Undergraduate Student Fellowships & Scholarships
FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
Faculty
Representative: The Wang
Center for International Programs
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Deadline: October 15
This international exchange program offers opportunities
for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate
study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and
secondary schools worldwide.
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.”
GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP
Faculty
Representative: Professor
Tom Carlson, Biology
Website: http://www.act.org/goldwater
Deadline: February 1
Scholarship for students in science, mathematics, and
engineering. Each scholarship covers eligible expenses for undergraduate
tuition, fees, books, and room and board, up to a maximum of $7,500 annually.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Website: http://www.truman.gov/candidates/candidates.htm
Deadline:
February 5, 2008
The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000
in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service
fields. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection.
The Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship
placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development.
JACOB K. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Deadline: October 15, 2007
“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.”
KATE NEAL KINLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Website: None—information regarding scholarship is
found on third-party websites
Deadline: December 1
“The 76th Annual competition for the Kate Neal Kinley
Memorial Scholarship is being announced. Three fellowships are offered, 2 of
which are open to students of architecture, one for $20,000 and one for $6,000.
The Fellowships are to be used by the recipients toward defraying the expenses of
advanced study in America or abroad.”
MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.marshallscholarship.org
Deadline: End of the first week in October
"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 programs contributes to their ultimate personal
success.”
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.udall.gov
Deadline: March
4, 2008
The foundation each year awards 55
scholarships to students who are pursuing careers related to environmental
public policy or to Native American or Alaska Native students who are pursuing
careers related to health care or tribal public policy. Each scholarship covers
eligible expenses for tuition, fees, books, room, and board, up to a maximum of
$5,000. To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, students must be U.S. citizens
or permanent resident aliens, must be sophomores or juniors, and must be in the
top one-fourth of their class, earning at least a 3.0 GPA.
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.”
NatIONAL Security Education
Program David L. Boren Scholarship
Website: http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm
Deadline:
February
12, 2008
The National Security Education
Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships offer a unique
opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. NSEP awards scholarships
to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests
(including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America
& the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe,
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.
PSE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH GRANT
Faculty
Representative: See your
Dean
Deadline: Late October
Opportunity for independent student research.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Faculty
Representative: Provost
Patricia O'Connell Killen
Website: http://www.rhodesscholar.org
Deadline:
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.
WHITAKER INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS & SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Website: www.whitaker.org
Deadline: February 11, 2008
Whitaker Fellows are biomedical engineers (or bioengineers) ranging
from graduating seniors to those conducting doctoral studies.
Applicants should have a BS or MS degree in biomedical engineering.
Because some institutions do not offer biomedical engineering or its
equivalent as a degree program, exceptions may be made based on a
demonstrated commitment to the field of BME Through significant
coursework, research, laboratory or work experience.
WILLIAM E. SIMON FELLOWSHIP FOR NOBLE PURPOSE
Faculty Representative:
Website: http://www.isi.org/programs/fellowships/simon.html
Deadline: February 15, 2007
“awarded to those graduating college seniors who have
demonstrated passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction, and
originality in pursuit of a goal that will strengthen civil society.” Awards can be used in multiple ways.
($40,000.00 and $5,000.00 grants.)
WINSTON CHURCHILL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
Website: http://www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/Scholarships.html
Deadline: November 12, 2007
“The Foundation’s Scholarship Program offers American
students of exceptional ability and outstanding achievement the opportunity to
pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences at
Churchill College, the University of Cambridge The newest of the colleges
at the University of Cambridge, Churchill College was built in tribute to
Winston Churchill, who in the years after the Second World War presciently
recognized the growing importance of science and technology for prosperity and
security. Churchill College focuses on the sciences, engineering, and
mathematics.”
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