Important Dates & Deadlines for Programs (2024)

Important Dates & Deadlines

Important Dates & Deadlines can also be viewed on the Grad School Dates & Deadlines Google calendar.

September 1(estimated date) Online applications open in CollegeNET (PhD, MFA, BioMed Master's)
September 1Fulbright Fellowshipinitial application deadline (internal) at 4:30 pm
September 8Deadline for October graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
September 15* Black at Brown [Graduate] Grant Deadline
September 11-29Fulbright campus interviews

October 1Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in February (Registrar's requirement)
October 1Research Mobility Fellowship applications due for Spring travel
October 5-9 Graduate School at theSociety for Neuroscience Conference
October TBABrown final submission deadline (internal) for Fulbright Fellowship at 4:30 pm
October 15Spring term Fellowship appointments and funding due to Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's students). Non-Fellowship appointment (TA/RA/Proctor) entry deadline TBA
October 20-21Fall Preview Day
October TBADAADapplications dueto the Graduate School at 4 pm (internal deadline)
October 31-November 3Graduate School at the SACNAS Conference

November 1Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the spring andto submit materials for readmission
November TBAHorace Mann medal submissions due in UFunds.
November 13-16 Graduate School at the ABRCMS Conference
November 16*Spring term bills generated (see Bursar website)

December 2Application deadline forBrown Executive Scholars Training (BEST) Program

January 1Spring term bill due date
January 12Deadline for February graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner
January 10Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for February graduates
January 13Banner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in May (Registrar's requirement)
January TBADeadline for enteringSpring Progress Evaluation and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM
January TBAMae Williamson Simmons Fellowshipnomination deadline
January TBA HUGs Admissions Summary submission deadline
January 29-31 Graduate School at the McNair Promising Practices Institute and Graduate School Fair

February 1 Deadline for changing progress evaluations that have already been submitted for the Spring term
February 10Open Graduate Educationapplication deadline
February TBA Deadline for student applications for Deans' Faculty Fellowships
February TBAApplication deadline forBrown/Wheaton Faculty Fellowship
February TBA Application deadline for Joukowsky Summer Research Award

March 1Nominations due for theFaculty Mentoring and Advising Awardand theExcellence in Teaching Award
March TBADeadline for DEP applications (submitthroughUFunds)forHumanities & Social Sciencestudents who will be beyond the sixth year (can also be submitted after this dateto be reviewed on a rolling basis)
March TBASTEM Diversity and Inclusion Divisional Meeting
March TBADoctoral Welcome Days
March TBAHumanities & Social Science Diversity and Inclusion Divisional Meeting
March TBAResearch Mobility Fellowshipapplications due for Fall travel
April TBAInterdisciplinary Opportunityprogram application deadline
March TBADeadline for student applications forDeans' Faculty Fellowships(nominations and recommender forms due on March 29)

April 1Nominations due for master's and doctoral awards presented at Commencement
- Joukowsky Outstanding Dissertation Prize
- Outstanding Academic Accomplishment by a Master’s Student
- Master’s Award for Professional Excellence
- Master’s Award for Engaged Citizenship and Community Service
April TBAOptionalSpring Divisional meetings (all divisions welcome)
April 15PhD 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 TBASummer appointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's)
April 18Deadline for May graduates to submit the Application to Graduate via Banner

May 1Thesis and dissertation submission deadline for May graduates
May 1Deadline for students on leave to notify the Graduate School of a desire to return in the fall andto submit materials for readmission
May 23Summer term bills generated(seeBursar website)
May 23-25Commencement weekend

June TBADeadline for submitting Summer Progress Evaluations and Standing Letters to GSIM
June 1* Doctoral Preview Day Application Opens
June TBADeadline for each program to set online application deadline cutoff for next admission cycler and request application changes (e.g., requirements or program-specific questions)
June TBAFallappointments and departmental funding due to the Graduate School via GSIM (doctoral and master's)
June11*Summer term bill due date
June 22*Fall term bills generated(seeBursar website)
June 30GSIM 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)

June 22Deadline for programs to communicate change in chair and DGS for next academic year
July TBABanner-based Application to Graduate open to students who expect to complete in October (Registrar's requirement)

August 1Fall term bill due date
August 20-22* International Graduate Student Orientation
August 24-25* Graduate Student of Color Orientation
August 26-27* All-Student Orientation
August 28* Resource Fair
August 31Deadline for enteringFall Progress Evaluations and uploading Standing Letters to GSIM

*Tentative date