Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship

• Fellows with graduate financial aid exceeding tuition may receive the fellowship without a cash award.
• The award may be postponed one year for hardship such as illness or family emergency (not funding issues).

2026 cycle:

• Portal opens December 15, 2025.
• Application due 11:59 p.m. EDT, February 1, 2026.
• Letters of recommendation due 11:59 p.m. EST, February 8, 2026.
• Recipients notified by May 1; full list announced in May.

1. Go to the online application page at tbp.org/applications.
2. Create a username and password to confirm membership status.
3. Update your mailing address with TBP headquarters so it matches your application.
4. Complete the application with study plan, upload transcripts and request two recommendations.
5. Log back in to track application status.

• Completed application including a study plan explaining how it advances the engineering profession.
• Transcripts (official or unofficial) including fall term grades; graduate students combine undergraduate and graduate transcripts in one file.
• Two letters of recommendation addressing promise of substantial achievement, from research mentors, faculty or engineering supervisors (supervisors for members two or more years post-graduation).

• Scholarship (GPA, research, publications, honors, awards): 30%.
• Promise of substantial achievement (preparation, motivation, career goals, recommendations): 40%.
• Co-curricular leadership and service, including Tau Beta Pi activities: 30%.