Scholarships in Other Postgraduate-level Study

Howard B. Burchell, M.D., Ph.D., Heart Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a resident of Minnesota and be a full-time student at an institution in Minnesota. Award is for a period of full-time research (usually three months) with the sponsor.

 

James H. Moller, M.D., Heart Scholarship

Award: $1,200, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a resident of Minnesota and be a full-time student at an institution in Minnesota. Award is for a period of full-time research (usually three months) with the sponsor.

 

Justus W. Reid Scholarship

Award: $3,750, Deadline: March 15

Selection based on merit.

 

Lewis and Varnia Vaugn Fellowship in Orchid Biology

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must have at least one year of standing research.

 

Butler Polymer Research Laboratory Graduate Fellowship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be a member of the Butler Polymer Research Laboratory with excellent grades and significant research progress, must be a good citizen of the polymer program, have completed degree requirements at least through the oral exam, and be nominated by faculty members of the Laboratory.

 

Deed Student Research Grants, Internships, Technical Design Projects (TDP), and Educational Scholarship

Award: $8,000, Deadline: February 15; October 15; October 15 (TDP)

Applicant must have been accepted to or currently enrolled in a full-time vocational school or accredited college/university (includes high school seniors through graduate students). Applicant must intend to or is currently major in a field that could lead to a career in the public power industry. Applicant must be sponsored by a DEED member utility; Technical Design Project (TDP) applicants will be assigned to a sponsor. Application and official transcript required. Maximum of 10 awards granted for Research and Internship; 10 awards for Educational Scholars; and at least one award for Technical Design Projects.

 

Don Riebhoff Memorial Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be an active technician class or higher who is studying international studies at an accredited post-secondary institution.

 

Glaxo-Smithkline Opportunity Scholarship

Award: $20,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be U.S. citizen and resident of Durham, Orange, or Wake counties for a minimum of one year. Applicant must demonstrate potential to succeed despite significant adversity and a desire to improve himself or herself through further education or training.

 

American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowship

Award: $77,000, Deadline: December 1

Selection is based upon applicant's research. Preference will be given to candidates who have not had extensive fellowship support in the past. Applicant must have had a doctoral degree for at least three years and not more than 12 years at the inception of the award; applications will be accepted from those currently holding a tenured, tenure track, postdoctoral, or comparable position at an institution in North America. Applications should include a cogent plan indicating how the fellowship will be used, travel to at least on other institution, and should demonstrate that the fellowship will be used for more than reduction of teaching at the candidate's home institution.

 

Marion Carnes Hendrie Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must demonstrate financial need.

 

Sarah I. Stuart Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must have a minimum 2.0 GPA and demonstrate financial need.

 

Anna and Charles Stockwitz Children and Youth Grant

Award: $6,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be Jewish, demonstrate financial need, and be a resident of the Alameda Peninsula, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, 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.

 

NEH Fellowship

Award: $30,000, Deadline: January 15

Applicant must be an academic, museum, or independent scholar, and be a U.S. citizen or have been a U.S. resident for at least three years. Award is not for dissertation research. Award is a residential research fellowship in Winterthur's library and museum collections.

 

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.

 

Loan Assistance Repayment Program in Primary Care Services

Award: $30,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a Maryland resident at time of service obligation, a U.S. citizen or national, have graduated from a college in Maryland or a medical school, have a valid unrestricted license to practice primary care medicine in Maryland, at least one year remaining in a residency program in primary care if a medical resident, work as a primary care physician in Maryland for a period of two to four years, and must not be in default of education loans or have incomplete service obligations.

 

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.

 

Merck/AGS New Investigator Award

Award: $2,000, Deadline: December 10

Applicant must be a fellows-in-training or a new or junior investigator holding an academic appointment not longer than five years post-fellowship whose reported work must not have been published prior to application date. Applicant must submit a curriculum vitae, research abstract, and three letters of recommendation.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Early Childhood Care Provider Student Loan Repayment

Award: -, Deadline: May 15

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident with an associate's, bachelor's, or graduate degree with a concentration in early childhood development or an equivalent program, and must agree to work a minimum of 31 hours per week as an employee, owner, or volunteer in a licensed child care facility for a minimum of two years.