Graduate School

Important Dates & Deadlines for Programs

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September 2 Fulbright Fellowship initial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
September 5 Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
September 8-26 Fulbright campus interviews
September 18 Online applications open for PhD and MFA programs

October 1 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in February (Registrar's requirement)
October 3 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Spring travel
October 15 Spring term Fellowship appointments and funding due to Graduate School via GSIM
October 18 Recruitment event: California Forum For Diversity In Graduate Education
October 20-21 Fall Preview Day
October 30 Recruitment event: Florida International Univ. McNair Conference

November 1 Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the spring and to submit materials for readmission
November 3 Fall cycle Pandemic-related Appointment Extension applications due
November 13-16 Recruitment event: ABRCMS
November 15-19 Recruitment event: Society for Neuroscience Conference
November 19* Spring term bills generated (see Student Financial Services website)

December 1 Application deadline for Brown Executive Scholars Training (BEST) Program
December 1 Application deadline for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship
December 8 Horace Mann medal submissions due in UFunds

January 1 Spring term bill due date
January 9 Deadline for February graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
January 9 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for February graduates
January 12 Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in May (Registrar's requirement)
January 21 Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM for students receiving progress evaluations of “warning,” “satisfactory,” or who are returning to “good” or “satisfactory” from warning
January 21 Deadline to notify student of potential for removal from program
January 30 Mae Williamson Simmons Fellowship nomination deadline

February 1 Deadline for changing progress evaluations that have already been submitted for the Spring term
February 4 Deadline for entering Spring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM for students who are continuing in good standing
February 13 Open Graduate Education application deadline
February 28 Application deadline for Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellowship (to be released after focus areas have been confirmed)
February 28 Application deadline for Joukowsky Summer Research Award

March 1 Nominations due for the Faculty Mentoring and Advising Award and the Excellence in Teaching Award
March 3 Deadline for DEP applications (submit through UFunds) for Humanities & Social Science students who will be beyond the sixth year (can also be submitted after this date to be reviewed on a rolling basis)
March TBA Diversity and Inclusion Divisional Meetings
March 13 Spring application cycle Pandemic-related Appointment Extensions due
March 15-17 Doctoral Welcome Days (Super Monday - March 15-16; Humanities Tuesday - March 17)
March 21 Deadline for student applications for Deans' Faculty Fellowships (nominations and recommender forms due on March 28)
March 20 Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Fall travel
March 31 Summer appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM

April 1 Nominations due for the Joukowsky Outstanding Dissertation Prize (presented at Commencement)
April 15 PhD and MFA admissions response date (admitted applicants must accept admissions offer by this date and cannot be asked to decide in advance of this date)
April 17 Deadline for May graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner

May 1 Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for May graduates
May 22-24 Commencement weekend
May 31 Deadline to notify student of potential for removal from program before the start of the fall semester

June 1 Fall appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's)
June 1 Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the fall and to submit materials for readmission
June 1* Doctoral Preview Day Application Opens
June 1 Deadline for submitting Summer Progress Evaluations and Standing Letters to GSIM
June 11* Summer term bill due date
June 22* Fall term bills generated (see Student Accounts and Billing website)
June 30 Deadline for programs to communicate change in chair and DGS for next academic year
June 30 GSIM Appointment Management closed for changes for fiscal year end. Via GSIM: 1) Add and/or update progress evaluations in the current term with prior term performance 2) Update of milestones 3) Update advisors (current and prospective terms)

July 1 Deadline for each program to set online application deadline cutoff for next admission cycle and request application changes (e.g., requirements or program-specific questions)
July TBA Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in October (Registrar's requirement)

August 1 Fall term bill due date
August TBA International Graduate Student Orientation
August TBA Graduate Student of Color Orientation
August TBA All-Student Orientation
August TBA Resource Fair
August 31 Deadline for entering Fall Progress Evaluations and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM

*Tentative date