Opportunities for Juniors

Open to: U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

The Beinecke Scholarship Program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study. Eligibility is limited to students planning to attend graduate school in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Applicants must have a documented history of need-based financial aid during their undergraduate years.

*Important: a campus nomination is required to apply. Whitman is permitted to make one nomination each year.

Campus deadline: February

To view application materials and deadlines, visit the website: https://www.whitman.edu/career-prep/fellowships-and-grants/spotlighted-fellowships-and-grants/beinecke-scholarship

Campus nomination deadline: November 16, 2025

Important note: a campus nomination is required to apply. Late applications will not be accepted; no exceptions.

Open to: U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals

Summary: The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation awards merit-based scholarships to college students who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service. Truman Scholars receive up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school; participate in leadership development activities; and enjoy special opportunities for internships and employment with the federal government. Scholars are required to work in public service for three of the seven years following completion of a Foundation-funded graduate degree program as a condition of receiving funding. 

The Foundation defines public service as employment in government at any level, uniformed services, public-interest organizations, nongovernmental research and/or educational organizations, public and private schools, and public service-oriented nonprofit organizations such as those whose primary purpose is to help needy or disadvantaged persons or to protect the environment.

Truman Scholars are eligible to participate in a number of programs designed to help Scholars on their path in public service:

• Truman Scholars Leadership Week (TSLW): Is required of all Scholars and serves as the introduction to the Truman Scholar community.
• Summer Institute (SI): Is optional and open to Scholars the year after selection and provides a summer opportunity in Washington, DC.
• Truman Albright Fellows: Is open to Scholars working in public service in Washington, DC between undergraduate and graduate school.  This program can be repeated for several years.
• Truman Democracy Fellows Program: Is open to Scholars planning to run for public office at any level. Scholars apply to this program which runs in odd-numbered years.
• Truman Governance Fellows Program: Is open to Scholars who aspire to high level appointed positions within the federal government.  Scholars apply to this program which runs in odd-numbered years.

To learn more about the campus applicaton process and view deadlines, visit the website: https://www.whitman.edu/career-prep/fellowships-and-grants/spotlighted-fellowships-and-grants/truman-scholarship

https://www.ppiaprogram.org/junior-summer-institute

Open to: U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, DACA Recipient, International Students

The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institutes (JSI) are intensive, seven-week summer programs that prepare students for graduate programs in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators, and other leadership roles in public service. The JSI curriculum includes economics, statistics, domestic/international policy issues and leadership topics, all designed to sharpen students' quantitative, analytic and communication skills. 

PPIA encourages applicants to apply to at least three JSI's to improve chances for admission. Students selected for the Summer 2026 JSI cohort will study at one of the following school:

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Harvard University
• Princeton University
• University of Michigan

Application period: September to November

Open to: U.S. Citizens

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program is a six-week summer program with two major components. 

1. First, in order to enhance participants' academic preparation to work in international affairs, the Program provides two courses that focus on enhancing knowledge and skills related to U.S. foreign policy, economics and writing.
2. Second, in order to provide greater insight into the foreign policy-making process and international affairs careers, the Rangel Program introduces the participants to a wide range of government and non-government professionals who work on global issues and also arranges visits to various governmental and non-governmental institutions involved in international affairs.
3. The Program also helps students explore graduate school and professional options in international affairs. 

Application period: November to February

https://www.borenawards.org/eligible-programs

Open to: U.S. Citizens

Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.  Boren Scholars represent a vital pool of highly motivated individuals who wish to work in the federal national security arena. In exchange for funding, Boren Scholars commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after graduation.

Maximum awards are determined by duration abroad:

• Up to $25,000 for 25-52 weeks (preferred)
• Up to $12,500 for 12-24 weeks
• + Up to $8,000 for 8-11 weeks (STEM majors only)

Application period: October to January

https://clscholarship.org/

Open to: U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an immersive, in-person summer opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America's engagement with the world.

Each summer, American undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities across the country, spend 8-10 weeks learning one of thirteen languages at an intensive study abroad institute abroad. The CLS Program is designed to promote rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency in regions that are critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.

Language program offered (No prior language study required):

• Azerbaijani
• Hindi
• Indonesian
• Persian
• Portuguese
• Swahili
• Turkish
• Urdu

Language program offered (Requires one prior year of study --OR-- CLS Spark participation):

• Arabic
• Chinese
• Korean
• Russian

Language program offered (Requires two prior years of study)

• Japanese

Application period: October to November

https://clscholarship.org/about/spark

Open to: U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals

CLS Spark is a virtual 8-week initiative for U.S. undergraduate students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. Designed to leverage best practices in online language learning developed by the CLS Program during the pandemic, CLS Spark provides American students the opportunity to study critical languages virtually when they may not have access to studying these languages on their campuses.

Applicants to CLS Spark can choose one of three languages that are critical to America's national security and economic prosperity when submitting their applications:

• Arabic 
• Chinese 
• Russian 

This virtual program is specifically for students with no formal classroom experience learning the language.

