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Upcoming Fellowship Deadlines: UK, Ireland, Fulbright, Watson

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships

Reminders: if you intend to apply for nomination for the Churchill, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes or St. Andrews, you must do so by April 7. See go.middlebury.edu/british for instructions. You must apply by this deadline to be eligible for nomination.

Those interested in the Watson and Fulbright grants should submit a preliminary application by April 15. See go.middlebury.edu/watson and go.middlebury.edu/fulbright for more information. Recent alumni interested in the Fulbright are also strongly encouraged to apply through Middlebury. Internal deadlines for these process will be set later (late summer/early fall).

Questions? Contact fellowships@middebury.edu .

 

 

 

Evelin Toth ’17 Selected as a Watson Fellow

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships

Congratulations to Evelin Toth ’17, recently named one of 40 new Watson Fellows! With the support of the fellowship, Evelin will explore how island communities around the world are adapting to climate change. Her project, titled “Adapting to the Rising Seas: Climate Change and Island Communities,” will take her to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Samoa, Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Click here to read more about Evelin and her Watson project! Find out more about applying for the Watson fellowship at go.middlebury.edu/watson .

 

Fellowships Spring Info Session Schedule

Colleen Norden / / Fellowships, UK

Want to apply for a fellowship or find out more information about applying in the next cycle? The fellowships office will host information sessions in the spring semester for students interested in learning more and applying to the Watson, Fulbright, British, and Schwarzman Scholarships.

British Fellowships Info Session: Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Churchill, Gates-Cambridge
Tues., Feb. 28 at 7 pm in Lib 201

Fulbright and Watson Info Session
Wed., March 1 at 4:30 pm in Hillcrest 103

Schwarzman Info Session
Wed., April 26 at 4:30 pm in Lib 201

Reminder of Important Application Deadlines
April 7: Nomination Application Deadline for Churchill, Marshall, Mitchell, and Rhodes Scholarships
April 15: Preliminary applications due for potential Watson and Fulbright applicants

More information and descriptions of individual Fellowships can be found at go.middlebury.edu/fellowships

Podcast with Linnea Burnham, Watson Fellow 2015-16 — check it out!

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships

In honor of our internal Watson nomination deadline today, here’s a treat–a recent interview with Linnea Burnham ‘14.5, a Watson Fellow in 2015-16: http://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/watson-fellow-linnea-burnham/   . Who knew there was a radio show in Brooklyn focused on cheese?  It’s a great listen and you can learn a lot about cheese in different cultural traditions as well as glean more about what a Watson year is like.

Watson Webinar on 9/9 and Internal Deadline on 9/13

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships

For those applying for Watson, nomination, the Watson Foundation is running a webinar on Friday, Sept. 9 from 3pm-4pm EST. You can get more info and register through this link. Below the video there is a sign up for the Watson Informational Webinar.

Reminder: the internal deadline for nomination applications is Tuesday, Sept. 13 at noon. No late applications will be accepted. Please see go.middlebury.edu/watson for materials needed and the nomination process. (No, you do not have to have submitted a preliminary application back in April or over the summer to apply–just submit the requested application materials by the internal deadline to be considered. Yes, I will endeavor to read and respond to drafts I receive next week.)

Email questions to fellowships@middlebury.edu .