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Led by Honors Assistant Director Kathleen Maher<\/a>, the Office of National Fellowships and Academic Opportunities offers guidance and support to students applying for prestigious external fellowships and scholarships. It is important to note that these opportunities are not restricted to Honors Program students; the office works with students from any student background who meet the eligibility requirements. This includes graduate students for certain international awards, as well as recent alumni.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Endorsed Awards<\/h2>\n

For awards requiring formal institutional nomination or endorsement (Boren, Fulbright, Gaither, Goldwater, Truman) 70% of endorsed applicants were named finalists (including alternates) or awardees during the AY 22-23 competition cycle.<\/strong> Nominees for these awards hailed from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, the Environment & Life Sciences, and the Graduate School of Oceanography.<\/p>\n

A summary of ONFAO award metrics can be seen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Boren Awards<\/h1><\/p>\n

6 BOREN AWARDS (5 Scholars & 1 Fellow) and 2 Alternates<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Full details here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The National Security Education Program funds overseas study of languages critical to national security through the Boren Scholarship for undergraduates and the Boren Fellowship for graduate students. Students are awarded approximately $25,000 and in return are obliged to work in federal employment (which aligns with their career goals) for a period of one year. Awardees also have the opportunity to attend a convocation ceremony in Washington, D.C. where they meet with their representatives in Congress. URI has a very strong track record in this program.<\/p>\n

This year 6 of our 9 applicants were selected, and two others were designated as alternates; URI placed fifth in the nation in number of undergraduate awardees, making it a \u201ctop producer\u201d once again.<\/strong> Our rate of success continues to be much greater than the national average, thanks in part to our strong signature programs with emphasis on language study: the Chinese Language Flagship, the International Engineering Program, the International Business Program, and the International Studies and Diplomacy Program, as well as the graduate program in International Relations. Of the 44 URI Boren Awardees since the program\u2019s inception, 40 have been selected since 2010, with an application success rate of 60%.<\/strong> An additional 16% have been designated as alternates.<\/p>\n

Our 2023 Boren Scholars (Undergraduate), all from the graduating class of 2024 are:<\/p>\n

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Name<\/th>Language<\/th>Major 1<\/th>Major 2<\/th>Program<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Cunningham, Ashlynn<\/td>Mandarin (Taiwan)<\/td>Cellular & Molecular Bio<\/td>Chinese<\/td>Flagship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disette, Lillian<\/td>Mandarin (Taiwan)<\/td>International Studies
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\n<\/td>		Chinese<\/td>Flagship & ISD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lunz, Barbara<\/td>Mandarin (Taiwan)<\/td>Geological Ocean
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\n<\/td>		<\/td>Flagship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patch, Delaney<\/td>Mandarin (Taiwan)<\/td>International Studies<\/td>Chinese<\/td>Flagship & ISD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yeh, Brandon<\/td>Mandarin (Taiwan)<\/td>Electrical Engineering<\/td>Chinese<\/td>IEP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n

Juniors Reagan Couture<\/strong> (Chinese Flagship and Global Business) and Abigail Frishman<\/strong> (Chinese Flagship, International Students and Economics) were designated as alternates.<\/p>\n

Our 2023 Boren Fellow (Graduate) is:<\/p>\n

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Name<\/th>Language<\/th>Major 1<\/th>Major 2 <\/th>Graduate Program<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Morel, Tiffany<\/td>Korean (South Korea)<\/td>Political Science '23<\/td>Economics '23<\/td>\u201825 MA in International Relations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n

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Fulbright<\/h1><\/p>\n

4 FULBRIGHT US STUDENT GRANTEES, 1 ALTERNATE and 4 SEMI-FINALISTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Full details here<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

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Pictured: Nathaniel Sandoval<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program awards grants annually in all fields of study and operates in more than 140 countries.<\/p>\n

Nine of our fourteen nominees to the Fulbright this cycle made it through the national screening process to become semi-finalists, meaning that their applications were forwarded to the host countries for final review. Ultimately, four were awarded Fulbrights and one was designated as an alternate. Two of our four Fulbrights this year are community college transfer students, and were Gilman Scholar alumni (a US Department of State study abroad scholarship program for Pell Grant eligible students).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2023 Grantees are:<\/p>\n

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Name<\/th>Award<\/th>Country<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Berard \u201820, Timothy<\/td>Study Grant to the University of Sussex
\n(MA in Migration Studies)<\/td>		United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DiFazio \u201823, Heather<\/td>Fulbright\/Swiss Govt Open S\/R Award
\nBiomedical Engineering Research at University of Bern<\/td>		Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leahy \u201823, Annabelle<\/td>The European Union Schuman Award
\nMarine spatial policy research based at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences<\/td>		European Union (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandoval 21, Nathaniel<\/td>English Teaching Assistantship Award<\/td>Panama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n

Additionally, Nethra Prasanna \u201822<\/strong> (International Studies and Spanish) was named as an alternate for the ETA to South Korea and the following students\/alumni were semi-finalists:<\/p>\n