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Competitive Fellowships Compiled by SMU National Fellowships Competitive Fellowships Compiled by SMU National Fellowships This document contains numerous links to scholarships. We revised our website in 2019 and copied this information. As the website had not been maintained for some time, there will inevitably be a few broken links, incorrect deadlines, etc. Table of Contents Graduate study ...................................................................................................................... 2 Continuing undergraduates ................................................................................................... 5 Foreign Languages and Study Abroad .................................................................................... 8 To apply during your senior year .......................................................................................... 13 Women ............................................................................................................................... 18 Math, Science, and Engineering ........................................................................................... 19 Humanities and social sciences ............................................................................................ 24 Pre-law and law students .................................................................................................... 27 Pre-med and med school ...................................................................................................... 29 Arts and Art History ............................................................................................................. 31 Minority students ................................................................................................................ 33 Business majors ................................................................................................................... 37 Non-citizens ......................................................................................................................... 38 Rhodes Scholarship .............................................................................................................. 40 George Mitchell Scholarship ................................................................................................ 42 Marshall Scholarship ........................................................................................................... 43 Fulbright Grants .................................................................................................................. 45 Goldwater Scholarship ......................................................................................................... 46 Udall Scholarship ................................................................................................................. 47 Truman Scholarship ............................................................................................................. 48 Madison Fellowship ............................................................................................................. 50 Graduate study For an additional excellent database of fellowship information for graduate students, see: www.arhu.umd.edu/graduate/fellowships/database (for arts & humanities) AAUW Dissertation Fellowship www.aauw.org American Association of University Women. $20,000 All fields. To complete writing within the year. Deadline November. AAUW International Fellowship www.aauw.org $18,000 to support graduate work. Female; non-citizen. Deadline December 1. AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship www.aauw.org To $12,000 Female; minority; math or engineering. Deadline January. ACLS Fellowships https://www.acls.org/Fellowship-and-Grant-Programs/Competitions- and-Deadlines To complete dissertation; also post-docs. Deadlines vary. ACLS Public Fellows https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/ Humanities Ph.D. within past 3-yr window. $50,000-78,000 stipend; 2-yr fellowship in govt or non-profit sector. June 1. Adolescent Literacy Pre-doc www.naeducation.org $25,000 For doctoral research to improve literacy outcomes for middle and secondary students. Qualifying exams completed. Deadline December 1. AICPA Accounting www.aicpa.org American Institute for Certified Public Accountants. Various graduate scholarships, plus listings of other scholarship resources. Deadlines vary. Alpha Lambda Delta Graduate Fellowships www.nationalald.org $3,000 to $7,500 for graduate study. ALD members; graduating seniors and graduate students may apply. January 31. AMNH Anthropology Internships https://research.amnh.org/grants American Museum of Natural History. Graduate internships 2 months to 1 yr. Deadlines April 1 for summer or fall, December 1 for spring. AMS Mass Media Fellowship http://www.ams.org/programs/ams-fellowships/media- fellow/massmediafellow 10-week paid summer internship for grad students in math, science, health, or social science. Placement in media organizations, communicating science and technical subjects to the public. January 15. American Accounting Association http://aaahq.org/Education/Awards Multiple awards for outstanding dissertations and for dissertation research. Deadlines vary. American Antiquarian Society www.americanantiquarian.org Library collections = Amer. hist or culture through 1876. Fields = history, art and music history, literature, political science, 18th-cent. studies, newspapers, magazines, history of book. Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship -- $35,000 for 12-month fellowship. Up to 3 yrs from Ph.D. Any topic in collection; to revise or extend dissertation for publication. Deadline Oct. AAS Short-term Fellowships - $1,000 per month for 1-3 mo. For research in collections, including for dissertation research. January. American Historical Association www.historians.org/prizes To $1,000 for research; advanced doctoral candidate. Deadline February AIIS Junior Fellows www.indiastudies.org Up to 11 months in India, affiliated with Indian university and research supervisor, for Ph.D. research specializing in Indian aspects of specific disciplines. Deadline July 1. American-Scandinavian Foundation www.amscan.org To $20,000 for year fellowship, $4,000 for study visit one to three months. Study/research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden. Citizen or perm res; well-defined research project; some language proficiency expected; general priority to advanced graduate students. Deadline November 1. Archaeology Institute of America https://www.archaeological.org/ $22,000 for study in Aegean; ABD or PhD. Deadline November 1. Argonne Lab Post-docs www.dep.anl.gov Ashworth Fellowship contact [email protected] $2,000 MA or PhD, toward public service. Political science or public policy; Texas resident; need. February Asia Pacific Leadership Program www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp Tuition toward 9-month graduate certificate program in regional expertise and leadership, at University of Hawaii. Deadline February. Banting Postdoc, Canada http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca Two-year postdoc fellowship for research at a Canadian institution. Humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering. November 1 Fulbright Binational Business Grant https://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/selectedprogram/105 Corporate internship in Mexico. JD, MBA, MA in international studies...Must have Spanish fluency. SMU deadline Sept. 28 Bliss Prize, Dumbarton Oaks https://www.doaks.org/research/support-for-research/bliss-symposium- awards $45,000 to pursue Byzantine studies. Deadline November 1. Boren Fellowships https://www.borenawards.org/ National Security Education Program. Deadline January. Bridges College Scholarship www.cftexas.org To $15,000 per year for graduates of accredited Texas high schools or foreign nationals who have legally resided in Texas for 12 months prior to application; financial need. Deadline April 1. Canada Doctoral Research Award http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38887.html For dissertation research in Canada, dissertation related to study of Canada. Deadline October Critical Languages Intensive Summer Scholarships www.clscholarship.org Overseas Research Council. All direct expenses for intensive study in "critical" languages. March CAORC Multi-Country Research www.caorc.org/fellowships/ Overseas Research Council. Research support for doctoral candidate in humanities, working on issues of trans- regional significance. CESRI European Summer Science Research https://www.iie.org/Programs/CESRI Graduate students in science/engineering. Lab placement for 8-week summer research in Germany, Austria, Hungary, central European countries. Deadline early February. Chateaubriand Fellowships to France https://www.chateaubriand-fellowship.org/ 9-month fellowship in France for graduate student pursuing Ph.D. Deadline December. Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum www.metmuseum.org/education/er_internship.asp#cloisters_apply Summer, 6-month, and year-long paid internships for undergrad and grad students in art history, media, editing, and related areas. Fall app deadlines. S. DuBois Cook Postdoc Fellowship History, social sciences. For research on constructs of race, ethnicity, and gender from interdisciplinary perspectives. Social Science Research Institute, Duke University. January 15 Coro Fellows in Public Affairs www.coro.org Intensive two-year internship for those intending careers in public affairs. Deadline early January. Cross Future Leaders www.aacu.org/about/cross_award.cfm Travel, lodging to attend AACU conference. Doctoral level. Deadline September. CSGS Master's Thesis Award www.csgs.org/awards/
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