Fellowships, Grants and Awards
The following is a listing of highly competitive fellowships, grants and awards available to Lewis & Clark seniors or recent graduates. Juniors may apply for certain fellowships such as the Truman and the Goldwater fellowships. This is a partial list of fellowship, grants, and awards available to Lewis & Clark students.
Annie's Homegrown: Environmental Studies Scholarships
Annual scholarship to assist undergraduate and graduate students in the environmental and related science fields. 25 awards available for
$1,000 each.
American Association of University Women Career Development Grants
AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring
scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local
communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those
pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.” Grants range from $2,000 to $8,000. Funds are provided for tuition,
fees, books, transportation (to/from/at school), and dependent care.
- Eligibility: Women who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
- Deadline: November 15, 2006
- Website: http://www.aauw.org
- Contact: AAUW Educational Foundation,
American Fellowships,
PO Box 4030,
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
American Institute for Economic Research Summer Fellowships in
Economics
For more than 50 years the Institute has sponsored a variety of
fellowship programs that provide direct training and financial support
to advanced students of economics. The Institute awards a dozen or
more Summer Fellowships each year to college and university seniors
who will be entering a doctoral program in economics or affiliated
program (e.g., law and economics, economic history, etc.). We also
consider applications from those students enrolled in such programs
for no more than two years. The program is not designed for students
wishing to pursue graduate work in a business school program (e.g.
MBA). Summer Fellows come to the Institute for a four-week period of
study and are provided with room and board plus a $250 per week
stipend. Those who demonstrate exceptional potential are awarded
Fellowships in-absentia if they are enrolled in an accredited
graduate-degree program in economics for the succeeding academic year.
In-absentia Fellows receive full or partial payment of tuition or a
monthly stipend for all or part of the academic year, or both. DURING
THE PAST 5 years, in-absentia awards have averaged about $5,000.”
- Eligibility: To be eligible for the summer program, you must be a graduating
college senior who will be entering a doctoral program in economics or
affiliated program (e.g., law and economics, economic history, etc.).
We also consider applications from those students who have been
enrolled in such programs for no more than two years. The program is
not designed for students wishing to pursue graduate work in a
business school program (e.g. MBA.).”
- Deadline: March 15, 2007.
- Website: http://www.aier.org
- Contact: Susan Gillette: Assistant to the President,
American Institute for Economic Research,
PO Box 1000,
Great Barrington, MA 01230
All-Ink.com College Scholarship Program
To apply for this scholarship, you must submit a 50- to 200-word essay on who has had the greatest impact on your life, and a 50- to 200-word essay on what you hope to achieve in your personal and professional life after college. Awards range from $500 - $5,000.
American Council of Learned Societies East European Language
Training Grants
Annual award to support individual training in the languages of
Eastern Europe (except those of the successor states of the Soviet
Union): Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish,
Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene.” Up to $2,500 awards.
- Eligibility: Applicants must justify their future career plans as benfiting from
foreign language training. United States citizens who have completed
bachelor’s degree.
- Deadline: November 15, 2006.
- Website: http://www.acls.org
American Meteorological Society
Numerous scholarships that deal with careers in meteorological,
oceanic and hydrologic fields. Scholarship recipients receive a
$22,000 stipend for a 9 month period.
- Eligibility: Students must be studying chemistry, computer sciences, engineering,
environmental sciences, math or physics. Applicants must have an
interest in atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic fields.
Applicant must be entering their first year of graduate study in the
fall. Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident.
- Deadline: February 9, 2007.
- Website: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs
American Psychological Minority Fellowship Program
Goal is to increase the knowledge of issues related to ethnic minority mental health and to improve the quality of mental health treatment delivered to ethnic minority populations. Fellowships provide for an annual stipend for up to three
years plus travel expenses.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be a United States citizen or permanent resident, an
ethnic minority, must demonstrate a commitment to careers in
psychology related to ethnic minority mental health. Must be enrolled
in a full-time, APA approved doctoral program by the time the
fellowship is awarded.
- Deadline: January 15, 2007.
- Website: http://www.apa.org/mfp/
American Political Science Association Minority Fellows Program
Association helps to assist minority students interested in political
science. There are two types pf potential awards. The first is a
fellowship with a stipend of $6,000 per year. The second award is a
fellowship without a stipend.
- Eligibility: African-American, Native American and Latino/a graduate students in
political science who are entering doctoral program in political
science. Must be U.S. citizens.
- Deadline: December 1, 2006.
- Website: http://www.apsanet.org/opps/index.cfm
Anheuser-Busch and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
This program supports and promotes innovative
research or study that seeks to respond to today’s most pressing
conservation issues. The Conservation Scholarship Program is designed
to respond to many of the most significant challenges in fish, wildlife
and plant conservation in the United States, whether it is the
sustainable use of natural resources, including sport fish and game,
recovery of an endangered species, or control of invasive exotic
species, by providing scholarships to eligible graduate and
undergraduate students who are poised to make a significant
contribution to the field of conservation. Under the 2004 Budweiser
Conservation Scholarship Program, a minimum of ten scholarships of up
to $10,000 each will be awarded to cover students’ expenses for
tuition, fees, books, room and board and other direct expenses related
to their studies. Awards will be made based on merit and will take into
consideration the student’s academic achievements and their ability and
commitment to develop innovative solutions that are designed to address
real and pressing issues affecting fish, wildlife and plant
conservation efforts.”
Asian Cultural Council
The Asian Cultural Council's Residency program in Asia assists individual American artists, scholars, and professionals undertaking
research, teaching, and creative residencies at cultural and
educational institutions in East and Southeast Asia. Projects supported
in the ACC Residency Program demonstrate close collaboration in design
and execution between the visiting American specialist and the host
organization and produce tangible results such as publication, course
development, or the creation of new artistic work. The program helps to
foster the growth of Asian cultural studies in the U.S. and of American
cultural studies in Asia, as well as to stimulate long-term
relationships in the arts and humanities between American individuals
and institutions and their colleagues in Asia.
