Scholarships in Doctoral-level Study

Tri Delta Graduate Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must be an initiated member of Delta Delta Delta in good standing and a graduate student enrolled for the entire academic year. Selection is based on academic achievement, financial need, community involvement and future promise.

 

UMWA/BCOA Training and Education Fund

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must be miners unemployed from the coal industry with at least five years in classified employment. The spouses or children (below age 25) of eligible unemployed or working miners are also eligible for benefits. Grants are awarded based on the recommendation of one or more panels chosen by UMWA and the Bituminous Coal Association.

 

College Television Awards

Award: -, Deadline: January 31

Applicants must produce an original film or video in one of the following categories: drama, comedy, music, documentary, news, magazine show, traditional or computer-generated animation, children's programming or commercials. Professionals may not be involved in the production of the piece, including producers, directors, camera operators, lighting or sound technicians and production managers. Applicants must also be full-time students who have produced their video for course credit at an American college or university from January 1 to December 31 of the current year.

 

NFMC Hinda Honigman Award for the Blind

Award: $800, Deadline: February 1

Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 25, be an instrumentalist or vocalist and submit an affidavit from an ophthalmologist stating that they are blind. Applicants must also be affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs.

 

Past Presidents' Parley Nursing Scholarships

Award: $4,000, Deadline: First Friday in April

Applicants must be residents of California, enrolled or planning to enroll in a nursing program and be the wife, husband, widow, widower or child of a veteran or be veterans themselves.

 

AGC Graduate Scholarships

Award: $7,500, Deadline: November 1

Applicants must be college seniors enrolled in an undergraduate construction or civil engineering degree program or college graduates with a degree in construction or civil engineering. Applicants must also be enrolled or planning to enroll full-time in a graduate level construction or civil engineering degree program.

 

Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship

Award: $7,500, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must intend to pursue an MLS degree, plan to work in children's librarianship and be U.S. or Canadian citizens. Selection is based on academic excellence, leadership and desire to work with children in any type of library.

 

Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship

Award: $7,500, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must intend to pursue an MLS or advanced degree, plan to work in children's librarianship and be U.S. or Canadian citizens. Selection is based on academic excellence, leadership and a desire to work with children in any type of library.

 

Rosemary and Nellie Ebrie Foundation

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must be residents of the Island of Hawaii and be of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. Applicants must also submit a four-sheet application and financial form, personal statement, recommendations and transcript.

 

Hellenic Times Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 18

Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students of Greek descent between the ages of 17 and 25 and may not win any other full scholarships. Applicants must submit transcripts and may be required to submit tax returns.

 

Fulbright Grants

Award: -, Deadline: October 15

Applicants must be graduate students, scholars or professionals. Funds are generally used to support students in university teaching, advanced research, graduate study or teaching in elementary and secondary schools.

 

Vietnam Veterans' Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must have been honorably discharged from the armed forces, and they must have received a Vietnam campaign medal for serving in Vietnam anytime between August 5, 1964 and the official end of the war. Students must be attending either a public school or one of the following private schools in New Mexico: the College of Santa Fe, St. John's College or the College of the Southwest. They must have been New Mexico residents when entering the armed forces or have lived in the state for at least 10 years.

 

Virginia Commonwealth Award

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Undergraduate applicants must be admitted to a Virginia public two- or four-year college or university, be enrolled at least half-time, be residents of Virginia, be U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens and demonstrate financial need. Graduate applicants must be enrolled full-time in an eligible Virginia graduate degree program. The selection process varies by school.

 

Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program

Award: $3,200, Deadline: July 31

Applicants must be Virginia residents and enrolled full-time as undergraduate, graduate or professional school students at an eligible private, non-profit Virginia postsecondary institution. Applicants who are enrolled in a religious or theological degree program are ineligible as are graduate students who are enrolled in a degree program that is not related to health care. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Sallie Mae $1,000 Sweepstakes

Award: $1,000, Deadline: Monthly

Applicants may be high school, undergraduate or graduate students and must register on Sallie Mae's website. Each month one registered user is selected in a random drawing to receive the sweepstakes. When you are register for Sallie Mae's Scholarship Search, you may elect to be entered into the sweepstakes drawing.

 

American Council of the Blind Scholarships

Award: $2,500, Deadline: March 1

Students must be legally blind in both eyes and admitted full-time to a post-secondary academic or vocational program. A minimum GPA of 3.3 is required, except in extenuating circumstances. Students who work full-time and attend school part-time may apply for the John Hebner Memorial Scholarship. Scholarship recipients are expected to attend a national convention if they are over 18.

 

Eremian Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must be of Armenian ancestry and not related to the ARS Central Executive or Eremian Scholarship Committee members. Specific requirements may vary by region.

 

Chickasaw Nation Education Foundation Program

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must be full-time Chickasaw students. Other eligibility requirements vary by scholarship.

 

Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: September 15; February 15; June 15

Applicants must be Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal members who are enrolled full or part-time in an undergraduate or graduate academic degree program at an accredited postsecondary institution. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Fraternal Order of Eagles Memorial Foundation

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must be the children of Eagles who lost their lives while serving in the military or in the commission of their daily employment. Applicants must have a 2.0 minimum GPA, be under the age of 25, unmarried and non-self supporting.

 

Vincent L. Hawkinson Scholarship for Peace and Justice

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicants must advocate peace, reside in or attend school in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota or Wisconsin and attend an interview in Minneapolis and the fall awards ceremony.

 

Midwest Student Exchange Program

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must currently live in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota or Wisconsin and wish to attend a participating school in one of these states outside their own. Other eligibility requirements vary depending on the state and school. Awards are tuition reduction for out-of-state schools in the participating region.

 

National Wildlife Federation EcoLeaders Fellowship Program

Award: -, Deadline: July 10

Applicants must create a plan for a campus ecology program, working with a project advisor and verifier. All Campus Ecology fellows are required to attend a training program.

 

Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicants must live in New England and/or be members of NETC and submit a full-length play written for a young audience. The play must not have been previously published, previously produced by a professional company or submitted to the Harris competition. Students may only submit one play. There is a $20 processing fee.

 

Chief Manuelito Scholarship Program

Award: $7,000, Deadline: June 25; November 25

Students must be enrolled members of the Navajo nation, submit a Certificate of Indian Blood, attend a regionally-accredited school and complete a FAFSA form. Students must also complete a Navajo Government course (available online).

 

Mary P. Oenslanger Scholastic Achievement Awards

Award: $6,000, Deadline: March 10

Applicants must be blind or visually impaired, Learning Ally members and college seniors and graduate students.

 

General Conference Women's Ministries Scholarship Program

Award: -, Deadline: Open

Applicants must be women who are planning to study at a Seventh-day Adventist college in their division. Students in their final two years of study will be given preference. Applicants must show financial need, academic achievement and willingness to serve the Lord.

 

Academic Study Award

Award: $2,500, Deadline: December 1

Applicants must be registered nurses enrolled full- or part-time in a nationally accredited school of nursing baccalaureate program with an interest in occupational and environmental health or be registered nurses enrolled full- or part-time in a graduate program that has application to occupational and environmental health. Applicants should submit a narrative and letters of recommendation.

 

Charlotte McGuire Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: April 15

Applicants must be pursuing an education in holistic nursing and be members of the AHNA.

 

Dorothy Budnek Memorial Scholarship

Award: $600, Deadline: September 15

Applicants must be active members of the American Radiological Nurses Association for three years, have a current nursing license and be enrolled in an approved academic program. Students should submit the application, a statement of purpose, two recommendation letters, a transcript which shows a minimum 2.5 GPA, a statement of financial support and a copy of the nursing license.