Application period: October to November

Open to: U.S. Citizens, International Students

100 Fellowship for Peace are offered to cover the full cost of summer language study from beginner to graduate levels. At the Middlebury campuses students can study one of many languages:

• Arabic
• Chinese
• French
• German
• Hebrew
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish

Two applications are required:

• One to Middlebury Language School of choice---submit by the priority deadline in November. Application materials: https://www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/admissions
• One to Fellowship for Peace. Application materials: https://www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/funding/fellowships-scholarships/davis

Application deadline: November

http://www.davisputter.org/

Open to: U.S. Citizens, International Students

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides financial support for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movements for liberation, self-determination, and social and economic justice in their communities. Grantees are doing work that does/can potentially undermine the US empire, characterized by an opposition to capitalism, racism/white supremacy, hetero patriarchy and gender-based violence, environmental exploitation and/or other forms of systemic harm and oppression.

Application period: January to April

https://humanityinaction.org/fellowship-programs/

Open to: It depends on the program! In previous years, citizens of Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, U.S., Ukraine, and Bosnia & Herzegovina have been eligible for at least one HIA program

Humanity in Action (HIA) programs are carried out over five weeks during the summer in the United States, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Bosnia Herzegovina. The HIA fellowship strives to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, and to provide a forum where potential solutions can be considered and discussed. The programs are intended to instill a responsibility among HIA fellows to recognize and address the need to protect minorities and promote human rights in their own communities and around the world.

As a requirement of participation, fellows are obligated to create an outreach initiative - an "Action Project" - in their home communities. The initiative should reflect the HIA fellowship experience. Upon successful completion, fellows are invited to become senior fellows and to join the global HIA network of young advocates.

Application period: January to February

http://www.karelfellowship.org/

Open to: First generation and/or Black, Indigenous, or People of Color students

The Karel Fellowship is an eight-week, paid, summer program that encourages first-generation and/or Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color students to consider professional opportunities in the field of public interest communications. The Fellowship is focused on translating personal passion for a more just world into communication skills that elicit social change. Selected Fellows are matched with a leading local, national, or international nonprofit in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, where they work on social justice issues under the guidance of a communications mentor. The program runs from June – August.

Application period: January to April

Open to: U.S. citizens, international students

Projects for Peace is an initiative for students at Davis UWC partner schools, including Whitman, to design grassroots projects for the summer - anywhere in the world - which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties. The program encourages applicants to use their creativity to design projects and employ innovative techniques for engaging project participants in ways that focus on conflict resolution, reconciliation, building understanding, and breaking down the barriers that cause conflict. Projects that work to maintain peace will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.  

*Important: a campus nomination is required to apply for this award 

Campus deadline: Early January

To learn about the campus application process and deadlines, visit the website: https://www.whitman.edu/career-prep/fellowships-and-grants/spotlighted-fellowships-and-grants/projects-for-peace

http://www.washingtonbus.org/get-on-the-bus/summer-fellowship/

Open to: U.S. citizens, international students

The Bus Fellowship is a ten-week paid political, social justice, and community-building program for young people. Fellows spend the summer grassroots organizing, building community, and driving progressive change in sunny Seattle. Over the course of ten weeks, Fellows learn from progressive experts from across the state, run the most innovative, effective, and fun civic programs in Washington State, and collaborate with community organizations and issue campaigns for hands-on organizing experience.

Application period: March to April

https://amgenscholars.com/us-program/

Open to: U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents

Each summer hundreds of undergraduates step into some of the world’s premier research universities and institutions to participate in the Amgen Scholars Program. Students conduct hands-on research in the lab alongside top faculty, participate in seminars and networking events, and take part in symposia with their peers and leading scientists. Amgen Scholars is hosted at fourteen premier educational institutions within the United States. Each host institution has its own application process. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency in the United States is required, and you can apply to participate at as many host institutions as you are interested in.

Host institutions:

• Caltech
• Columbia
• Duke
• Harvard
• Howard
• Johns Hopkins
• Stanford
• UC Berkeley
• UCLA
• UCSF
• UNC Chapel Hill
• UT Southwestern Medical Center
• WUSTL
• Yale

Application deadline: November to early February

https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-germany/

Open to: Undergraduates enrolled at a university in the U.S., Canada, the UK, or Ireland

RISE stands for Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Germany offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. RISE Germany is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

• Students are matched with a host university or institute according to their area of interest (biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering, or a closely related field)
• DAAD provides students a monthly stipend for three months to help cover living expenses
• Host universities, universities of applied sciences (UAS) and institutes provide housing assistance and match students with Ph.D. student mentors or researchers (only UAS)
• German language is not required and the working language will be in English

Application period: October to December

Open to: U.S. Citizens

Scholarship for outstanding students in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program was created to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering and to foster excellence in those fields. In awarding scholarships, the Foundation Board of Trustees will consider the nominee's field of study and career objectives and the extent to which that individual has the commitment and potential to make a significant contribution to his or her field.