Ashoka Innovators for the Public Fellowship
Ashoka’s mission is to seek and invest in social entrepreneurs from around who exhibits creativity, a strong drive, and the ethical fiber to promote positive social change. Fellows are supported financially through a living stipend and professionally through Ashoka’s global network of social entrepreneurs. Fellows work to serve the public in many areas including education, environment, health, human rights, civic participation and economic development. Ashoka has more than 1,400 Fellows across the world transforming the lives of millions of underserved people.
Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has
begun accepting applications for participation in the 2007
Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program. Operated in
partnership with Howard University, the Scholars Program brings talented African American, Latino,
American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., for placement in congressional offices to learn about health policy.
Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Assists students to study at prestigious University of
Cambridge in England. The scholarship covers the full
cost of study at Cambridge for a single person - namely, all approved
University and College tuition fees, a maintenance allowance [which
for 2003-04 will be £ 8,000], a further discretionary allowance for
study-related activities [which for 2003-04 will be £1,600], and one
return economy airfare between Cambridge and home. 100 available
scholarships to United States citizens, 230 worldwide scholarships.
- Eligibility: Must gain admission through Cambridge University’s regular admission.
- Selection Process: The Trustees Committee is required to “award scholarships on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to
use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by
providing service to their communities and applying their talents and
knowledge to improve the lives of others.”
- Deadline: January 31, 2007
- Website: http://www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk/index.html
John L.
Carey Scholarships
This scholarship program provides financial assistance to liberal
arts degree holders pursuing graduate studies in accounting. These
awards are intended to encourage liberal arts undergraduates to
consider professional accounting careers. Scholarship award of $5,000,
renewable for a second year.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have obtained a liberal arts degree prior to
enrolling in a graduate accounting program. Applicants must be liberal
arts degree holders of a regionally accredited institution in the
United States. Applicants must be accepted into, or in the process of
applying to, a graduate program in accounting that will enable them to
sit for the CPA Examination at a college or university whose business
administration program is accredited by the AACSB - The International
Association for Management Education or the Association of Collegiate
Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Applicants must express the
intention to pursue a CPA certificate. The scholarship will be awarded
contingent upon the applicant's acceptance into a graduate program.
Students who are already actively participating in a graduate
accounting program are not eligible for the scholarship. All applicants
must be U.S. citizens.”
- Deadline: April 1, 2007.
- Website: http://www.aicpa.org/members/div/career/edu/jlcs.htm
- Contact: For more information, call the AICPA directly at (212) 596-6221 or e-mail educat@aicpa.org.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Fellowship
“The Summer Internship Program selects 30 promising Latino
undergraduates for an eight-week internship in the nation’s capital.
While in Washington, DC interns work in Congressional offices. The
Fellowship program offers up to 20 promising Latinos nationwide the
opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the
public policy area of their choice. The nine-month fellowship gives
participants the opportunity to work in such areas as international
affairs, economic development, education policy, housing or corporate
affairs.” This program provides
round-trip transportation to Washington, D.C., medical coverage, and a
monthly stipend of $1,550. Summer interns are provided with university
housing.
- Eligibility: Internships are available to undergraduates, fellowships are available
to graduate students. Must have received a Bachelor’s degree within
the last 12 months for fellowship application. Applicants must
demonstrate active community involvement through public service; have
excellent communication and analytical skills; an interest in pursuing
a career in public policy; and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better
on a four point scale.
- Website: http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/fellowship/fellowshipprograms_dc.htm
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) –Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program
CTWO is a racial justice organization that works towards the building of a social justice movement led by people of color. This resource center promotes the advancement of racial justice; sending out messages worldwide. It works to establish model multi-racial community organizations, build an active network of organizations and activists of color, and train the new participants, including members of the Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program. Members of MAAP participate in an internship working on the movement towards economic social justice. Placed with any one of CTWO’s partnering organizations, members work full-time on an organizing campaign with a community organization or labor union.
- Deadline: Annually, April
- Website: http://www.ctwo.org/index.php?s=27
- Contact: AAP Application
1218 East 21st Street,
Oakland, CA 94606.
fax:(510) 533-0923, or email training@ctwo.org.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Fellowship
- Eligibility: Must be a college senior or graduate. Must have been accepted into a full-time graduate degree program at an accredited university to begin studies in fall 2007. Or must be accepted by April 30, 2007. Must have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.5 scale.
- Deadline: March 15, 2007.
- Website: http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org
- Contact: If you have questions after reviewing the materials, call 1-800-498-6478.
Coro Community Problem-Solving Fellowship
The Coro Community Problem-Solving Fellowship is a ten-week summer program designed to encourage African American college sophomores, juniors and seniors to experience Pittsburgh, specifically the progressive, innovative Pittsburgh that values diversity. The purpose of the program is to expose bright talented minority college students to the professional, economic and social resources that exist in the region through multi-sector field assignments, seminars and networking events.
- Deadline: May, 2007
- Website: http://www.coro.org/coro_centers/pgh/pgh_cps.html
- Contact: Selena Schmidt,
Director of Leadership Development,
33 Terminal Way,
Suite 429A
Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Tel: (412) 258-2674.
Email: sscmidt@coro.org
Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs
The Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs is a full time, graduate-level experiential leadership training program that introduces a diverse group of young professionals to all aspects of the public affairs arena. Each year about 64 participants are selected from a national pool of applicants to serve at one of the following locations: Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and San Francisco. For nine months, Coro Fellows spend at least 50 hours a week in a unique series of field assignments, site visits, interviews, public service projects and seminars. Fellows are encouraged to view the program as their laboratory; to experiment with and experience life in the public affairs arena.
