Scholarships in Master's-level Study

Rhodes Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: October 1

Applicant must be under the age of 23, be a U.S. citizen, have a minimum 3.7 GPA, student must have done serious work in a particular academic or literary area, display fine character, integrity, compassion for others, have strong intellectual ability and achievement. Students should have what Rhodes call "instincts to lead" and a sense of social responsibility, and should display fondness for and success in sports. Rhodes scholars will receive full support for two years of study at Oxford U.

 

Herbert Kealoha & Doris Keppeler Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: January 5

Applicant must be a resident of Hawaii, be a full-time undergraduate, have a minimum 3.0 GPA, and demonstrate financial need.

 

Kotaro Kodama Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: January 5

Applicant must be a resident of Hawaii, be a full-time graduate student with a minimum 3.3 GPA, and demonstrate financial need.

 

Indian Student Conference Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be Native American and send a letter of interest and a letter of support from a faculty advisor to each member of the committee. Award is to fund student attendance at the Western History Association (WHA) annual conference.

 

North Carolina League for Nursing Scholarship

Award: $6,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a legal resident of North Carolina and have completed a minimum of six semester hours of course work in their graduate program of study.

 

Louise Nixon Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 15

Applicant must be accepted into an ALA-accredited graduate school or into a program that meets ALA/AASL curriculum guidelines. Applicant must be have been a Nebraska resident and an NLA member for the past year, and must have been an employee of a Nebraska library for at least one year. Transcripts, three letters of recommendation, essay, and estimate of expenses required.

 

Fellowship for Graduate Study

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a senior member of Delta Epsilon Sigma. Selection is based upon scholastic achievement, aptitude for graduate study, leadership, and service activities. Fellowship is awarded for full-time study in graduate or professional school.

 

Harry J. Donnelly Memorial Scholarship

Award: $725, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be an active member of Tau Kappa Epsilon pursuing an undergraduate degree in accounting or a graduate degree in law. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

 

Graduate Fellowship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: January

Applicant must be attending a SCSGC member institution in South Carolina. The institution must match the $10,000 award with non-federal funds.

 

Miscellaneous Awards

Award: $16,574, Deadline: January 31

Varied criteria based on donor specified requirements.

 

NASA Space Grant Fellowship

Award: -, Deadline: September 15

Applicant must be a current full-time student, in good standing, at one of the four OSGC member universities. Self-nomination, faculty recommendation, an essay describing research or career interest in aerospace related research or education, grade point average and/or GRE score, and three letters of recommendation which include an OSGC evaluation form are required.

 

Jacob's Fund

Award: $9,000, Deadline: February 15

 

Archaeology, Research and Education Internships

Award: -, Deadline: February 1

Interns work with the professional research staff to conduct field work at ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites and conduct laboratory analysis of the artifacts collected. Education interns work with the professional education and research staff to teach archaeology, including field and laboratory work to students who are enrolled in Crow Canyon programs.

 

Lloyd D. Sweet Scholarship

Award: $2,400, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a graduate of Chinook High School who plans on attending an approved institution.

 

Spouses Education Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 1

Applicant must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and live in or attend school in a district represented by an African-American member of congress. Contact the Congressional Black Caucus member of your district at school or home for further information.

 

A.O. Duer Award

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 15

Applicant must be an outstanding junior student of any NAIA intercollegiate athletic team with a minimum 3.75 GPA. Selection is based upon scholarship, character, and playing ability.

 

Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 31

Applicants must be 9th-12th grade high school students, college students or graduate school students who are legal U.S. residents. Students may study any major and attend any college in the U.S.

 

Health Policy Research Award

Award: $44,000, Deadline: August 31

Applicant must be Board certified or an eligible urologist who has successfully competed for a new externally-funded, peer-reviewed career development award (i.e., K07/K08/K23 awards from NIH, or career development type grants from the Department of Defense, American Cancer Society or others) within federal fiscal year 2006.

 

Chapter One - Detroit Founding Chapter Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicants must be a full- or part-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a manufacturing engineering, manufacturing engineering technology or closely related degree or certificate program. Preference will be given to a member in good standing of their respective SME Student Chapter or SME-Detroit Chapter One - The Founding Chapter. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required; good character and leadership must be demonstrated.

 

NJCLASS Loans (New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students)

Award: $500, Deadline: None

Undergraduate and graduate students or parent(s), legal guardian, spouse or relative may borrow for each student per academic year. New Jersey students must be enrolled at least half-time, at an approved school in New Jersey or outside of New Jersey. Out-of-state students must be enrolled at an approved New Jersey school. Applicants must be citizens or eligible non-citizens of the United States for at least six months prior to filing an application. Students also must be making satisfactory progress towards a degree.

 

Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research

Award: $200,000, Deadline: April 1; October 15

Awarded to support investigator-initiated research projects in psychosocial, behavioral, and cancer control research, including epidemiological approaches to psychosocial and behavioral research.

 

AMVETS National Four-Year Scholarship for Veterans

Award: $1,000, Deadline: April 15

Applicant must be an AMVETS member who is a U.S. citizen and a former or current member of the U.S. Armed Forces who has exhausted all government financial aid. Selection is based upon academic achievement and financial need.

 

Graduate Assistantship

Award: $17,878, Deadline: None

 

Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design

Award: $4,000, Deadline: January 15

Selection is based upon academic abilities, character, written research proposal, and faculty recommendations.

 

CRT Internship Program

Award: -, Deadline: February 15

Applicant must be pursuing a degree in the field for which they are applying or have equivalent work experience.

 

Gordon Scheer Accounting Scholarship

Award: $1,250, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be an accounting major attending an accredited Colorado college or university who has completed at least eight semester hours of accounting courses, including one intermediate course. Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA. Selection is based upon scholastic achievement.

 

Ethnic Diversity Accounting Scholarship (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 30

Applicant must be African-American, Asian-American, Native American, or of Hispanic or Pacific Island descent, and must be an accounting major attending an accredited Colorado college or university who has completed at least eight semester hours of accounting courses, including one intermediate course. Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Selection is based upon scholastic achievement and financial need.

 

General Accounting Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: June 30 (fall); November 30 (winter or spring)

Applicant must be an accounting major attending an accredited Colorado college or university who has completed at least eight semester hours of accounting courses, including one intermediate course. Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Selection is based upon scholastic achievement and financial need.

 

Health Research Training Program

Award: -, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be a New York City resident who is attending a metropolitan New York City school. The program offers internships in public health research, community outreach and education, fieldwork, laboratory work and administration to all college undergraduates, graduate, and professional school students.

 

UCT Scholarship Program

Award: $1,500, Deadline: November 15

Applicant must fit into one of the following categories: a college junior or senior whose undergraduate course of study is special education specifically focusing on teaching people with intellectual disabilities; be a teacher of people with intellectual disabilities who needs additional course work to be certified or to retain certification; be a teacher who wishes to become certified to teach people with intellectual disabilities; a teacher who is pursuing an advanced degree in teaching students with intellectual disabilities; or be enrolled in a course to become a certified instructor under a structural trade, vocational or recreational program at a facility for people with intellectual disabilities.