Each year, UIC undergraduate students receive a variety of national and international fellowships, scholarships, and grants.
We are very proud of UIC students for their efforts in discovering, preparing, and applying for external fellowships. Congratulations!
Please note, while this list includes fellowships that UREF offers assistance with, it is not an exhaustive list of recipients.
Fulbright US Student Program Heading link
Fulbright recipients are funded for a full academic year to study, conduct research, or teach in one of 140+ countries.
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- Sydney Erlikh – Finland
- Spencer Harrison – Kyrgyzstan ETA
- Rocío Rivera Rodríguez – Norway
- Mark Schoenknecht – Morocco ETA
- Marisol Vela – Taiwan ETA
- Julian Adoff – Alternate
- Amy Satterthwaite – Alternate
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- Yadira Herrera – Spain ETA
- Bianca Perez – Brazil ETA
- Andrew Tuider – Germany ETA
- Mona Zubi – Tajikistan ETA
- Sydney Erlikh – Alternate
- Laleh Khoshnavaz Motlagh – Alternate
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- Gregory Klazura – Uganda
- Mirielle Nauman – Chile
- Suvidya Lakshmi Pachigolla – Switzerland
- Nicoletta Rousseva – Serbia
- Coraima Yanez – Spain ETA
- Mona Zubi – Alternate
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- Pedro Antonino (master’s) – Mexico ETA
- Cruz Bonlarron (master’s) – Colombia
- Joshua Henkin (doctoral) – Chile
- Lauren Leving (master’s) – Ireland (declined)
- Nanyombi Lubimbi (doctoral) – Rwanda
- Larissa Mukundwa (doctoral) – Rwanda
- Suvidya Pachigolla (doctoral) – Switzerland (declined)
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- Zuka’a Joudeh – Germany ETA
- Maya Patel – Alternate
- Frankee Lyons (Doctoral) – Poland
- Melissa Hendrickson (Masters) – Luxembourg
- Gene Nolis (Doctoral) – Spain
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- Kajal Sachdev (LAS HC) – Netherlands
- Sanjana Srinivasan (LAS HC) – Spain
- Elsa Anderson (Doctoral) – Germany
- Josephine Chaet (Doctoral) – Jordan
- Rigoberto Robles (Masters) – Colombia
- Ryan Walsh (Masters) – Alternate
- Litany Esguerra (CAHS HC) – Finalist
- Shaza Loutfi (Masters) – Finalist
- Gene Nolis (Doctoral) – Finalist
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Heading link
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering.
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Keshav Gandhi, Goldwater Scholar
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Ashma Pandya, Goldwater Scholar
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- Lopa Bhatt, Goldwater Scholar
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- Anis Barmada, Goldwater Scholar
- Wasan Kumar, Goldwater Scholar
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2018
- Mitchell Sun, Honorable Mention
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Heading link
The CLS is a program of the U.S. Department of State. It offers fully-funded, intensive summer language institutes overseas in 14 critical foreign languages.
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- Kendal McGinnis, Russian
- Alizey Durrani, Arabic – Alternate
- Krishna Thakkar, Portuguese – Alternate
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- Maya Bhowmik, Punjabi
- Alizey Durrani, Arabic
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- Erika Holum (Indonesian)
- Mona Zubi (Russian)
- Arthur Foster (Persian) – Alternate
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- Luana Davila – Arabic
- Carter McCormick (Doctoral) – Indonesian
- Adil Jahangir – Arabic
- Joy Peplinksi (Doctoral) – Portuguese
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- Zoey Martin-Lockhart (Doctoral) – Hindi
- Amber Blatt (MSW) – Urdu
Truman Scholarship Heading link
The Truman Scholarship was created to support young leaders who are committed to building careers in public service. For current juniors, it provides up to $30,000 in funding towards a future graduate/professional degree.
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Saranya Menon – finalist
Gates Cambridge Scholarship Heading link
Provides full tuition plus a generous living stipend for the graduate program of your choice at the University of Cambridge.
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2020
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2019
- Mohansrinivas Chennakesavalu – Finalist
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2017
Rhodes Scholarship Heading link
One of the most prestigious scholarships in the world, the Rhodes Scholarship provides full funding for graduate study (or a second bachelor’s degree) at the University of Oxford in the UK.
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U.S. Constituency
- Sonya Gupta – Rhodes Finalist, 2022
- Wasan Kumar – Rhodes Finalist, 2021
- Anis Barmada – Rhodes Finalist, 2020
- Zuka’a Joudeh – Rhodes Finalist, 2020
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Saudi Arabia Constituency
- Sami Alahmadi – Rhodes Scholar, 2020
Rangel Fellowship Heading link
This fellowship offers funding for two-year graduate programs in international affairs, mentorship within the US State Department, paid internships and other professional development, all to facilitate entry into the US Foreign Service.
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- Christopher Kooy (LAS HC)
Lincoln Laureate Heading link
The Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award is presented to one senior from each of the four-year degree-granting colleges and universities in Illinois for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities.
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Abigail Pettineo
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Melodie Slaughter
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2020
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2019
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2018
HBCU and HSI Bridge Scholarship Heading link
The Bridge Scholarship was a merit-based, full-tuition award for graduating seniors of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions for one year of academic study at the University of Chicago. It has been discontinued.
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2019
- Carlos Catalan
- Jennifer Hernandez