- Deadline: January 31,2007, however many of the scholarships will vary.
- Website: http://www.coro.org/coro_centers/pgh/pgh_fppa.html
DAAD
“The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers
undergraduate scholarships to highly qualified undergraduate students
for study abroad, university language courses, senior thesis research
and/or internships in the Federal Republic of Germany: Scholarships
for a semester or a year abroad for between four and ten months, either
as part of an organized study abroad program, or as part of an
individual, student-designed study abroad semester or year.
Scholarships are competitive and are selected by an independent
committee on the basis of an outstanding academic record and a
convincing and feasible project proposal or statement of purpose.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate an interest in contemporary
German and European affairs and to explain the significance of their
project in Germany to their future studies, research or professional
goals.”
- Eligibility: See website (many different scholarships available for undergraduate
and graduate students)
- Deadline: January 31, 2007, however many of the scholarships will vary.
- Website: http://www.daad.org
The Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology
The Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology (DFBSST) is an endowment fund which provides scholarships to African American undergraduate students enrolled in scientific or technical fields of study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Fund was established by a group of concerned black technical professionals who realized that it is essential to provide financial assistance to talented black students who choose to pursue scientific or technical careers. Additionally, these students are supported at historically black institutions of higher learning, where it has been demonstrated that they will experience the highest rates of retention and graduation. The Development Fund provides scholarships of up to $2,000 per year, for a period of up to 4 years. Scholarship Applications are only available through the Financial Aid Offices of pre-qualified schools.
Echoing Green Fellowship
Echoing Green seeks social entrepreneurs who exhibit fearlessness in defending their ideas, an unwavering belief that all individuals have the potential to contribute meaningfully to society, and a powerful passion for developing new solutions to some of society’s most challenging problems. The Fellowship Program last two years and provides Fellows with financial and technical assistance (ranging from a large global network to a close peer-to-peer learning) to enhance their leadership skills and ensure organizational sustainability. Instead of working on a predefined project with an existing organization, each Fellow creates and builds his/her own organization to execute his/her own vision for social change.
- Deadline: December 1, 2006.
- Website: http://www.echoinggreen.org/
- Contact: Echoing Green,
60 East 42nd Street,
Suite 520,
New York, NY 10165
.
El Pomar Fellowship
This is a two-year post-graduate program in leadership development and community service. Fellows work throughout the state of Colorado with the Foundation's grant-making program, operating programs, and outreach programs. Through their work in the community and numerous opportunities in professional development, Fellows learn about the nonprofit sector as well as the role of foundations.
Emerson National Hunger Fellowship
The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship, a project of the Congressional Hunger Center, is a unique leadership development opportunity for motivated individuals seeking to make a difference in the struggle to eliminate hunger and poverty.
Each year about twenty participants are selected for this twelve-month program. Fellows are placed for six months with urban and rural community-based organizations all over the country involved in fighting hunger at the local level, such as food banks, community kitchens, and local advocacy agencies. They then move to Washington, DC to complete the year with six months of work at national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement, including national advocacy organizations, think tanks, and federal agencies. Through this unique program, the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program develops hunger-fighting leaders with a deep understanding of hunger and poverty at both the local and national level that enables them to find innovative solutions and create the political will to end hunger.
Applications to the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship will be accepted via email only. Applications should consist of one MS Word document, three pages in length: the first page should be your resume, the second page your personal statement, and the third page your answers to the two short essay questions. Please give your document the filename Last name_First name_Middle initial.doc, attach it to your email, and send it to fellows@hungercenter.org by January 18, 2007.
- Eligibility: Requirements:
Commitment to social justice and demonstrated leadership qualities and skills, Bachelor’s degree, U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, Flexibility and ability to adjust to new situations, Creativity and initiative in problem solving, Willingness to learn from experts in the field, and commitment to the search for new models in anti-hunger and anti-poverty work
- Deadline: January 18, 2007.
- Website: http://www.hungercenter.org/national/national.htm
- Contact: Selections Committee, Bill Emerson Fellows Program,
Congressional Hunger Center,
229 Pennsylvania Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Families USA
Families USA is proud to announce the creation of the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice to honor the late Senator Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota. Throughout his Senate career, Paul Wellstone built a reputation as an advocate for social justice and as an
outspoken champion for those who lacked a voice in the national arena. The Wellstone Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to honor Senator Wellstone's memory by promoting equity in health care.
The Wellstone Fellowship is a year-long, full-time, salaried position that will begin in September 2007. The fellow will be engaged in health care advocacy work in Families USA's office in Washington, D.C., where he or she will learn about Medicare, Medicaid, efforts to achieve universal coverage, and other important health policy issues.
Specifically, the fellow will be engaged in Families USA's outreach to and mobilization of communities of color. Through this work, the fellow will also learn about conducting health care campaigns, and part of his or her time will be spent working with state-based health care advocacy organizations.
Fulbright Fellowship
The US Congress created the Fulbright Program to foster mutual understanding
among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Recipients apply
for specific programs, which may include university course work, independent
research, or other special projects.
- Eligibility: Seniors and recent graduate are invited to apply. In
some countries, applicants must have sufficient proficiency in the written
and spoken language of the host country to communicate with the people and
to carry out the proposed study.
- Selection Process: Students must submit applications first to the
L&C faculty representative. Applicants put forward by the College pass through
the National Screening Committee to the supervising agencies abroad. Final
selections are made by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
- Deadline: The on-campus deadline is mid-October, with applications
transmitted to Fulbright approximately ten days later.
- Faculty Representative: Deborah Heath,
Department of Anthropology
- Website: www.iie.org/fulbright
Galbraith Public Policy Fellowship Program
The Galbraith Fellowship program is designed for recent college graduates and graduate students who exhibit special interest in developing careers in public policy or economics. Fellowships are provided for full-time work of four, six, eight, or twelve month periods under the sponsorship of the Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund. Fellows are awarded a $1,000 monthly stipend. Complete applications must be received no later than one month before the start of each Fellowship.
