Aid for Graduate Study

Science, Math, and Engineering

  • "SMART" Scholarship Program - The Department of Defense (DoD) offers scholarships to master's and doctoral students who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for training in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields. The DoD also offers them career opportunities to continue their research as civilian employees of a DoD laboratory after graduation.
  • Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships --$10,000 annual grants for study in aerospace related science and engineering.Application Deadline: 11/15/08
  • Math for American - Math for America is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve math education in secondary public schools in the United States by recruiting, training, and retaining outstanding mathematics teachers. MfA currently operates two programs in New York City, the MFA Fellowship , to increase the number of mathematically talented individuals going into teaching, and the MFA Master Teacher Program , to support outstanding
  • The National Physical Science Consortium ("NPSC) -- offer a unique six year doctoral fellowship program in Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and related engineering fields. Application Deadline: November 5,2008
  • Minority Fellowship Program in Neuroscience --financial support for a period of up to 3 years for students enrolled full-time in a doctoral program in neuroscience.
  • NASA's Space Grant Program
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  • The SAE Doctoral Scholars Program -- The program offers forgivable loans to assist and encourage promising engineering or graduate students to pursue careers in teaching engineering at the college level.Application Deadline: April 1, 2009.
  • GrantsNet--The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have teamed up with other organizations to create an extensive compilation of electronically searchable medical and life science funding information.
  • U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship Program- Scholarships for 100% tuition at an accredited school acceptable to the Surgeon General in the United States or Puerto Rico. reimbusements given fir required books, certain non-expendable equipment and some academic fees. Recipients receive a monthly stipend of more than $1,200 (adjusted each July)

Public Service

  • Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship -- Applicants must have attained GPA's of 3.2 or higher (on a scale of 4.0)as undergraduates and must be interested in being Foreign Service Officers in the U.S. Department of State. Application Deadline: February 3, 2009
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fellowship Program - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country's strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage in the development and implementation of counter-terrorist measures and other DHS objectives. The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission . Application Deadline: January 7, 2008
  • Minorities in Government Finance - $5,000 award to upperdivision undergrad OR graduate student of public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political science, economics, or business administration. Application Deadline: February 3, 2007 .

    Study Abroad

  • Rotary Foundation--Ambassadorial Scholarship program sponsors 1,200 scholars to study in a country different from their own.
  • Marshall Scholarships --Funded by the British government, the program supports up to 40 Americans to study in the United Kingdom.
  • Rhodes Scholarships--approximately 32 U.S. citizens are chosen each year from this program which allows up to 3 years of study at Oxford University in Great Britain.
  • The George Mitchell Scholarship Program -scholars are eligible to attend institutions of higher learning in Ireland for one year of graduate study. Application Deadline: October 6, 2008.
  • Fullbright Scholarships--The American Scholars Program sends approximately 1,000 students and professionals to more than 100 countries.

    • Business and Finance

  • George A. Nielson Public Investor Scholarship competition -- scholarship competition for students who have been admitted to an undergraduate or graduate program in public administration, finance, business administration or a related field. A scholarship of $5,000 will be awarded in 2008( may be awarded as two $2,500 scholarships). Application Deadline: February 28, 2009.
  • The AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship Program--awards for liberal arts undergraduates who want to pursue graduate accounting study. Deadline: April 1, 2009.
  • Institute of Management Accountants National Student Scholarship Program --Applicants must be a student member of the Institute of Management Accountants. Graduate students must have a declared major in Management Accounting /Financial Management related program or have majored in a Management Accounting/ Financial Management related program as an undergraduate.

    • Women

  • American Association of University Women

    Special Interest Groups

  • The Gates Millennium Scholars Program -- provides scholarships and fellowships for outstanding low-income African American, Native American, Hispanic American, and Asian American Students.
  • Hispanic Scholarship Fund-- awards range from $1,000 to $2,500.
  • Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Diversity Fellowships --approximately 60 Predoctoral and 35 dissertation Fellowships available.Application Deadline: November 14, 2008 (predoctoral) and November 28, 2008 (dissertation)
  • Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships --approximately 20 Postdoctoral Fellowships available.Deadline: November 28, 2008.

    General

  • Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program - provides financial assistance to students of superior ability to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) level in selected fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
  • The JackKent Cooke Foundation -offers graduate scholarshiprs to help students with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need reach their full potential through education.
  • International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships ("IDRF") The IDRF Program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about cultures, societies, aesthetics, economies and / or politics outside the United States. Fifty fellowships of up to $20,000 will be awarded. Application Deadline: November 10, 2005

    Education

  • James Madison Fellowships-- fellowships to future and current secondary school teachers of American history, American government, or social studies. Application deadline: March 1, 2009
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    Revised: December 3, 2008