Scholarship Deadlines Calendar
Key dates for the current application cycle, checked against official sources. Every row shows when it was last verified — always confirm on the official site before planning around a date.
| Scholarship | Cycle | Opens | Deadline | Notes | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARES Scholarships (Belgium) | 2026/27 | — | 19 Sept 2025(closed) | Closed 19 September 2025, 12:00 Belgian time for September 2026 starts; €1,150/month + travel; applicants must reside and work in an ARES partner country; next call expected ~September 2026 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Commonwealth Master's Scholarship | 2026/27 | — | 21 Oct 2025(closed) | Closed (extended from 14 to 21 October 2025, 16:00 BST) for study starting September/October 2026 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Commonwealth PhD Scholarship | 2026/27 | — | 21 Oct 2025(closed) | Closed 21 October 2025, 16:00 BST (extended from 14 October) for September 2026 starts; for least developed countries and vulnerable states; via CSC Central | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme | 2026/27 | — | 1 Dec 2025(closed) | Closed 1 December 2025, 12:00 noon HKT | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Commonwealth Shared Scholarship | 2026/27 | — | 9 Dec 2025(closed) | Closed 9 December 2025, 16:00 GMT; universities nominated candidates to the CSC in March 2026 for September 2026 entry | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Eiffel Excellence Scholarship | 2026/27 | 1 Oct 2025 | 8 Jan 2026(closed) | Closed 8 January 2026; students cannot apply directly — French institutions submit nominations, so contact your target school early | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Danish State Scholarship | 2026/27 | — | 15 Jan 2026(closed) | No separate application: all non-EU/EEA applicants are automatically considered on admission; most master’s admission deadlines fall 15 January for September starts; full/partial tuition waiver and/or living grant | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Finland Scholarship | 2026 intake | 7 Jan 2026 | 21 Jan 2026(closed) | Awarded by individual universities alongside admission; national joint application window 7–21 January 2026 (15:00 UTC+2) via Studyinfo.fi, up to 6 programmes per application; decisions March–April | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals | 2026/27 | 9 Feb 2026 | 25 Feb 2026(closed) | Closed 25 February 2026, 14:59 CET; requires a separate university application via universityadmissions.se by 15 January | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship | 2026/27 | 29 Jan 2026 | 12 Mar 2026(closed) | Closed 12 March 2026, 5pm Irish time; ~60 awards; requires an offer from an approved Irish HEI; next call expected January 2027 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Italian Government Scholarship (MAECI) | 2026/27 | — | 26 Mar 2026(closed) | Closed 26 March 2026, 2pm CET; €10,800 for study programmes; 120+ eligible countries; apply via the Study in Italy portal | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Australia Awards Scholarship | 2027 intake | 1 Feb 2026 | 30 Apr 2026(closed) | Closed 30 April 2026, 14:00 AEST; applications via OASIS; dates vary slightly by country | 15 Jul 2026 |
| NL Scholarship (Holland Scholarship) | 2026/27 | — | 1 May 2026(closed) | Per-university deadlines, typically 1 February or 1 May 2026; applications opened 1 November 2025 — check each participating university | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Rotary Peace Fellowship | 2027/28 | 1 Feb 2026 | 15 May 2026(closed) | Closed 15 May 2026; up to 50 master’s and 80 certificate fellowships; district endorsement encouraged; results in November | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program | 2026 | — | 29 May 2026(closed) | Two windows: 15 Jan – 27 Feb and 30 Mar – 29 May 2026 (both closed); application link only for candidates admitted to a participating programme | 15 Jul 2026 |
| GREAT Scholarships | 2026/27 | — | 31 May 2026(closed) | 140+ awards at 60+ UK universities; each university sets its own deadline, typically February–May (many 31 May 2026) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| DAAD Helmut-Schmidt-Programme (Public Policy and Good Governance) | 2027/28 | 1 Jun 2026 | 31 Jul 2026 | Apply to the participating master’s course university (not DAAD) by 31 July 2026; results December 2026/January 2027; up to 6 months of German courses before studies begin September/October 2027 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Heinrich Böll Foundation Scholarship | annual | — | 1 Sept 2026 | Two deadlines annually: 1 March and 1 September (fall 2026 window opens 15 July); graduates and PhD only for international applicants; German B2 required | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Schwarzman Scholars | Class of 2027/28 | 8 Apr 2026 | 9 Sept 2026 | US/Global round closes 9 September 2026, 3pm EDT (no late submissions); separate round for Chinese-passport applicants | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Marshall Scholarship | 2027 | — | 29 Sept 2026 | Applicant deadline 29 September 2026, 5pm (endorsing institution time zone); institution endorsement by 1 October — university internal deadlines run weeks earlier | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Chevening Scholarship | 2027/28 | 5 Aug 2026 | 6 Oct 2026 | Opening date subject to the official August announcement; sources differ on 6 vs 7 October — re-verify against the official timeline once applications open | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Knight-Hennessy Scholars | 2027 cohort | 1 Jun 2026 | 6 Oct 2026 | Closes 6 October 2026, 1pm PT; the Stanford graduate programme application must follow by 1 December 2026 to retain eligibility | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship | 2026/27 competition | — | 31 Oct 2026 | Institutional nomination deadline 31 October 2026; university internal deadlines are weeks earlier — check the nominating institution | 15 Jul 2026 |