- Deadline: Six weeks before February, June or September, depending on desired starting month.
- Website: http://www.adaction.org/galbraith.htm
- Contact: ADA Education Fund Secretary, Amy Isaacs, at (202) 785-5980 or adaction@ix.netcom.com.
Olive W. Garvey Fellowship
Since 1974, the internationally acclaimed Olive W. Garvey Fellowship program has awarded fellowships biennially to outstanding college students around the world through a competitive essay contest on the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberty. Garvey Fellows have since become some of the finest of scholars, business and civic leaders, journalists, etc., applying and advancing public knowledge and appreciation around the world for the ideas of individual liberty and personal responsibility.
Garvey Fellowships will be awarded for the best essay on the topic:
“The great aim of the struggle for liberty has been equality before the law.”
—F.A. Hayek, Nobel Laureate in Economics
- Deadline: May 1, 2007
- Website: http://www.independent.org/students/garvey/
- Contact: For information or questions, please contact the ADA Education Fund Secretary, Amy Isaacs, at (202) 785-5980 or adaction@ix.netcom.com.
German Chancellor Scholarships
“Since 1990, the AvH has awarded 10 German Chancellor Scholarships
annually to prospective leaders from the U.S.A. (under 35 years of age)
in the academic, economic and political fields, enabling them to carry
out research projects of their own choice in Germany. During one-year
research stays, scholars are also given an opportunity to gain an
insight into the social, cultural, economic and political situation in
Germany. German Chancellor Scholars also take part in a four-week
introductory seminar in Bonn and Berlin in September, a fact- finding
tour of Germany and an evaluation seminar in Bonn. In addition to the
scholarship, the Foundation bears the costs for preparatory German
language tuition and an intensive course of several weeks in Bonn.”
Applicants
design individual projects specific to Germany and decide at which
institutions to pursue them. Scholarships average, for monthly
stipend, from 2,000 to 3,500 Euros for 12 months, plus travel expenses
and in-country language training.
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
This program offers a competition for awards for study abroad, for US
citizen students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at a
2-year or 4-year college or university. Recipients receive up to $5000
for living abroad.
- Eligibility: Applicant must be a citizen of the United States. Undergraduate
student in good standing, and must receive a federal Pell Grant. Must have
already been accepted to an overseas program.
- Deadline: April 23, 2007
- Website: http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/gilman/default.htm
- Contact: Email: gilman@iie.org.
Tel: 713.621.6300, ext 25.
Fax: 713.621.0876.
Goldwater Scholarship
Through the Congressional Memorial to Senator Barry Goldwater, these scholarships
were created to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics,
the natural sciences, or engineering and to foster excellence in those fields.
The scholarship provides two years of funding to juniors or one year to seniors
pursuing careers in research. In 2001 Sarah K. Gessford ('02) was awarded a
Goldwater Scholarship.
- Eligibility: The College can nominate up to four students each year.
Sophomores or junior who are American citizens, who have a "B" average and
are in the top quarter of their class may seek nomination.
- Selection Process: The application consists of a nominee information
form, an essay on an important issue in the nominee's field of study, a secondary
school report, three letters of recommendation and a transcript. The written
materials are evaluated by a state committee, which designates finalists,
with final selections made by the Goldwater Board of Trustees.
- Deadline: January 1, 2007 however, students should be prepared to submit
materials to the faculty representative well in advance of the deadline.
- Website: www.act.org/goldwater
The Greenlining Institute
The Greenlining Institute is a California based organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for low-income and minority communities. It runs the Greenlining Academy Fellowship Program and the Academy Summer Associate Program. The Academy Fellowship Program is an annual leadership training program for multi-ethnic individuals focused on low-income advocacy and community economic development. Generally, fellows conduct research, write report and position papers, help organize community events, and interface regularly with multi-ethnic community, corporate and government leaders. Applicants must have completed their undergraduate studies and be enrolled in, or preparing for, graduate studies in public policy, urban planning, minority advocacy or economic development.
Deadline: February 23, 2007.
Website: http://www.greenlining.org/program/academy/fellowships/index.php/
Hertz Foundation Fellowships
25 tuition paid fellowships, plus $25,000 for graduate study towards a
PhD in applications of physical sciences (science, engineering, and
medical science students).
- Eligibility: Graduating seniors. Documented record of high
scholastic performance, high native intelligence, excellent retention
of outstanding basic technical education, accomplishment in technical
research or study, appropriate moral and ethical values. Must be a
student of applied physical sciences with exceptional intelligence and
diligence to the further study of science.
- Deadline: October 30, 2006.
- Faculty Representative: Gary Reiness
- Website: http://www.hertzfndn.org/
HSF/Pfizer, Inc. Fellowship Program
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. It is committed to encouraging Hispanic students to pursue higher education by providing various scholarships. The HSF/Pfizer, Inc. Fellowship Program provides up to 10 Fellowships annually to Hispanic American students to complete their graduate education which focuses on such fields as social sciences, school of engineering, school of management, and school of public health. The Fellowship is open to prospective/current graduate students at selected institutions.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowships
These Fellowships are designed to promote excellence in biomedical research
by supporting promising prospective researchers working towards understanding
basic biological processes and disease mechanisms. Eighty fellowships are awarded
annually with a stipend of $15,000 and $15,000 toward educational costs, renewable
for up to five years.
- Eligibility: Seniors, first year graduate students, medical students
and physicians are eligible to apply. Eligibility extends to students in
all areas of science, not just biological sciences.
- Selection Process: Applications are reviewed by panels of scientists
selected by the National Research Council with final selections made by the
Hughes Medical Institute.
- Deadline: January 11, 2007.
