School Application Deadlines
| Caltech | - February 18, 2011 |
| LMU | - February 9, 2011 |
| Occidental | - January 25, 2011 |
| Pomona | - February 14, 2011 |
| Scripps | - February 14, 2011 |
| Stanford | - January 27, 2011 |
| UCB | - February 14, 2011 |
| UCD | - February 14, 2011 |
| UCI | - January 28, 2011 |
| UCLA | - February 3, 2011 |
| UCM | - February 7, 2011 |
| UCR | - February 18, 2011 |
| UCSB | - February 2, 2011 |
| UCSC | - January 27, 2011 |
| UCSD | - February 11, 2011 |
| USD | - February 18, 2011 |
Important Strauss Foundation Dates
| 09/17/2010 | - Bulletin of Information material mailed to Universities and Colleges |
| 03/04/2011 | - Deadline for all nominations to be received by the Foundation |
| 04/16/2011 | - Selection of scholars for 2011 Awards |
| 04/23/2011 | - Winning scholars notified |