With final exams, papers, and projects looming, it\u2019s understandable that many students have tunnel vision at this time of the year. Spring also brings announcements of results from national student fellowships competitions such as Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, NSF, and Goldwater. And it is also the period when the Fellowships Office undertakes various outreach and promotional efforts to encourage academically outstanding students to look ahead to next year\u2019s national award competitions. Here are twelve different examples of how UR students and recent graduates have benefitted from nationally competitive merit-based fellowships:<\/p>\n
\u2022 spent a summer in intensive language study in Indonesia, Turkey, and Russia while living with a host family (Critical Language Scholarship)<\/strong>;<\/p>\n \u2022 pursued peace and conflict studies in Northern Ireland and studied archaeology in England (Fulbright UK Summer Institutes Scholarship)<\/strong>;<\/p>\n \u2022 received undergraduate scholarships for STEM students committed to research and pursuit of advanced degrees (Goldwater Scholarship)<\/strong>;<\/p>\n \u2022 participated in summer academic and career development programs in public policy and international affairs at Princeton and Carnegie Mellon (Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship)<\/strong>;<\/p>\n \u2022 conducted summer science and engineering research in top academic labs across Germany (DAAD-RISE Scholarship)<\/strong>;<\/p>\n \u2022 pursued career-related full-time graduate study and research projects in the UK, Germany, Japan, Ghana, the Dominican Republic, India, and Bangladesh (Fulbright U.S. Student Grant)<\/strong>;<\/p>\n \u2022 taught English conversation and U.S. culture in educational institutions in places as diverse as Nepal, Peru, Turkey, Spain, Russia, and Taiwan (Fulbright Student Grant ETA Program)<\/strong><\/p>\n