Graduate Student Fellowships and Scholarships
AMERICAN GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
Faculty Representative:
Website: http://www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/americangrad.asp
Deadline: October 15, 2008
For graduating seniors intending to begin doctoral work in
history, philosophy, literature, language, and fine arts. Up to $50,000.00 to be used at a select list
of universities in the U.S., Great Britain, and Ireland.
CARNEGIE JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM
Website: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=jrFellows
Deadline: Jan.
15, each year
Each year the Endowment offers 8-10 one-year fellowships to
uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during
the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees from close to
300 colleges. Carnegie Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the
Endowment's senior associates.
CORO FELLOWS PROGRAM IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Website: http://www.coro.org/programs/fellows_program/fellows_program.html
Deadline: January 11, 2008
“The
Coro Fellows Program is the most long-standing and well known of the Coro
programs. It is an intensive nine-month, full-time, graduate-level program.
Unconventional by traditional academic standards, the program is rigorous and
demanding, and is an unparalleled opportunity for personal and professional
growth. Each year, after a rigorous national selection process, sixty-four Coro
Fellows are chosen from across the country to serve as Coro Fellows at one of
the following Coro Centers: Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco,
and St. Louis.”
DAVID L. BOREN GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
Website: http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/graduate/default.htm
Deadline: January 30
NSEP Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study
of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. interests
(including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America
& the Caribbean, and the Middle East). Study of the countries of Western
Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand is excluded.
DAVIES-JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Website: http://www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/daviesjackson/index.asp
Deadline: November
The Davies-Jackson Scholarship is a full, two-year
scholarship at St. John’s College, Cambridge, England. The Davies-Jackson
Scholarship is intended for graduating seniors, who are able to demonstrate
significant achievement in the liberal arts. This opportunity is specifically
designed for students who are among the first in their family to graduate from
college. After two years of study, candidates are awarded a Cambridge B.A.
degree, often referred to as the Cantab degree, which is the equivalent of a
master’s degree in the U.S.
GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk/
Deadline: See table| Type of Applicant |
Postgraduate course for which you are applying |
Deadline for submitting Graduate Application and
Scholarship Form (GRADSAF) to the Board of Graduate Studies |
New applicant
|
Research leading to the degree of PhD |
15 October
|
New applicant
|
One-year postgraduate course (e.g. Mphil, Diploma, LLM,
CASM) |
15 October
|
| Current or previous Cambridge student |
|
15 December
|
| Current or previous Cambridge student |
One-year postgraduate course (e.g. Mphil, Diploma, LLM,
CASM) |
31 January (or course deadline, whichever earlier) |
“Gates Cambridge Scholarships
are full-cost awards for graduate and affiliated study in Cambridge. The
Scholarships are awarded competitively to students from all countries in the
world except the UK. The award of a Scholarship is absolutely conditional on
the student gaining admission to Cambridge through the University's regular
procedures. The Scholars engage in full-time intensive academic work while
studying in Cambridge. The Scholars become fully integrated into the University
and its Colleges and, on graduation, they join Cambridge's widespread alumni
network.”
GEORGE J. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=34
Deadline: Deadline for 2007-2008 has passed; check in
Spring 2007 for next deadline
“The US-Ireland Alliance sponsors a competitive, national
scholarship for graduate study by American citizens between the ages of 18 and
30 at institutions of higher learning on the island of Ireland. Named to honor
the former U.S. Senator's pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace
process, the George J. Mitchell Scholarships are intended to familiarize and
connect the next generation of American leadership with the island of Ireland.”
FORD FOUNDATION PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES
Website: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpredoc.html
Deadline: November
This
year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The
predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged
in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of
Science (Sc.D.) degree.
FULBRIGHT GRANT
Faculty Representative: Dr. Rodney Swenson (Wang
Center)
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_enrolledatlarge.html#enrolled
Deadline:
If you are a U.S. citizens graduating with a B.A. or B.S.
then “you could be one of more than 1,200 candidates who receive a Fulbright
grant each year to go overseas. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program operates in
more than 140 countries worldwide and grants are available in all fields of
study.”
HERTZ FOUNDATION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
Website: http://www.hertzfndn.org
Deadline:
October 27, 2006, Application; October 30, 2006, Reference Reports
“Evidence of exceptional creativity,
broad understanding of physical principles, and outstanding potential for
innovative research is expected. Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must
be students of the applied
physical sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the
United States of America, and who are willing to morally commit to make their
skills available to the United States in time of national emergency.”
JACK KENT COOKE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
University Representative: Chris Ferguson
Website: http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org
Deadline: March 14, 2008
“The mission of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is to help
young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through
education. We focus in
particular on scholarships for outstanding individuals with financial need."
JACOB K. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Deadline: October 6, 2008
“This program provides
fellowships to students of superior academic ability—selected on the basis of
demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise—to undertake
study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts,
humanities, and social sciences.”
JAMES MADISON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Website: http://www.jamesmadison.com
Deadline: April 15 of the year in which the
competition is administered.
“Junior Fellowships
are awarded to students who are about to complete, or have completed, their
undergraduate course of study and plan to begin graduate work on a full-time
basis. Junior Fellows have two years to complete their degree. Senior Fellowships are awarded to
teachers who wish to undertake work for a graduate degree on a part-time basis
through summer and evening classes. Senior Fellows have up to five years to complete
their degree.”
JEANNE SUAVE FOUNDATION PROGRAM
Website: http://www.sauvescholars.org
Deadline: Recieved in Montreal by December 31.
"The Program provides an opportunity for up to fourteen young leaders
from all over the world to spend eight months in Montreal attending
courses at McGill University, to enlarge upon their understanding of
the state of the world and thier roles in making positive change. The
Scholarship is valued at $30,000 CDN. Since its inception, 45 young
scholars from 37 different countries have been awarded Suavé Scholarships."
MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.marshallscholarship.org
Deadline: October 4, 2007
“Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of
high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. At least forty
Scholars are selected each year to study either at graduate or occasionally
undergraduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. Each
scholarship is held for two years. As future leaders, with a lasting understanding
of British society, Marshall Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship
between the British and American peoples, their governments and their
institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and
their time as Scholars enhances their intellectual and personal growth. Their
direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programmes contributes
to their ultimate personal success.”
NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Website: http://www.afosr.af.mil/NDSEG/ndseg_purpose.htm
Deadline: “Early Janaury”
“The NDSEG Fellowship Program is a Department of Defense
(DoD) fellowship program sponsored by Air Force Office of Scientific Research
(AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR),
and High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). The DoD is
committed to increasing the number and quality of our Nation's scientists and
engineers. The actual number of awards varies from year to year, depending upon
the available funding. The NDSEG Fellows do not incur any military or
other service obligations.”
ROTARY AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/index.html
Deadline: October
"The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to
further international understanding and friendly relations among people of
different countries. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for
undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals
pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of
goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their
homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups."
Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Website: http://www.pdsoros.org/
Deadline:
November 1, 2007
The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for
New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able
and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields.
The Program is open to individuals who retain loyalty and a sense of commitment
to their country of origin as well as to the United States, but is intended to
support individuals who will continue to regard the United States as their
principal residence and focus of national identity.
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