Prestigious Scholars
Scholars from the University of Louisville have earned some of the most prominent awards in academia and will travel to destinations around the globe as part of their award.
We're a Fulbright scholar powerhouse
Since 2001, UofL has produced over 180 scholars – more than any other school in Kentucky – and earned national recognition seven times.
9
Fulbright scholars in 2025
180+
Fulbright scholars since 2001
#1
in Kentucky for Fulbright Scholarship recipients
We're redefining student success
UofL students consistently earn some of the nation's highest academic honors, including Fulbright, Goldwater, Truman and Boren awards.
Fulbright Scholarship
Offers fellowships for college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research or teach English abroad.
Critical Language Scholarship
Provides opportunities for overseas language and cultural immersion in critical languages that are essential to the United States’ engagement with the world.
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
Provides merit-based scholarships to talented American undergraduates with high financial need to study or intern abroad.
Boren Award
Provides students in all fields of study with funding for immersive study abroad in languages and regions of interest to U.S. national security.
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship
Prepares outstanding young people for Foreign Service careers and is grounded in the principle that a broad range of perspectives strengthen diplomatic efforts and foster a comprehensive approach to global challenges
FAO Schwarz Fellowship
Provides an intensive two-year experience where participants hone their leadership development and professional skills to pursue careers in social impact.
Meet our top scholars
Congratulations to all of our winners and their mentors.
Past Scholars
- Kamal Amirneni – Critical Language Scholarship
- Ryan Apperson – Critical Language Scholarship
- Medina Aslan – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Eden Baize – 2024 English-Speaking Union KY Branch Summer Scholarship
- Julia Barclay – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Yelena Bagdasaryan – Boren Scholarship
- Forest Clevenger – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Alexis Daniel – Boren Scholarship
- Beverly Granger – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Olivia Hanke – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Laura Hanna – Critical Language Scholarship
- Anna Hylen – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Alexandria Ipock-Groves – Fulbright US-UK Summer Institute Award
- Edler Jonhatan – Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Jr. Summer Institute Fellowship
- Rehan Kahloon – Critical Language Scholarship
- Saadhavi Maskey – Fulbright US-UK Summer Institute Award
- Shraddha Patel – FAO Schwarz Fellowship
- Kaitlyn Purcell – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Abigail Stanger – 2024 Fulbright Scholar
- Afi Tagnedji – Knight-Hennessy Scholar
- Mikaella Tanales – Boren Scholarship
- Ryan Apperson – Boren Scholars
- Sarah Belcher – 2023 Fulbright US-UK Summer Institute Award
- Eli Cooper – 2023 Fulbright Scholar
- Amaiya Crawford – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Madison Cicha – 2023 Fulbright Scholar
- Emma Fridy – Critical Language Scholars
- Caleb He – Boren Scholars
- Jackson Hoffman – Princeton in Asia
- Christie Kremer – 2023 Fulbright Scholar
- Bryan McLellan – 2023 Fulbright Research
- Zoha Mian – Rotary Global Grant
- Mery Muluberehan – Voyager Scholarship
- Klemmer Nicodemus – Truman Scholarship
- Martha Popescu – Boren Scholars
- Rawan Saleh – 2023 Fulbright Scholar
- Abigail Stanger – English-Speaking Union KY Branch Summer Scholarship
- Afi Tagnedji – Quad Fellowship
- Lucas Threlfall – 2023 Fulbright Scholar
- Leen Abozaid – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Benjamin (Ben) Anderson – Pickering Fellowship
- Reese Bergschneider – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Celia Cusick – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Jacob Foushee – Boren Scholars
- Elayne Harrington – English-Speaking Union KY Branch Summer Scholarship
- Ekaterina Kovatsenko – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Samuel Kessler – Mitchell Scholarship
- Aditya Mehta – Boren Scholars
- Natasha Mundkur – Rotary Global Grant
- Lori Porter – Goldwater Scholarship
- Henrietta (Henny) Ransdell – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Lexi Raikes – Boren Scholars
- Lauren Reuss – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Jessica (Jesse) Sanders – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Cornelius Sanford – Rangel Fellowship
- Farhiya Shaban – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Emily Spicer – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Afi H. Tagnedji – Goldwater Scholarship
- Christopher Tromble – Goldwater Scholarship
- Kathryn VanderEspt – 2022 Fulbright Scholar
- Zharia Yeast – Boren Scholars
- Manuela Botaka – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Shakeyrah Elmore – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Claire Gothard – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Macey Higdon – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Kyle Landis – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Rolandson Le – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Madeline Martinez – 2021 Delta Scholars Program Scholarship
- Isabella Martin – 2021 Boren Scholarship
- Madeline McCloud – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Reagan Miller – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Lexi Raikes – 2021 Harry S. Truman Scholarship
- Will Randolph – 2021 English Speaking Union
- Liz Turner – 2021 Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Hannah White – 2021 Fulbright Scholar
- Alison Buchelt – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Nana Ama Aya Bullock – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Evan Clark – 2020 Fulbright Scholar and 2020 Critical Language Scholar
- Sabrina Collins – 2020 English Speaking Union
- Celia Cusick – 2020 Boren Scholar
- Meagan Floyd – 2020 Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Sidney Garner – 2020 Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
- Danielle Graves – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Kasey Golding – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Laura Krauser – 2020 NASA DEVELOP Program
- Lucy Kurtz – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Megan Lenahan – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Brittany Lowe – 2020 Boren Scholarship
- Madeline McCloud – 2020 Boren Scholarship
- Alex McGrath – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Naethan Sid Mundkur – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Abigail Posey – 2020 English Speaking Union
- Travis Ray – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Elshadai Smith-Mensah – 2020 Rotary Global Grant Scholarship
