Alexander von Humboldt — German Chancellor Scholarship: Awarded annually to prospective leaders from the U.S. in the academic, economic and political fields, enabling them to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany. during one-year research stays, scholars gain insight into social, cultural, economic and political situation in Germany. Applications from life sciences and engineering considered if topic has compelling social or humanistic dimension. Foundation bears costs for preparatory German language tuition and four-week introductory seminar in bonn and berlin. Graduating senior or alum under 35 years of age (october deadline).
Congressional Hunger Center — The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship: A unique leadership development opportunity for those motivated to make a difference in the struggle to eliminate hunger and poverty. Fellows are placed for six months with urban and rural community-based organizations all over the country involved in fighting hunger at the local level, such as food banks, economic development agencies, local advocacy groups and faith-based organizations. They then move to Washington, D.C. to complete the year with six months of work at national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement, including national advocacy organizations, think tanks, and federal agencies Senior (January deadline). Graduating senior or alum (january deadline).
Echoing Green Fellowship: Foundation awards two-year fellowships to “emerging social innovators.” The fellowships allow “individuals with innovative ideas for creating new models for tackling seemingly unsolvable social challenges” to test these ideas. Foundation also provides guidance and a range of support during fellowship tenure. Project proposal — from up to two applicants — must involve creating a “sustainable” organization geared to social change. Graduating senior or alum of any nationality may apply so long as they will not be in a degree program during the two-year funded project (see website for current application deadline).
Fulbright: Supports educational and cultural exchange through course work, independent research, and internships abroad. Three programs: research grants; creative and performing arts grants; teaching assistantships. (senior or alum; master's or doctoral candidate; young artist or professional (institutional nomination required; october deadline).
Gates-Cambridge: Funding for students accepted for graduate study at cambridge. senior or alum under 30 from any country except the UK (February deadline).
Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University — Film & Fiction Scholarship: For students admitted to a master of fine arts program in filmmaking, fiction writing, or playwriting in the next academic year. Must have a demonstrated interest in the potential and promise of a free society (“classical liberal ideas and their application in contemporary society”), as well as desire, motivation, and creative ability to succeed in their chosen profession. Senior or alum admitted to M.FA program in filmmaking, fiction writing, or playwriting (december deadline).
Jack Kent Cooke: Supports applicants from around the world for up to six years of study toward an advanced degree in any discipline, academic or professional. Funds lots of master’s degrees. Emphasizes academics plus public service. No age or nationality restrictions. Senior or “recent” alum (graduated up to 5 years prior to competition) (institutional nomination required; March deadline).
Marshall Scholarship: Awarded to outstanding students with a feasible academic plan of study at a British university. Supports two years of study to complete a master’s (possibly a third to pursue a doctorate) at any university in the U. K. in any field. Marshall scholars are intellectually distinguished, America’s “potential leaders, opinion formers, and decision makers,” “who will contribute to advancement of knowledge in science, technology, humanities, social sciences, and creative arts at Britain’s centers of academic excellence.” Senior or alum within two years of graduation (institutional nomination required; october deadline).
Mitchell Scholarship: Awarded to outstanding students interested in one year of graduate study in Ireland or northern Ireland in any discipline. “Portable” graduate fellowships for early stages of graduate study: supports one year of study — usually, a one-year master’s degree program. Must possess a bachelor’s degree before beginning study under the scholarship. Senior or alum, under 30 years of age (institutional nomination required; october deadline).
New Voices Fellowship Program: Two-year fellowship awarded jointly to the individual fellow — at the first stages of his or her career — and to nonprofit organization which he or she joins. Supports nonprofit organizations that address civil rights, disability rights, economic justice, education equity and reform, environmental justice, global poverty reduction, health care rights and policy reform, housing rights and policy reform, international human rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights, migrant and refugee rights, racial justice and race relations, sentencing and prison reform, tanf/welfare reform, women’s rights, worker’s rights, and youth leadership development. Fellowship position must be newly created and address a newly identified organizational need. Position titles might include policy director, project director, assistant director, policy-oriented research director or associate, communications director, staff attorney, or organization/coalition builder. responsibilities might include conducting policy research and analysis, with a strong mass communications component; precedent setting or class-action litigation; policy advocacy; broad-based media campaigns; and/or community organizing. Fellowship positions that involve direct services to individuals will not be funded. Nonprofit organization and individual applicant of any nationality — who would hold a bachelor’s degree or other degree, including a juris doctorate — prepare application jointly (February deadline).
Rhodes Scholarship: Makes possible two or three years of study at Oxford University in any field. Requires a strong academic record, leadership initiative in community service, extracurricular activities, and athletics. Senior or alum (institutional nomination required; october deadline).