*Important: a campus nomination is required to apply. The campus Goldwater committee may select up to four nominees; if a nominee is a transfer student or military veteran, a fifth and sixth individual may be nominated.

To access the application instructions and deadlines, visit the website: https://www.whitman.edu/career-prep/fellowships-and-grants/spotlighted-fellowships-and-grants/goldwater-scholarship

https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp

Open to: U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, Permanent Residents

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds a large number of research opportunities for undergraduate students through its REU Sites program. An REU Site consists of a group of ten or so undergraduates who work in the research programs of the host institution. Each student is associated with a specific research project, where he/she works closely with the faculty and other researchers. Students are granted stipends and, in many cases, assistance with housing and travel. Undergraduate students supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. An REU Site may be at either a US or foreign location.

Students must contact the individual sites for information and application materials. NSF does not have application materials and does not select student participants. A contact person and contact information is listed for each site.

You may examine opportunities in the subject areas supported by various NSF units: 

• Astronomical Sciences
• Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Computer and Information Science and Engineering
• Cyberinfrastructure
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Earth Sciences
• Engineering
• Ethics and Value Studies
• International Science and Engineering
• Materials Research
• Mathematical Sciences
• Ocean Sciences
• Physics
• Polar Programs
• Small Business Innovation Research
• Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
• STEM Education

Application period: October to February

https://www.archaeological.org/grant/waldbaum-scholarship/

Open to: U.S. citizens, international students

Established in 2007 in honor of AIA Honorary President Jane Waldbaum, this scholarship is intended to help students who are planning to participate in archaeological field work for the first time. Students majoring in archaeology or related disciplines are especially encouraged to apply. The Scholarship Fund provides $1000 each to help pay expenses associated with participation in an archaeological field work project (minimum stay one month/4 weeks).

Application period: December to March

https://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/

Breakthrough is the largest pre-professional teacher training program in the United States. Breakthrough Collaborative trains college-aged teaching fellows to create empowering educational experiences for highly motivated, traditionally underrepresented middle school students on their path to college. Each year Breakthrough connects 10,000 students with 1,100 college-aged Teaching Fellows in 25 cities across the country.

Application period: December to February

https://www.andover.edu/about/outreach/irt/irt-programs

Open to: U.S. citizens, international students

The IRT program is designed for college juniors and seniors, recent graduates, and working professionals who want to continue their graduate education in the humanities, social sciences, and education.

IRT addresses lack of diversity in the nation's teaching faculties by recruiting outstanding students and other scholars committed to diversity. IRT sponsors a summer workshop for students who apply to the program during their junior or senior year of college. Participants engage in a graduate-level curriculum of critical, cultural, and educational theory during an intense four-week program in July. IRT also selects approximately 90 outstanding students to enroll in its Associate Program, which is open to juniors, seniors, recent graduates, and working professionals.

Application period: December to March

https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart

Open to: a citizen of the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or UK

The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program is a combined educational and workforce development opportunity for STEM students. SMART offers scholarships for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students pursuing a STEM degree. Through dedicated mentorship, training, and grant opportunities, SMART enables scholars to build the foundations to excel in STEM. Scholarship recipients receive full tuition, annual stipends, internships, and guaranteed employment with the Department of Defense after graduation. 

*Note: SMART is a one-for-one commitment; for every year of degree funding, the scholar commits to working for a year with the DoD as a civilian employee. 

The program focuses on students pursuing disciplines that are critical to national security functions of the Department of Defense (DoD). The following is a list of SMART’s 24 approved STEM disciplines. These disciplines are general umbrella disciplines – specific applicant majors or fields of study may fall under one or more discipline on this list. Please note, non-technical degrees, including management, arts, or humanities, are not approved or funded by SMART.

• Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biosciences
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Data Science and Analytics
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Sciences
• Geosciences
• Industrial and Systems Engineering 
• Information Sciences
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Oceanography
• Operations Research
• Physics
• Software Engineering

Application period: August to December

Open to: U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, Permanent Residents

The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college juniors and sophomores for their leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to the environment and Native American nations. The scholarship honors the legacies of Morris Udall and Stewart Udall, whose careers had a significant impact on Native American self-governance, healthcare, and the stewardship of public lands and natural resources. There are three scholarship tracks:

• Tribal Policy: For Native Americans and Alaska Natives working on an array of policy issues in Indian country
• Native Health Care: For Native Americans and Alaska Natives pursuing health-related careers
• Environment: For all undergraduates interested in conservation and environmental issues

*Important: a campus nomination is required to apply. Whitman may submit up to eight nominees (four in the environmental category, four in the Native American tribal policy and healthcare category)

Campus deadline: last Friday in January

To view the application instructions and deadline, visit the website: https://www.whitman.edu/career-prep/fellowships-and-grants/spotlighted-fellowships-and-grants/udall-scholarship