- Faculty Representative: Janis Lochner, Department of Chemistry
- Website: http://www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/medfellows.html/
Huntington Award
“The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides an annual stipend of $10,000 for a graduating college senior to pursue public service
anywhere in the world. This allows recipients to engage in a meaningful
public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate
school or a career.”
Independent Scholarship Fund
ISF was established in 1999 in an effort to help improve K-12 education through freedom of choice. The ISF is a private voucher partnership made possible by funding from foundations, corporations, community organizations and individuals which offers up to $1,500 per year to be applied against private school tuiton. These tuition-assistance scholarships, available to children in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, allow parents to consider alternatives for their children’s education.
The ISF pays three-fourths of a child’s annual tuition up to $1,500. If the tuition is less than $2,000, ISF will pay 75% of the cost; if it is more than $2,000, ISF will pay $1,500.
Institue for Humane Studies
The Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships up to $12,000
for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad.
Last year IHS awarded more than 100 scholarships to outstanding
undergraduates, graduate students, law students, and professional
students who are interested in the classical liberal tradition.
Awards are
worth up to $1,000.
- Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students.
- Deadline: December 31, 2007.
- Website: http://www.TheIHS.org
- Contact: Institute for Humane Studies
at George Mason University,
3301 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 440 Arlington VA 22201,
703.993.4880
800.697.8799
fax: 703.993.4890
Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program
The Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to address the national need to cultivate a diverse talent pool of well-trained and language-proficient professionals.
The program represents a collaborative effort between the HSF Institute, the United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP), and the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA).
The IIPP Fellowship program provides students from underrepresented minority groups with specially designed education and training experiences critical to entry and advancement in international affairs careers. Students are recruited from across the nation and apply as sophomores to participate in a five-year sequence of summer policy institutes, study abroad, intensive language training, and graduate study.
Jacob Javits Fellowship Program
Subject to the availability of funds, a fellow receives the Javits
Fellowship annually for up to the lesser of 48 months or the completion
of their degree. The fellowship consists of an institutional payment
(accepted by the institution of higher education in lieu of all tuition
and fees for the fellow) and a stipend (based on the fellow's financial
need as determined by the measurements of the Federal Student
Assistance Processing System. In fiscal year 2004, the institutional
payment is $11,511 and the maximum stipend is $30,000.
- Eligibility: Graduating Seniors, Graduate Students. Demonstrated achievement and
exceptional promise of success in proposed field of study.
- Faculty Representative: William Pritchard, Department of English
- Deadline: October 6, 2007.
- Website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsjavits/index.html
- Contact: Carmen Gordon and Lakisha Reid,
U.S. Department of Education, OPE
Teacher and Student Development Programs Service,
Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program,
1990 K Street, N.W., 6th Floor.
Washington, DC 20006-8524.
phone: (202) 502-7542,
e-mail: ope_javits_program@ed.gov
Korean-American Scholarship Foundation
The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) was founded in
1969
as a nonprofit organization to provide financial assistance to students
of Korean ancestry seeking higher education.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be Korea-American undergraduate or graduate students
registered in a full-time study institution.
- Deadline: February 28, 2007
- Website: http://www.kasf.org
- Contact: KASF Western Region,
3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2450 B,
Los Angeles, CA 9001.
Tel: 213-380-5273,
Fax: 213-380-5273,
e-mail: western@kasf.org
The Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program
The Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program is a two-year initiative that begins with a one-year field placement in countries throughout South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. The following year is spent in Washington, D.C. at national nonprofit organizations working on hunger and poverty policy. The fellowship trains emerging leaders in the fight against hunger and provides them with a broad understanding of the problem of hunger, the skills necessary to contribute to a solution, and the personal experience that puts faces and names to these issues.
Lemmermann Foundation Scholarship
The Lemmermann Foundation
awards scholarships to University students, who need to study in Rome
to carry out research and prepare their theses concerning Rome and the
Roman culture from the Pre-Roman period to the present day time in the
classical studies.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be attending a recognized University course
and have a basic knowledge of the Italian language.
- Deadline:March 15, 2005.
- Website: http://www.nexus.it/lemmermann/
- Contact: c/o Studio Associato Romanelli,
via Cosseria, 5
00192 Roma,
Italia
tel. (+39-06) 324.30.23 - fax. (+39-06) 322.17.88
lemmermann@mail.nexus.it
Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship
The purpose of the Fellowship is to enhance and strengthen the unique
relationship between the United States and Israel by establishing
genuine understanding and communication between future leaders of the
two countries. The fellowship is for one year of studies in the
Division of Graduate Studies. The program enables
Americans to attend the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for one year as
visiting graduate students. Award: $5,000 plus $1,000 for an
individual tutorial with a senior faculty member.
- Eligibility: > Applicants must be United States citizens and/or recent college
graduates or enrolled in a graduate school.
- Deadline: March 1.
- Website: http://www.distinguishedscholarships.unc.edu/scholarships/levy.html
- Contact: Rothberg International School,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Office of Academic Affairs,
11 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
phone: 1-800-404-8622 ext.316,
E-mail: grad@hebrewu.com
Lindbergh Foundation
Each year, The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation provides grants of up to $10,580 (a symbolic amount representing the cost of the "Spirit of St. Louis") to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindbergh’s vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment. To date, 240 men and women in the United States and abroad have received more than $2.25 million to support their work.
Madison Fellowship
The James Madison Fellowship supports students who plan careers as social
studies, U.S. government, and history teachers with awards of $24,000. The
fellowship is available for students who enter a qualifying program; these
are a Master of Arts in history or political science, a Master of Arts in Teaching
in history, social science, or a related mater's degree in education that permits
a concentration in American history, American government or social studies.
Our most recent Madison Fellows are David Kolek, '99, and Justin Henderson,
'98.
- Eligibility: Seniors and recent graduates who are citizens and who
are eligible for admission to a qualifying graduate program (as described
above).