- Jared Thomas – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Niara Wakaba – 2020 Fulbright Scholar
- Ben Anderson – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Emily Behr – Etscorn International Summer Research Award
- Hannah Bishop – 2019 English Speaking Union
- Noela Botaka – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Anna Carter – 2019 Etscorn International Research Award
- Seth Drake – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Chelsea Flint – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Lance M. Gibson – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Praneeth Goli – 2019 Goldwater Scholar
- Eric Hahnert – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Miranda Hale – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Gzeonie Hampton – 2019 Critical Language Scholar
- Maegan Helm – 2019 Estcorn International Research Award
- Alexander Kaliannan – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Samir Kušmić – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Rachel Mahbubani – 2019 Rotary Global Grant Scholarship
- Macey Mayes – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Madeline Frances McCloud – 2019 Critical Language Scholar
- Garrett McGrady – 2019 Goldwater Scholar
- Natasha Mundkur – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Ethan Connor Libby Pelletier – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Madison Aubury Pumphrey – 2019 Boren Scholar
- Elizabeth Schaaf – 2019 Fulbright Scholar
- Madison Swingholm – 2019 Boren Scholar
- Dave Thomas – 2019 Boren Scholar
- Elizabeth Turner – Etscorn International Summer Research Award
- Huai Pal Vung – 2019 Critical Language Scholar
- Taylor Williams – 2019 Critical Language Scholar
- Ben Anderson – Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA)
- Devin Brown – 2018 Fulbright Scholar and 2018 Critical Language Scholar
- Christian Bush – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- William Nathan Dever – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Robert Gassman – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Lance Gibson – 2018 Critical Language Scholar
- Kimber Guinn – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Kyle Hilbrecht – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Ronica Hutchison – 2018 Boren Scholar
- Emma Jacobs – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Nada Kaissieh – 2018 Critical Language Scholar
- Tasneem Karim – 2018 Critical Language Scholar
- Katie Maurer – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Macey Mayes – 2018 Boren Scholar
- James Miller – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Natasha Mundkur – 2018 Critical Language Scholar
- Margaret O’Bryan – Etscorn International Research Award
- Morgan Parsons – 2018 Boren Scholar
- Elizabeth Peña – Etscorn International Research Award
- John Rhodes – Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA)
- Nicole Robertson – 2018 Rotary Global Grant Scholarship
- Lee Sims – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Karen Udoh – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Adam Vest – 2018 Fulbright Scholar
- Judson Adams – 2017 Truman Scholar
- Jeremy Ball – 2017 Fulbright Scholar
- Dzemila Bilanovic – 2017 Fulbright Scholar
- Devin P. Brown – Etscorn International Research Award
- Emily Cousins – 2017 Critical Language Scholar
- Adaline Heitz – Rotary Global Grant Scholarship
- James Edward May – 2017 George J. Mitchell Scholar
- Macey Mayes – Etscorn International Research Award
- Jon Phoenix – 2017 Critical Language Scholar
- Nicole Robertson – Etscorn International Research Award
- Elisabeth Riddle – Etscorn International Research Award
- Jeanelle Sears – 2017 Critical Language Scholar
- Kara Stivers – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Hannah Touchton – 2017 Fulbright Scholar
- Hung Ryan Vuong – 2017 Fulbright Scholar
- Jessica Williams – 2017 Fulbright Scholar
- Logan Zechella – 2017 Fulbright Scholar
- Christina Baker – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Jeremy Ball – Critical Language Scholarship
- Allyson Banks – 2016 Etscorn International Summer Research Award
- Christian Brawner – Critical Language Scholarship
- Young Choi – 2016 Whitaker International Fellows Award
- Brandt Coleman – 2016 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals scholar
- Hanna DeMarcus – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Jessi Dietrich – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Jessica Eaton – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Mackenzie Marie Flynn – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Lance Gibson – 2016 Etscorn International Summer Research Award
- Rae Hodge – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Shacoya Kidwell – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Shelby Lawson – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Miranda Mason – 2016 Etscorn International Summer Research Award
- Anna Cecile Pepper – Critical Language Scholarship
- Jonathan Perez – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Megan Seldon – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Conrad Smart – 2016 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient
- Rosslyn Steinmetz – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship
- Ariel Weaver – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- April Willis – 2016 Critical Language Scholar
- Abigail Wittmer – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Hannah Wilson – 2016 Truman Scholar
- Tanner Wright – Critical Language Scholarship
- Chloe Zoeller – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Private – 2016 Fulbright Scholar
- Amanda Allen – 2015 Truman Scholar
- Zerlina Bartholomew – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Morgan Blair – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Paige Brewer – Fulbright Scholar and Critical Language Scholar
- Brandt Coleman – Etscorn Honors Scholar
- Hanna DeMarcus – Critical Language Scholarship
- Stephanie Dooper – Etscorn Honors Scholar
- Lashawn Ford – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Allison Fried – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Markita Helton – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Madeleine Loney – Critical Language Scholarship
- Lila Lutfi – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Philip Moore – Etscorn Scholarship
- Ariel Stenger – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Megg Ward – Mary Churchill Humphrey Memorial Scholarship
- Adeline Wilson – 2015 English Speaking Union
- Sirena Wurth – 2015 Fulbright Scholar
- Yvonne Freckmann – 2014 Fulbright Scholarship recipient
- Joshua Hartsell – Presidential Management Fellows Finalist
- Charles Helms – Mary Churchill Humphrey Scholarship recipient
- Ishita Jain – Whitaker International Summer Grant recipient
- Patrick McClure – Cambridge International Scholarship recipient
- Hunter Pittman – 2014 Fulbright Scholarship recipient
- Joanna Thompson – 2014 Fulbright Scholarship recipient
- Johanna Haejean Yun – 2014 Fulbright Scholarship recipient