Scholarships in Doctoral-level Study

Henry and Tilda Shuler Scholarship Fund for Young People

Award: $950, Deadline: None

Applicant must be under age 26, Jewish, demonstrate financial need, and be a resident of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, or Sonoma County, Calif.

 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Fellowship Program

Award: -, Deadline: February 28

Applicant must be a social worker with a masters degree who is preparing for leadership, teaching, consulting, training, policy development, and administration in mental health and substance abuse with ethnic minorities.

 

Graduate and Professional Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a Maryland resident who demonstrates financial need. Applicant must be degree-seeking, either full-time or part-time and attend one of the eligible institutions.

 

Lillian Fried Scholarship

Award: $130, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a woman, be Jewish, demonstrate financial need, and be a resident of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, or Sonoma County, Calif.

 

Miriam S. Grunfeld Scholarship

Award: $950, Deadline: None

Applicant must be under age 26, be Jewish, demonstrate financial need, have a minimum 3.0 GPA, and be a resident of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, northern Santa Clara, or Sonoma County, Calif.

 

Charles C. Price Fellowship in Polymer History

Award: $20,000, Deadline: December 1

Award is to use Chemical Heritage Foundation's Othmer Library of Chemical History. Preference is given to applicants with polymer history projects, but other fields are encouraged.

 

IFT Carbohydrate Division Graduate Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and must major in the area of food science or food technology.

 

Edward Henderson Student Award

Award: $500, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be interested in pursuing a career in geriatrics, demonstrate a commitment to the field of geriatrics, be nominated by one faculty member with at least two supporting nomination letters from other faculty members, and must submit a curriculum vitae, personal statement describing interest in geriatrics and supporting materials, such as copies of research papers, abstracts, or reports, and a syllabus of the applicant's current program.

 

Clinician of the Year Award

Award: $2,000, Deadline: December 10

Applicant must be an AGS member, be nominated, and submit at least one letter of support from colleagues and a curriculum vitae.

 

Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation

Award: -, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must have graduated from medical school on or after June 1980, be a U.S. or Canadian resident, be nominated, and submit a curriculum vitae, reprints of up to three publications illustrating the applicant's most important contributions, and at least one letter of recommendation.

 

Nascher/Manning Award

Award: -, Deadline: December 10

Applicant must have a distinguished, life-long career in clinical geriatrics having achieved distinction in the field through activities such as innovative program development or administration of outstanding clinical programs. Applicant must be nominated and submit at least one letter of support from colleagues and a curriculum vitae.

 

Illustrators of the Future Contest

Award: $500, Deadline: December 31; March 31; June 30; September 30

Applicant must be an amateur illustrator who has not had published or been payed, in media distributed nationally to the general public, more than three black-and-white story illustrations or more than one process-color painting. Entry should consist of three science fiction or fantasy illustrations done by entrant in a black-and-white medium, each representing a different theme and none having been previously published.

 

Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Students

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement.

 

Magoichi & Shizuko Kato Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement. Preference is given to applicants planning a career in medicine or ministry.

 

Chiyoko & Thomas Shimazaki Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL and must be planning a career in the medical field. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement.

 

Rev. H. John Yamashita Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement.

 

Minoru Yasui Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement. Preference is given to applicants interested in human and civil rights.

 

Dr. Kiyoshi Sonoda Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement.

 

Abe & Esther Hagiwara Student Aid Award

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL and must exhibit severe financial need. Selection is based upon financial need, personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement.

 

Aiko Susanna Tashiro Hiratsuka Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement. Professional artists are not eligible.

 

Railroad & Mine Workers Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a member of JACL. Selection is based upon personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts, work experience, and community involvement.

 

G. Robert Hamrdla Award

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon whose transcript demonstrates study of 19th and 20th century history.

 

SDRA Scholarship

Award: $1,200, Deadline: April 12

Applicant must be enrolled in or planning to enroll as a full-time student in a retail-related course of study at a vocational technical school, college or university, or other trade school in South Dakota in the fall of the application year.

 

Summer Internship at the Kennedy Center

Award: $2,400, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a member of Sigma Alpha Iota.

 

Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grant

Award: $1,500, Deadline: October 1; February 1

Award enables Japanese scholars and experts to participate in non-Asia-related disciplinary conferences.

 

Mary Macey Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: June 14

Applicant must be an entering sophomore or continuing student in good standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA at a two- or four-year institution within the United States.

 

Paul W. Ruckes Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be blind or visually impaired, be a U.S. citizen, and submit three letters of recommendation and a statement of educational and personal goals, work experience, extracurricular activities, and how the money will be used.

 

Uan Rasey Memorial Scholarship for Trumpet

Award: $2,500, Deadline: September 24

Applicant must be a resident of southern California, and must demonstrate exceptional talent and financial need. Instrumentalists and pianists may apply through the completion of their senior year of high school. Vocalists must be between the ages of 12 and 26. Audition required.

 

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must have completed course work toward doctoral degree and must submit approved dissertation topic.

 

Association for Glycogen Storage Disease Scholarship

Award: $200, Deadline: July 1

Applicant or parent must be an active member of the association; applicant must have glycogen storage disease.