- Selection Process: An independent Fellow Selection Committee appointed
by the American College Testing evaluates all valid applications and recommends
to the foundation the most outstanding applicants from each state. At least
one fellowship per state is awarded each year.
- Deadline: March 1
- Faculty Representative: Robert
Eisinger, Department of Political Science
- Website: www.jamesmadison.com
British Marshall Scholarship
Established by the British Government in appreciation for US assistance under
the Marshall Plan, the Marshall Scholarship supports outstanding students for
two years of study at any institution in the United Kingdom. The program looks
for "tomorrow's leaders: for high intelligence and academic attainment, social
responsibility and leadership potential." Seniors and recent graduates compete
for forty scholarships nationally each year. The Scholarship can be used to
pursue graduate study in any field.
- Eligibility: Candidates must be American citizens who are applying
within two years of commencing from their undergraduate college or university.
Applicants should have a 3.7 grade point average after the freshman year.
- Selection Process: Candidates apply in the region of their permanent
residence or where they are studying. Regional Committees of Selection review
the written applications, select finalists for interviews and forward their
recommendations to the British Ambassador and the National Marshall Chair.
- Deadline: October 15
- Faculty Representative: Matt
Levinger, Department of History
- Website: www.britishcouncil-usa.org/scholarship/usabms.shtml
Mellon Fellowship in Humanities
The Mellon Fellowship is a generous fellowship which can be used at any humanities
graduate program in the US and Canada. The fellowship is designed to support
students who plan to pursue a career in teaching and research at the university
level. Eligible fields of study are: American studies, art history, classics,
comparative literature, cultural anthropology, English literature, foreign
language and literature, history, history and philosophy of science, musicology,
philosophy, political science, and religious studies.
- Eligibility: Seniors or recent graduates who have not been enrolled
in any graduate program.
- Selection Process: Applications are available directly from the
Mellon Foundation only. Applications are available in the fall through the
first of December; applications must be returned by December 31. Candidates
must take the GRE prior to December 1 and submit their scores. Written applications
are screened and semifinalists are invited to one of a series of regional
interviews. Finalists are selected from those interviewed. Winners are announced
during the first week of April.
- Deadline: December 31, see above.
- Faculty Representative: William Pritchard, Department of English
- Website: www.woodrow.org/mellon
- Contact: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies,
P.O. Box 5329, Princeton, NJ 08543-5329.
Tel: (609) 452-7007
Efax: (866) 422-3169
Miami University Foundation Global Heritage Endowment Awards
The Global Heritage Endowment is a new source of funding established specifically for undergraduate students. The fund is derived from royalties paid to Dr. Kaufman, the author of "Biosphere 2000: Protecting Our Global Environment" (Harper-Collins, New York, 1993) published with the help of about 300 students. It is the sincere hope of the founders that the endowment will be a lasting testimony to the creative potential of undergraduate students. The Miami University Foundation Global Heritage Endowment awards grants on a competitive basis to enable undergraduate students in North America to undertake environmental projects.
- Eligibility:Undergraduate; eligible for consideration are any applications for well conceived, carefully planned projects that will a) improve the local environment; b) raise awareness of environmental issues; or c) add to the collective understanding of the environment.
- Deadline: December 15th. Awards are announced the following Earth Day.
- Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/people/gf/gf1.htm(2/3 down page)
Mitchell Scholarship
Twelve one-year tuition plus $11,000 stipend grants for one year of
graduate study or research at universities in either Ireland or Northern Ireland.
- Eligibility: Graduating Seniors, graduate students. “Demonstrated record of
intellectual distinction, leadership, and extra-curricular activity, as
well as personal characteristics of honesty, integrity, fairness, and
unselfish service to others, which indicate a potential for future
leadership and contribution to society. There are no restrictions as to
academic field of study.”
- Deadline: October 10,2004.
- Website: http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/scholarships.html
- Contact: Dell Pendergrast, Director of George Mitchell Scholarship program,
2800 Clarendon Blvd. #502,
Arlington, VA 22201
phone: 703/841-5843
e-mail: dellp@us-irelandalliance.org
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
Three years tuition plus $19,000 stipend grant for advanced study in
mathematical, physical, biological, ocean and engineering sciences. Scholarship association supports 8,000 graduate students in positions and fields that are important to national defense.
- Eligibility: Graduating seniors and graduate students. Excellent academic record,
recommendations, and graduate record examination [GRE] scores.
- Deadline: January 9, 2005
- Website: http://www.asee.org/ndseg/
- Contact: NDSEG Fellowship Program,
American Society for Engineering Education,
1818 N Street N.W., Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20036
e-mail: ndseg@asee.org, Phone: (202) 331-3516, Fax: (202) 265-8504
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Approximately 900 full tuition and $16,800 stipend grants for three
years of graduate study in the natural, mathematical, and social
sciences.
- Eligibility: Graduating Seniors. Outstanding academic record and proven commitment
to a research career. Special competitions for women and minorities.
- Deadline: Nov. 4 – 6, 2004
- Website: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/
- Contact: Duncan E. McBride, Section Head, Directorate for Education & Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education, 835 N, telephone: (703) 292-4630, fax: (703) 292-9015, email: dmcbride@nsf.gov
National Security Education Program Graduate International Fellowships
70 one or two year grants of $10,000 for study of language or culture
in a world region critical to US security. “The National Security
Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships enable
U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language
Study, or to add an international dimension to their education. Boren
Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures,
and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security but are
less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the
world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It
is hoped that recipients of Boren Fellowships will comprise an
ever-growing cadre of experts whose enriched educational and
professional experiences will enable them to provide leadership and
direction in our national commitment to economic growth, international
peace and security, and the promotion of democracy abroad. The Academy
for Educational Development (AED) considers it a distinct pleasure to
serve as the administrative agent for this important program.”