| AAUW International Fellowships | 2027/28 | 1 Aug 2026 | 15 Nov 2026 | Annual window August–15 November (23:59 PST); decisions by mid-April; fellowship year runs July–June | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) | Aug 2027 intake | — | 1 Dec 2026 | Two intakes annually: apply by 1 June for the January intake and 1 December for the August intake; shortlisted candidates notified within 12 weeks | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Yenching Academy Scholarship | 2027 cohort | — | 1 Dec 2026 | Closes 1 December 2026; recruitment information published around September; partner-university internal deadlines often October–November | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Stipendium Hungaricum | 2027/28 | 1 Nov 2026 | 15 Jan 2027 | Opens November 2026, closes 15 January 2027, 14:00 CET; also submit to your country’s sending-partner authority, which may set its own deadline | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme | 2027/28 | — | 31 Mar 2027 | Annual cycle: forms available from 1 January, deadline 31 March (earlier in some countries) — apply via local AKF/AKES offices; 2026/27 cycle closed | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship | 2027 round | — | 31 Mar 2027 | Opens February 2027, closes 31 March 2027 for most partner countries; may close early where application volume is high | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Cambridge Trust Scholarships | 2027/28 | — | — | No direct application: funding is requested within the Cambridge admissions application, which must be in by the course’s funding deadline (December 2026 for some courses, January 2027 for most) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected to open December 2026; embassy (Type A) and university (Type B) deadlines fall January–April 2027, with top universities closing earliest (mid-February to mid-March) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Clarendon Fund Scholarship | 2027/28 | — | — | No separate application: automatic consideration when applying to an Oxford course by its December 2026 / January 2027 deadline (varies by course); 200+ awards per year | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Commonwealth Master's Scholarship | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected to open autumn 2026 (historically opens September, closes mid-October); applications via CSC Central | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Commonwealth PhD Scholarship | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected to open autumn 2026 (historically September–October) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Commonwealth Shared Scholarship | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected to open autumn 2026 (historically opens October, closes early December) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| DAAD EPOS (Development-Related Postgraduate Courses) | 2027/28 | — | — | No single deadline: 30+ English-taught courses close individually between June and October 2026 (densest late July–September); apply directly to the university — see the official deadlines PDF | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Eiffel Excellence Scholarship | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected October 2026 – early January 2027 (institution-submitted nominations) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarship | 2027 intake | 1 Oct 2026 | — | No single deadline: each programme admits independently, most closing between October 2026 and January 2027 (some run to February) — check each programme site | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Scholarship | annual | — | — | Two windows annually: 30 November (winter semester) and 31 May (summer semester); PhD candidates apply any time; applicants must already study in Germany; up to €992/month | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Fulbright Foreign Student Program | 2027/28 | — | — | No single deadline: each country sets its own, roughly February–October 2026 (e.g. Sierra Leone 5 Apr, Nepal 31 May, Tunisia 30 Jun, Bangladesh 11 Jul) — check your national Fulbright commission or US embassy | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Gates Cambridge Scholarship | 2027/28 | 1 Sept 2026 | — | International round deadline is December 2026 or early January 2027 depending on the course (US round earlier); submitted with the Cambridge course application; ~80 awards | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) | 2027 intake | — | — | Graduate-track applications expected February–March 2027 via Korean embassies or NIIED-designated universities; official notice not yet published — beware unofficial date estimates | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected to open September 2026 and close 1 December 2026, 12:00 noon HKT (annual pattern); official notice pending | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship | 2027/28 | — | — | Deadlines set by each US embassy/Fulbright commission, mostly July–August 2026 (e.g. Uganda 2 Jul, Georgia 12 Jul, Nigeria 31 Jul, Jerusalem 15 Aug); nominations reach IIE by mid-September | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program | 2027 | — | — | Expected to follow the annual two-window pattern (January–February and March–May 2027) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Scholarship | annual | — | — | Germany-based applicants: 15 July annually, 12:00 noon CET; applicants abroad apply via local KAS offices with country-specific deadlines; €992/month (master), €1,400 (PhD) | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program | ongoing | — | — | No single deadline: each partner university runs its own application process — African partners often close August–November of the preceding year; graduate applicants must be 35 or under | 15 Jul 2026 |
| MEXT Scholarship | 2027 intake | — | — | Embassy-recommendation round ran April–May 2026 in most countries (deadlines vary by embassy, e.g. Malta 24 May 2026); first screening May–July, second screening from November 2026 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Research Training Program (RTP) — Australia | annual rounds | — | — | Each university runs its own rounds (typically opening April and October); international applicants commonly face ~31 August deadlines and domestic ~31 October — check the chosen university’s graduate research office | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Rhodes Scholarship | 2027 entry | — | — | Deadlines vary by constituency, mostly July–October 2026 (US round closes 7 October 2026, 23:59 ET); plan ~1.5 years ahead of Oxford entry | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals | 2027/28 | — | — | Expected mid-February 2027 (historically a ~2-week window); eligible programme list published mid-November | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships | 2027/28 | 20 Aug 2026 | — | Opens 20 August 2026; deadlines are country-specific and published by Swiss embassies from August; results by May 2027, start 1 September 2027 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Türkiye Bursları (Türkiye Scholarships) | 2027 | — | — | Historically 10 January – 20 February annually; 2027 window expected mid-January to 20 February 2027, 17:00 TRT — official dates published shortly before opening | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme | 2027/28 | — | — | Apply with the Oxford graduate application by the course’s December 2026 / January 2027 deadline, selecting the programme and uploading the WH statement; shortlist interviews ~April; covers fees + £20,780+ living grant | 15 Jul 2026 |
Full funding details for each programme are in the scholarships database. More scholarships are added as their cycles are verified — we list less on purpose, and nothing here is a paid placement.