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Six URI sophomores awarded 2024 NOAA Hollings Scholarships - The University of Rhode Island is proud to announce that six sophomores have been awarded the nationally competitive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2024.- Should Endangered Turtles Have Legal Rights? - Hollings Scholar and URI Alum Callie Veelenturf is highlighted in this article about the Leatherback Project, a group which she founded to protect endangered turtles.
URI undergraduate awarded prestigious Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship - Jasmin Valdivieso Sanches is among 100 students to earn the national honor, and the second from URI.- 2022-2023 Academic Year Awards Summary -
- AY 2022-2023 Annual Report - The Office of National Fellowships and Academic Opportunities Annual Report for the 2022-2023 Academic Year.
Three URI students and one recent graduate awarded research fellowships from National Science Foundation - Two seniors graduating from the University of Rhode Island this spring, a 2020 graduate, and a current graduate student, have been awarded prestigious fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships Program.
21 URI community members named Demers Fellows to study foreign languages overseas - Twenty-one members of the University of Rhode Island community – 19 students, a faculty member and a staff member – have been named 2023 Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows by the Rhode Island Foundation. 
Seven URI students will travel abroad thanks to prestigious foreign language scholarship programs - Seven URI students will be traveling abroad this summer thanks to two highly selective federal government scholarship programs that support foreign language and cultural study as a way to promote greater understanding between nations.
Four URI students, alumni selected for prestigious Fulbright Scholarships - our University of Rhode Island students and alumni have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Recipients are provided the opportunity to conduct research, study, and teach English overseas.
URI sophomore in marine biology, aquaculture and fisheries science awarded Hollings Scholarship from NOAA - Owen Fleischer is the 42nd URI student selected for the nationally competitive honor in the program’s 18 years.
URI junior Lina Al Taan Al Hariri wins Truman Scholarship for R.I. - Cranston resident fled Syria when she was 11, now dedicated to public service career in defense of displaced populations.
Three URI students receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships - This year’s awardees bring URI’s total number of Goldwater Scholars to 27.
URI Communication Studies student named among first cohort of Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship recipients - And it provides recipients a life-changing awards package: including up to $50,000 in financial aid for their junior and senior years to help alleviate the burden of college debt; $10,000 to create their own travel/work experience the summer before their senior year; and a network of fellow scholars and mentors to support them.- AY 2021-2022 Annual Report - Celebrating our successes!
- They hit submit! - This year seven seniors, three recent alumni and three current graduate students successfully completed the campus process for submitting a Fulbright US Student Program application. The process itself is rigorous and provides an opportunity to refine their personal narrative and professional aspirations, which will translate into stronger graduate school and grant applications in the future. […]
Three Rams Selected for Fulbright US Student Awards - Two University of Rhode Island graduate students and a 2020 alumna have been awarded Fulbright grants to teach and conduct research abroad.- URI students, faculty member win grants to study foreign languages abroad - A record 28 University of Rhode Island students and one faculty member have been named Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows, collectively receiving more than $330,000 in grants to pursue foreign language immersion.
Eight URI sophomores awarded prestigious Hollings Scholarships from NOAA - 41 URI students have won the nationally competitive award in program’s 17 years
Seven URI students win Boren Scholarships to study languages abroad - URI’s seven awardees place the University sixth in the nation for the number of 2022 Boren recipients. Since the awards were established in 1991, URI has had 38 Boren recipients, 34 of whom were selected in the past 12 years, along with 9 alternates. 
URI named twenty-year top producer of Gilman Scholars - Program has helped make study abroad accessible for students regardless of financial background 
Two URI students win Freeman-ASIA scholarships for study in Taiwan - Both are enrolled in URI’s Chinese Language Flagship Program, which combines the study of Chinese with another major and offers advanced discipline-specific Chinese skills, cross-cultural understanding, and real-world work experience in China. The two students will travel to Taipei for eight months beginning in October to study at the National Yang Ming University and complete […]
Seven URI students selected for prestigious Gilman Scholarship for international study - The scholarship program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and supports study or internships abroad.- Two URI leaders selected as Career Prep Fellows by national nonprofit Management Leadership for Tomorrow - As Career Prep Fellows, Warith Balogun and Markeem Rodrigues, both URI Honors Program students and graduates of Providence’s E3 (E-Cubed) Academy, will receive 18 months of one-on-one coaching, mentorship, and in-person workshops as well as access to a growing network of program alumni and allies across more than 120 partner organizations representing all sectors.
A Culture of Inclusion - A URI doctoral student, Jones has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright grant to conduct research in Finland on global approaches to LGBTQ+ inclusion in teacher preparation programs- Going Places – a summary of our 2021 major award winners -
Alumnus awarded Fulbright to study energy engineering in Taiwan - He will pursue a master’s degree in energy engineering at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan City, Taiwan. 
Jack Eustis awarded Department of Defense Project GO Scholarship - Project GO is designed to equip future military officers with valuable language and intercultural skills through intensive study abroad programs.
Senior awarded Fulbright fellowship to teach English, U.S. culture in Brazil - A first-generation college student who came to URI through the Talent Development Program, she made the most of her time in Kingston.
Senior Jay Rumas awarded Fulbright to Slovak Republic - In his four years at the University of Rhode Island, Jay Rumas has shown an enthusiasm for politics and public service.
URI advisor, advisee awarded Fulbright Fellowships to conduct research abroad - The two will continue their research at opposite sides of the world, Mendenhall in Iceland and Baron Lopez in South Korea.