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FELLOWSHIPS
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(Please note that most campus deadlines are several weeks in advance of the official fellowship deadlines)
The following fellowships are located within the United States:
- This scholarship is intended for Junior science and math majors with at least a 3.0 GPA.
- Students must express a commitment to a career in math or natural sciences.
- This scholarship will help pay for one or two years of undergraduate schooling in the field of mathematics or science.
- This scholarship is intended for outstanding juniors who intend to pursue careers in public service.
- This scholarship may be used to pay for one year of undergraduate study and three years of graduate school, providing up to $30,000.
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
- This scholarship is used to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers related to environmental public policy. It is also intended to encourage outstanding students of Native American or Alaskan native descent to pursue careers related to health care or tribal public policy.
- Sophomores or Juniors with a GPA over 3.0 may apply.
- Varying scholarship amounts are awarded.
The following fellowships are located abroad:
National Security Education Program (NSEP)/ Boren's Scholarship
- This scholarship was designed to provide U.S. undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation.
- This scholarship is awarded to students who will make a commitment to federal service. Recipients are required to work for either an agency of the federal government with national security responsibilities or to work in the field of higher education in the area of study for which the scholarship was awarded.
-Scholarship amounts vary.
- This scholarship is intended to support students who wish to study at Oxford University.
- Senior undergraduate students may apply. Applicants must be United States citizens under the age of 24 wishing to complete a Bachelors degree before October 1st.
Truman’s first Rhode’s Scholarship recipient, Andrew McCall, recounts his application process here. McCall provides helpful advice for Rhodes Scholar applicants.
-Seniors and recent college graduates may apply. Applicants must have a 3.7 GPA or above and be a
- Varying scholarship amounts are awarded.
-Seniors and graduate students may apply and must have a Bachelor’s degree by the beginning of the grant.
- Applicants must be
- All applicants are required to have sufficient proficiency in the language of the host country they wish to visit.
- Varying grant amounts are awarded.
- This scholarship is meant to help students who wish to pursue graduate study or research in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
- Seniors and recent graduates may apply for this scholarship. An applicant must have a completed Bachelor's degree by the time the grant begins.
- The Mitchell Scholarship covers tuition and housing costs in addition to living and travel stipends.
- This scholarship is meant to help students who wish to study at Cambridge and are believed to have the ability to make a significant contribution to their discipline while in Cambridge, with a strong aptitude for research, analysis and a creative approach to defining and solving problems.
- Awarded only to students who gain admission to Cambridge through the regular procedures.
- Covers the full cost of study at Cambridge for a single person.
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship
- This scholarship is directed to individuals who are eager to become "ambassadors of good will" in a foreign country
- Awarded to students who have completed at least two years of university work and are being endorsed by their Rotary Club.
- Scholarship amounts vary.