Global Fellowships & Awards

Grinnell College students and alumni apply for and receive national, merit-based fellowships and awards at exceptionally high rates. This success speaks to the power of the individually advised curriculum combined with strategic cocurricular and extracurricular involvement in service-learning, internships, independent study and research, and more. National fellowship screening committees for competitive awards are more easily able to identify students of exceptional promise when applicants have already taken advantage of the wealth of opportunities afforded to them as Grinnell students.

The Center for Careers, Life, and Service administers many of the College’s fellowship and award application processes, including those for select national, merit-based awards and for certain Grinnell-specific awards. Please feel free to contact the Ann Landstrom for advising and information about the awards listed here—or about any other competitive scholarships or fellowships for which Grinnell students or alumni may be eligible.

Life After Grinnell: Finding Joy Through Public Service Fellowships

By Margaret Morey ’25 and Hope Zionts ’26, Global Fellowship Ambassadors

The Global Fellowships and Awards office checked in with recent Grinnell alumni on their public service fellowship journeys. From Alabama to Saint Louis to Bangalore, these Grinnellians are making …

By Hope Zionts
Hope Zionts Global Fellowship and Awards Student Ambassador.
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Samantha Schmidt ’26 Receives the 2026 Celina Karp Biniaz Model of Resilience Award

Photo: Celina Karp Biniaz ’52 in her 1948 North High yearbook (left) and after giving a speech at her Des Moines High School alma mater in 2017 (right).

By Ann Landstrom
Ann Landstrom Assistant Dean & Director of Global Fellowships & Awards
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Delilah Shapiro ’26 Awarded the 2026 Baumann Essay Prize

Rhetorics of Resonance: From Matthew Shepard to Alex Pretti, the Effects of the ‘Ordinary Boy’” and other Baumann Essay Prize writing can be found on Digital Grinnell

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By Ann Landstrom
Ann Landstrom Assistant Dean & Director of Global Fellowships & Awards
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Resources

Please view the recording of our most recent writing seminar to guide you in writing statements for your fellowship, scholarship, …

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