Up to three awards. Start there, because the coverage is unusually generous and the odds are not: alongside tuition-free enrolment for four years, the award carries housing, meals, book subsidies, insurance, annual round-trip airfare, a laptop stipend and the costs of the Study Away semester at Duke in junior year, including essential Duke charges plus assistance with visa fees and airfare.
Selection combines hardship with achievement. Candidates must show evidence of low income and also land in the top 10 per cent of the application pool, so neither a strong financial case nor a strong academic one carries this alone.
The deadlines are the part that catches people. Each round has three of them, and they run in order: the Common Application first, the CSS Profile next, the scholarship form last. Early Decision runs 2, 5 and 15 November; Regular Decision runs 4 January, 15 January and 1 February. The scholarship form date is the one most people write down, and it is the least useful of the three, because missing either earlier step makes it unreachable.
Eligibility is by applicant category rather than passport. Any nationality can apply as a first-year international student applicant.
The scholarship page was checked on 16 September 2026.