- Eligibility: Graduating Seniors and graduate students, law students. Excellent
academic record and a thoughtfully considered and articulated
relationship between proposed course of study and national security.
- Deadline: November 1, 2004
- Website: http://www.aed.org/nsep/
- Contact: NSEP/AED,
1825 Connecticut Ave, NW,
Washington, DC 20009
phone: 1-800-498-9360,
Fax: 202-884-840
nsep@aed.org (Boren)
flagship@aed.org (NFLI)
New York City Urban Fellows Program
The Urban Fellows Program is a prestigious nine-month program which introduces college graduates to local government and public service. The Program curriculum includes a full-time employment opportunity with the City government and weekly seminar series exploring the process of the local government. These seminars are often led by commissioners, elected officials, and people at all levels of the government. Fellows will work in the most challenging of areas, including but not limited to, budget process, agency operations, low income housing, affordable health care, education and economic development. A $25,000 stipend for nine months and health insurance is awarded.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Minority Graduate
Fellowships
These fellowships provide support for three years of graduate study in mathematics,
sciences, or engineering leading to a Ph.D. (not MD). Separate competitions
are held for the two types of fellowships. NSF awards 1000 fellowships annually,
with additional awards available for women in engineering, computer science,
or information science.
- Eligibility: Seniors, recent graduates, and first year graduate
students.
- Selection Process: Students submit a two part application in thefellowships, grants, and awards. Some are specific to a discipline, career, or graduate institution. While most
fall. Each application is reviewed by a discipline-appropriate panel convened
for NSF by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Awards are announced in
the spring.
- Deadline: Applications are due in November, recommendations are
due in December.
- Faculty Representative: Gary Reiness,
Department of Biology
- Website: www.nsf.gov
Open Society Institute
Fellowships
Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities. The goals are to encourage public and community service careers, expand the number of mentors and role models available to youth in inner-city neighborhoods, and promote initiatives and entrepreneurship that will empower those communities to increase opportunity and improve the quality of life there.
Pickering Fellowship
“The fellowship program is funded by the United States Department of State and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation (WWNFF). The Department of State seeks a Foreign Service
that represents America in world affairs with citizens who reflect the
diversity and excellence of our society. The program seeks to recruit
talented students in academic programs relevant to international
affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management,
and science policy. The goal is to attract outstanding students from
all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, who have an interest in
pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The
Program develops a source of trained men and women from academic
disciplines representing the skill needs of the Department, who are
dedicated to representing America's interests abroad.”
- Eligibility: Must be a United States citizens to be considered. Applicants must
be in the sophomore year of undergraduate study. Applicants must have
a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale at the
time of application. A cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher
on a 4.0 scale must be maintained throughout participation in the
program.
- Website: http://www.woodrow.org/public-policy/award.html
- Contact: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,
P.O. Box 5281,
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281,
Tel. (606) 452-7007,
Fax. (609) 452-0066
Radiochemistry Scholarship
As demand for the world's energy sources increase at an ever increasing pace human kind is now more than ever in our history in need of a very concentrated clean energy source... which is nuclear power. Radiochemists are at the heart of human kind's ability to make this a safe reality. There is a world wide shortage of these scientist!
The Radiochemistry Society initiated a program to support the development of this critical resource and awarded 3 Fellowships to very deserving students in this scientific discipline.
The Radiochemistry Society spread the word globally on this program in hopes that our support will build further interest in Radiochemistry world wide!
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship recognizes students who are physically, intellectually
and morally capable of leadership by providing full support for two years of
study at Oxford University. Rhodes Scholars are selected from across the disciplines,
and are able to select any course of study offered by Oxford.
- Eligibility: Seniors and recent graduates under the age of twenty-four
at the time of application are eligible.
- Selection Process: The application consists of a personal essay,
a resume-like listing of activities and achievements, a transcript, and up
to eight letters of recommendation. Applicants are nominated by the college
and submit written materials to the state committee. Interviews are held
in each state, with finalists competing in regional interviews. Thirty-two
Rhodes Scholars are selected from the US each year. In 1998, Laura Provinzino
('98), was selected as L&C's first Rhodes Scholar.
- Deadline: Early October (exact date varies)
- Faculty Representative: Jane Hunter or Matt
Levinger, Department of History
- Website: www.rhodesscholar.org
- Contact: Elliot F. Gerson,
8229 Boone Boulevard, Suite 240,
Vienna, Virginia 22182,
Email: amsec@rhodesscholar.org
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
Rotary's Ambassadorial Scholarships program sponsors several types of scholarships
for undergraduate and graduate students. Currently, three types of scholarships
are offered: (1)Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships provide funding for
one academic year of study in another country. This award is intended to help
cover round-trip transportation, tuition, fees, room and board expenses, and
some educational supplies. Academic-Year Scholarships are the most common type
of scholarship offered; nearly 1,000 were awarded for study in 2000-01. (2)Multi-Year
Ambassadorial Scholarships are for either two or three years of degree-oriented
study in another country. A flat grant of US$12,000 or its equivalent is provided
per year to be applied toward the costs of a degree program. Multi-Year Ambassadorial
Scholarships are offered mainly by Rotary districts in Japan and Korea; 150
were awarded for study in 2000-01. (3)Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships are
for either three or six months of intensive language study and cultural immersion
in another country and provide funds to cover round-trip transportation, language
training expenses, and homestay living arrangements.
- Eligibility: All applicants must be citizens of a country in which
there are Rotary clubs. Applicants must have completed at least two years
of college-level course work or equivalent professional experience before
commencing their scholarship studies. The initial application must be made
through a local Rotary club in the applicant's legal or permanent residence
or place of full-time study or employment. For the Academic-Year and Multi-Year
scholarships must be proficient in the language of the proposed host country.
Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship applicants must have completed at least
one year of college-level course work or equivalent in the proposed language
of study. Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship applications are considered
for candidates interested in studying Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.
- Selection Process: Students need to plan well in advance and will
need to establish interaction with an area Rotary Club. Each scholar is assigned
both a sponsor and a host Rotarian counselor who provide orientation, advice,
and assistance leading up to and through the application process. For the
Portland District, the Ambassadorial Scholarship selection is coordinated
through the Vancouver, WA club, but students are able to find a host Rotarian
through any of the area clubs.
- Deadline: For the academic year cycle, the applications process
begins early - example: applications for the '02-'03 year became available
December '00, were due with a club's endorsement April 30, 2001, followed
by an interview and final selections made June '01.
- Faculty Representative: David Campion, Department of History
- Website: www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho
Theodore Rousseau Fellowship
Annual fellowships from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are awarded for the training of students whose goal is to enter museums as curators of painting, by enabling them to undertake related study in Europe. The purpose of this fellowship is to develop the skills of connoisseurship by supporting first-hand examination of paintings in major European collections. Applicants should have been enrolled for at least one year in advanced degree program in the field of art history.
Short-term fellowships of at least three months are considered along with twelve-month fellowships. All fellowships must take place between September 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005.
- Deadline: Application and required letters of recommendation must be made by letter and must be received by the deadline date of November 7, 2003.
- Website: The metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contact: Theodore Rousseau Fellowship,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1000 Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY 10028-0198.
Attn: Marci Karp
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a small
group of outstanding individuals to spend six months in Washington,
D.C. Supported by a monthly stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time
project assistants at the participating organization of their choice.
In the Program's first seventeen years, ninety-five fellowships have
been awarded. Selected
individuals will receive $1,800 per month, health insurance coverage,
plus travel expenses to Washington, D.C.
- Eligibility: Applicants must have received a bachelors degree, there is no citizen
requirement.
- Website: http://www.scoville.org
- Contact: Paul Revsine,
Program Director,
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, 322 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans
The fellowships are grants for up to two years of graduate study in the United States for new Americans. Thirty fellowships will be awarded each year.
- Eligibility: Seniors and recent graduates under the age of twenty-four
at the time of application are eligible.
- Selection Process: The application and selection process will take place in the late fall and winter, and Fellows will be expected to begin their graduate study no later than the following September.
- Deadline: November 1, 2003.
- Website: http://www.pdsoros.org
- Contact: Warren F. Ilchman, 400 West 59th Street,
New York, New York 10019,
Phone: 212-547-6926
Fax: 212-548-4623
Truman Scholarship
Through the Congressional Memorial to President Harry S. Truman, these scholarships
are awarded to college juniors who plan to pursue a career in public service.
The scholarship funds a grant of $30,000, $27,000 of which is for graduate
study in the US or abroad in a wide variety of fields. Applicants must be nominated
by the College's faculty representative. Our most recent Truman scholars are
alumni Jeremy Brown ('99), Alexis Gensberg ('99), and Jules Kopel-Bailey ('01).
- Eligibility: Juniors who are American citizens in a major program
that will permit admission to a graduate program, which will lead to a career
in public service.
- Selection Process: The College nominates candidates. The application
requires a number of short essay questions about leadership and community
service activities as well as a personal essay and policy statement on an
issue of the applicant's choice. Following review of written materials, finalists
are interviewed by one of eighteen regional selection committees.
- Deadline: January, although an internal competition is held the
preceding fall.
- Faculty Representative: Robert
Eisinger, Department of Political Science.
- Website: www.truman.gov
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation awards 80 merit-based scholarships of up to $5,000 to:
College sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated outstanding potential and a commitment to preserving, protecting or restoring environmental resources;
Native American and Alaska Native college sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated outstanding potential and a commitment to careers related to tribal public policy or health care.
The Foundation will also award up to 50 Honorable Mentions of $350 in 2005.
- Deadline: March 3, 2005
- Faculty Representative: Paulette Bierzychudek, Department of Biology.
- Website: http://www.udall.gov
- Contact: The Morris K. Udall Foundation,
130 South Scott Avenue,
Tucson, AZ 85701-1922, Tel: (520) 670-5529,
Fax: (520) 670-5530,
Email: info@udall.gov
Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice
The Wellstone Fellowship is a year-long, full-time, salaried position. The fellow will be engaged in health care advocacy work in Families USA's office in Washington, D.C., where he or she will learn about Medicare, Medicaid, efforts to achieve universal coverage, and other important health policy issues. Specifically, the fellow will be engaged in Families USA's outreach to and mobilization of communities of color. Through this work, the fellow will also learn about conducting health care campaigns, and part of his or her time will be spent working with state-based health care advocacy organizations.” Awards vary from $250 - $5,000. There are 7 awards available.
- Deadline: June 01, 2005
- Website: http://www.compact.org/
- Contact: Families USA, Wellstone Fellowship, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-628-3030, e-mail: wellstonefellowship@familiesusa.org
Elie Wiesel Essay Contest
Suggested Topics:
1. Reflect on the most profound moral dilemma you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics.
2. How can human beings move beyond hate and violence?
3. Explore how writing can be an ethical activity.
4. What ethical issue concerns you the most and what concrete proposals would you make to deal with it?
- Eligibility: Registered undergraduate, full-time juniors or seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the United States during the fall 2003 semester.
- Deadline:Must be postmarked by Friday, December 5, 2004
- Website: http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org
- Contact: The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest,
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity,
PO Box 1089,
New York, NY 10150
A World Connected Essay Contest
The “A World Connected Essay Contest” is available to full-time undergraduate and graduate students who are 25 years of age or younger as of June 1, 2004. You must read the two linked articles on the sponsor's site and submit an essay between 600 and 2500 words making an argument that rejects or defends the claims the authors make about outsourcing.
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