Prestige scholarships are nationally competitive scholarships, and include the Marshall, Rhodes, Truman, Udall, and Goldwater. Most of the scholarships support graduate study in the U.S. or abroad. Several require applicants to be nominated by their University. In order to help FAU students learn about and apply for these lucrative awards, FAU has established a Prestige Scholarship Coordinating Committee of faculty advisors that will hold annual informational meetings on the Boca, Davie and Jupiter campuses, actively encourage faculty to identify and recruit potentially competitive candidates, cultivate prospective applicants, and organize the institutional screening of candidates when the rules of competition require this.

FAU Honors College Student Heather Chase wins 2007 NSEP-Boren.