Soros Fellowship Awards to “new Americans”: Grants for two years of graduate study in the U.S. Student must be a resident alien (hold a green card), be naturalized as a U.S. citizen, or be the child of parents who are both naturalized. Candidates apply from the whole spectrum of graduate fields (professional and academic), from creative writing and voice to medicine, neuroscience, and law. Must demonstrate a commitment to U.S. constitution and bill of rights. Senior or alum in first or second year of graduate school, under 30 years of age (October deadline).
In alphabetical order by fellowship
Arena Stage Internship: Designed to increase participation of people of color in professional theatre. Summer internship does not include directing or technical production — and instead focuses on arts administration and community engagement. Graduating senior or alum of any nationality with arts-related experience/training, plus strong writing skills (February deadline).
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting: Juried awards to fund a year to write (a) screenplay(s). Entry screenplays by no more than two authors; stage plays are ineligible. Alum or undergrad of any year; fellowship awards to students are deferred until student is no longer in school (April deadline).
Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program: Designed to increase participation of people of color in professional theatre. 40-44 week apprenticeships to work with seasoned professionals in artistic and technical production, arts administration, and community engagement. Graduating senior or alum of any nationality with arts-related experience/training, plus strong writing skills (march deadline).
Amelia Earhart Fellowship Program: Support for women of any nationality entering doctoral programs in areas of science or engineering closely related to aerospace-related science or engineering. Recent awardees have pursued aerospace studies from disciplines including chemistry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and geophysics. Graduating senior or alum “registered” in an aerospace-related doctoral program (october deadline).
American Association Of University Women — International Fellowship: Awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Supplemental grants support community-based projects in the fellow's home country. grad student or alum (november deadline).
American Indian Law Center — Pre-Law Summer Institute: Preparatory summer program for native american students entering law school; free of charge to qualified applicants.
American Sociological Association — General Fellowship: Supports pre-doctoral graduate education for one sociology student per year. senior — accepted into a Ph.D. program in sociology–or grad student (contact foundation for deadlines).
Asian Pacific American Institute For Congressional Studies — Health Policy Fellowships: Nine to ten month public policy internships in a congressional office, or committee to work on health related issue affecting Asian Pacific/Pacific Islander American communities. B.A. required (March deadline).
Chicago History Museum — Internship: Designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing a career in museum practice, archival administration, arts administration, or historical scholarship. working alongside CHS staff members in a tutorial arrangement, interns gain skills and training in their chosen field. Candidates should have an interest in non-profit work. Undergrads in communications, marketing, english, political science, or history preferred (contact museum for app. deadlines).
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Fellowships to Latino students to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice. Senior or alum one year from graduation (February deadline).
Dow Creativity Fellowship Program: Stipend, travel allowance, and ten week residency at Northwood University to develop a project in the arts, humanities, or sciences. open to “individuals in any field or profession who wish to pursue an innovative project or creative idea” (december deadline).
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships For Minorities: Supports early doctoral study for talented ethnic minorities pursuing Ph.D.’s in . . . the social sciences. Senior or upon admission to grad program (november deadline).
Fund for Theological Education — Ministry Fellowships: Mentoring, funding for a project of the seminarian’s own design. Christian senior or alum entering a Master’s of Divinity program (March deadline).
Institute for Humane Studies — Broadcast Journalism Internships: Paid internships to work for a national investigative journalism television program. apparently open to alumni (rolling deadline).
Institute for Humane Studies — Journalism Internships: Paid summer internships at a Freedom Communications Newspaper. Application requires resume, several essays, published writing samples; coursework in history and English recommended. (apparently open to alumni).
Institute for Humane Studies — Production Internships: Paid internships to work on a film at a production company. Interns enhance their production skills and make valuable connections within the film and production industry. apparently open to alumni (rolling deadline).
International Order Of The King’s Daughters And Sons: Award open to U.S. or Canadian students enrolled in accredited U.S. or Canadian 4-year or graduate school. Must be in at least third year of a four-year program (contact foundation for app. procedures).
Javits: Aims to encourage graduating seniors in the arts and humanities to pursue M.F.A.’s and Ph.D.’s. Up to four years’ support towards degree completion. Last year’s awards: 20% in the arts including art history. Senior and first year grad (september deadline).
Kaiser — Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: Brings talented African American, Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander students to Washington, D.C., during which time scholars are placed in congressional offices to learn first-hand how health policy is developed and implemented. Must have experience working with programs that address racial or ethnic health disparities, or have done academic work related to health disparities. Senior or recent graduate (december deadline).
Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship: Fellowship for advanced study of fine arts in music in the U.S. or abroad. Preference to candidates under 25. Graduating senior or alum of any nationality (december deadline).
MacDowell Colony Residencies: For Writers (literature and drama), Composers, visual Artists (including photographers, printmakers, filmmakers) and . . . interdisciplinary and collaborating artists. Four to eight weeks of Uninterrupted time and seclusion in which to work, in a community of gifted artists. Emerging artists are encouraged to apply (January deadline).
Madison: Awarded to students pursuing a career in secondary education in American history, american government, or social studies. Supports study towards specific master’s degrees — primarily in American history and in education. Seniors or alum (February deadline).
Metropolitan Museum of Art — Internship: Small stipend plus housing for the intern in areas such as Performing Arts Production, Performing Arts Administration, Marketing, Visual Arts, and Graphic Design. apparently open to alumni with substantial coursework in art or art history is requisite (Deadlines vary, most in March).
National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance — Advanced E-Team Grants: Funds entrepreneurial projects that involve collaboration between engineering and business schools in order to offer students creative, hands-on experiences. Grants of 12-18 months provide E-Teams with support needed to bring an innovative product or technology from idea to prototype, and eventually to market. Successful proposals demonstrate an idea’s technical feasibility, social value, and potential for commercialization. An E-Team consists of at least two graduate or undergraduate students and a faculty advisor. Team should also include industry and business development advisors and mentors. Pacific is not presently a member of NCIIA, but students with a viable project proposal may inquire about membership arrangements (december and may application deadlines).
National Science Foundation — Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Supports 900 new graduate fellowships each year for study toward an M.S. or Ph.D. in the sciences. Award covers tuition plus cost-of-living stipend for three years. Senior or first year of grad school (october deadline).
National Security Education Program — David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship: Supports graduate study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security. Senior or alum applying to a graduate program (january deadline).
Scoville Peace Fellowship: Provides college graduates with six-month opportunity to work with public interest organizations in Washington, D.C. Fellowship areas include: international security, regional/ethnic conflicts (including East Asia, South Asia, former Yugoslavia, Middle East, newly independent states), the
Self Graduate Fellowship: Development opportunities for exceptional Ph.D. students in the . . . sciences with promise to make significant contributions to field of study and society. Graduate fields include ecology and evolutionary biology, molecular biosciences. Fellows interact with national experts to gain broad knowledge of public policy issues. Capstone is intensive public policy seminar in washington, D.C. Must have received bachelor’s degree within last eight years (october deadline).
Smithsonian American Art Museum — Advanced Level Internship Program: Open to grad students, college grads, and exceptional college seniors (contact foundation re deadline).
Smithsonian — Minority Internship Program: Paid internships to increase participation of minority groups underrepresented in Smithsonian scholarly programs, its research disciplines , and the museum field. Fields of research include: ecology, environmental science, including emphasis on the tropics; evolutionary and systematic biology. Undergrad or grad student (january, october deadlines).
Smithsonian — Native American Awards Program: Native American Community Scholars Awards (Funded Projects), Native American Internship Awards (Paid Internships): Project on Native American subject matter that utilizes Smithsonian resources, or research/ museum activities related to Native American studies. Native Americans at undergrad or grad level (may, september, december deadlines).
Smithsonian — Peter Krueger Internship: Funding for ten week Smithsonian internship For those considering careers in art history, design, and museum studies. Internship areas: the above, plus architectural history, museum education and design. Senior: “Prospective” and current grad students (January deadline). United Nations, including peacekeeping. Senior or recent alum (usually within two years of graduation) (january, october deadlines).
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Internships: Internship program provides an environment for qualified candidates to learn about the Holocaust and about Museum operations. Hands-on projects and opportunities to work with Holocaust scholars and Museum professionals to learn about their roles, responsibilities, and backgrounds. Knowledge of French, German, Russian, or eastern european languages is a prerequisite for some internships. Departments: archives, photo archives, video archives, records management, collections, exhibitions, academic publications, outreach technology, research (“senior historians”), survivors registry, external affairs. Volunteer positions also available (contact museum for app. deadlines).
Wellesley College — Shackford Medical Fellowship: Funds the study of medicine “with a view to general practice, not psychiatry.” This fellowship is for “women graduates of any American institution.” Graduating seniors or alums of any nationality applying to medical school (december deadline).
White House Historical Association — research grants program: defrays costs of travel, accommodations and photocopy expenses. Association’s mission is to promote a greater understanding of the history of the white house. projects should make use of textual and non-textual (i.e., including film) records of the presidential libraries pertinent to the president, first family and subordinates while the president lives in the white house. Preference to doctoral research, but all proposals considered (contact association for app. procedures).
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