Prestigious Scholarships Overview

1 Prestigious Scholarships Overview

Scholarship Scholarship focus Application Nomination Max no of Online/paper Faculty name deadline required? nominees? application? representative Rhodes Unrestricted; study at Early October Yes None Online Simon Stacey Oxford Gates Unrestricted; study at Mid-October No None Online Simon Stacey Cambridge Cambridge Marshall Unrestricted; study in UK Early October Yes None Online Simon Stacey Fulbright 1 year grant for research Mid-October Yes None Online Brian Souders project or teaching assistantship abroad NSEP Boren US national security Early February No None Online Brian Souders Goldwater STEM fields End of January Yes 4 Online, with supporting Simon Stacey paper documents Truman Public service Early February Yes None Online Art Johnson Jack Kent Support for Late November Yes None Online, with tangible Simon Stacey Cooke graduate/professional study portfolio materials if Graduate in visual/performing arts, applicable Arts Award creative writing

UMBC Performance, 2007-2013

There have been several UMBC winners of these scholarships in the past six years: 4 Gates Cambridge winners, 3 Goldwater winners, 1 Jack Kent Cooke winner and several Fulbright and Boren winners (with a marked rise in success when Dr. Souders became the campus representative for these scholarships in 2009). UMBC has also had 4 Truman finalists, 2 Rhodes finalists, a Marshall finalist and a Gates Cambridge finalist in this period.

What you can do:

- Let strong students know about these opportunities, and direct them to me if they have questions - Let me know about department-specific ways to get out the news about these scholarships - Let them know early- beginning an application in fall term for a UK scholarship is almost certainly too late - Serve on scholarship selection committees

Simon Stacey UPD meetings, February 2014