Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. According to the Marshall organization, scholars are future leaders with a lasting understanding of British society, and strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as Scholars enhances their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programmes contributes to their ultimate personal success.
Priority Review Deadline: November 30, 2026
Campus Deadline: January 29, 2027Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program was created in 1986 to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering, and to foster excellence in those fields. According to Goldwater’s mission, the characteristics the Foundation seeks in a Goldwater Scholar include: a commitment to a research career in natural science, math, and/or engineering; effective display of intellectual curiosity; potential for a future contribution to research in their chosen field.
Deadline: Varies, depending on type of scholarship or fellowship
The Udall Foundation’s programs–available at both the undergraduate and graduate level– promote leadership, education, collaboration, and conflict resolution in the areas of environment, public lands, and natural resources in order to strengthen Native nations, assist federal agencies and others to resolve environmental conflicts, and to encourage the continued use and appreciation of our nation’s rich resources.
Campus Deadline: August 28, 2026
National Deadline: September 8, 2026Founded by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 and administered by the Asia Foundation, the Luce Scholars program promotes cultural exchange “to provide an awareness of Asia among potential leaders in American society.” The program places approximately 18 recent graduates in East or Southeast Asia for one year. Professional placements are arranged for each Scholar on the basis of individual interest, background, qualifications, and experience.
Candidates must be American citizens who, by September 1 of the year they enter the program, will have received at least a bachelor's degree and will not have reached their 33rd birthday. Candidates may have majored in any field except Asian Studies, and must not have had significant experience in Asia. Nominees should have a record of high achievement, outstanding leadership ability, and a clearly defined career interest with evidence of potential for professional accomplishment. The program is intended to be experiential rather than academic or professional, so it may not be used to conduct academic study. The program includes intensive language study previous to beginning the placement.