School Application Deadlines
| Caltech | - February 15, 2012 |
| LMU | - February 9, 2012 |
| Occidental | - February 6, 2012 |
| Pomona | - February 14, 2012 |
| Scripps | - February 8, 2012 |
| Stanford | - January 26, 2012 |
| UCB | - February 22, 2012 |
| UCD | - February 3, 2012 |
| UCI | - January 27, 2012 |
| UCLA | - February 2, 2012 |
| UCM | - February 6, 2012 |
| UCR | - February 18, 2011 |
| UCSB | - February 1, 2012 |
| UCSC | - February 6, 2012 |
| UCSD | - February 10, 2012 |
| USD | - February 18, 2011 |
Important Strauss Foundation Dates
| 09/16/2011 | - Bulletin of Information material mailed to Universities and Colleges |
| 03/07/2012 | - Deadline for all nominations to be received by the Foundation |
| 04/21/2012 | - Selection of scholars for 2012 Awards |
| 04/27/2012 | - Winning scholars notified |