Scholarships in Doctoral-level Study

Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 19

Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are enrolled in U.S. graduate-level science writing programs.

 

AGBU Scholarship Program

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

Applicants should be international full-time students or high school seniors of Armenian descent who attend academic institutions and graduate programs. Applications, two recommendation letters, transcripts, college acceptance letters, financial award letters, resumes and photographs are required.

 

CCNMA Scholarships

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 2

Applicants must be Latino and either California residents or be attending California schools. While the student's degree does not have to be in journalism, they must demonstrate plans to pursue a career in journalism. An interview and autobiographical essay are required. Awards are based also on financial need, academic achievement and a civic responsibility.

 

Continuing Education Scholarships

Award: $10,000, Deadline: January 15; July 15

Applicants must be FACT members or their immediate families in the following categories: current high school seniors, students already in college, students who graduated from high school four or more years ago or students planning to attend a trade or technical school.

 

Golden Key Graduate Scholar Award

Award: $10,000, Deadline: December 15

Applicant must be a Golden Key member, be enrolled in a graduate program or an undergraduate who will be enrolled in a graduate program in the next academic year. Selection is based on future academic and career goals, as well as how the applicant plans to create change in the future. Applicants must display academic achievement, leadership, service and involvement with the local Golden Key chapter.

 

Joan Nelson Study Abroad Scholarships

Award: $5,000, Deadline: June 15 and December 15

Applicants must be undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate members who plan to be or are currently enrolled in a study abroad program. Selection is based on academic achievement and relevance of the study abroad program to the applicant's major. Students must be enrolled in a degree-granting program at time of application.

 

Golden Key Research Grants

Award: $1,500, Deadline: December 15

Applicants must be undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate student members currently enrolled in a degree program. Selection is based on academic achievement and the quality of the research.

 

E.J. Sierieja Memorial Fellowship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: November 15

Applicants must be full-time graduate students, majoring in transportation and active members. Students may not apply directly for this scholarship and must be nominated. The award is based on academic ability, character, leadership, potential service to the industrial engineering profession and financial need. Preference is given to students focusing on rail transportation.

 

John S.W. Fargher, Jr Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: September 1

Applicants must be full-time graduate students with at least one full year left who are enrolled in a college in the United States with an accredited industrial engineering program. Candidates must also major in industrial engineering or engineering management and be active members who have demonstrated leadership in industrial engineering-related activities. Students may not apply directly for this scholarship and must be nominated.

 

California School Library Association Southern Region Teacher Librarian Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: September 23

Applicants must be currently enrolled in a school library media credential program or master's degree program. Candidates must be residents of the California School Library Association Southern Section region and must provide two letters of recommendation.

 

Future Teacher Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 15

Applicants must be education majors focusing on learning to teach scholastic journalism at the secondary school level. Applicants may also be current secondary school journalism teachers looking to improve their teaching skills in relation to scholastic journalism.

 

National and District Scholarships

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicants must be high school seniors, college students, post-graduate students or adult students of Greek descent.

 

NAHN Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: April 3

Applicants must be members of the NAHN and be enrolled in a diploma, associate, baccalaureate, graduate or practical/vocational nursing program.

 

St. Andrew's Society of Washington, DC Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: April 30

Applicants must be of Scottish birth or descent and be able to cite their Scottish descent. U.S. citizens must be permanent residents of the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania or Virginia. Students must also demonstrate financial need and academic achievement. Attention will be given to work that enhances the "knowledge of Scottish history or culture."

 

Cherokee Nation Scholarship - Graduate

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

Applicants must be citizens of the Cherokee Nation. They must be graduate students who are attending a not-for-profit educational institution. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Cherokee Nation Directed Studies Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: June 15

Applicants must be citizens of the Cherokee Nation and reside in the Cherokee Nation jurisdictional area. They must be enrolled full-time in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate degree program. They must agree to work for the Cherokee Nation for two years following graduation. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.

 

Montgomery GI Bill Tuition Assistance Top-Up

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

Applicants must be eligible for MGIB-Active Duty benefits, and they must have served on active duty in the United States military for at least two years.

 

NACA Northern Plains Regional Student Leadership Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: January 15

Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students taking at least six credits per semester and be enrolled in or have previously earned a degree from a college or university in Wisconsin or the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Applicants must also have demonstrated leadership and service to their campus community.

 

Scholarships for Orphans of Veterans

Award: -, Deadline: September 1

Applicants must be New Hampshire residents between the ages of 16 and 25, enrolled in college at least half-time at a New Hampshire public institution of higher learning and have a parent or parents who died while on active duty or from service-related disability.

 

P.A. Margaronis Scholarships

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and submit an essay and two letters of recommendation.

 

Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

Applicants must have a six-year commitment to the Selected Reserve signed after June 30, 1985. The Selected Reserve includes the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve and the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. Applicants must have completed basic military training, meet the requirements to receive a high school diploma or equivalency certificate and may use the funds for degree programs, certificate or correspondence courses, cooperative training, independent study programs, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and vocational flight training programs.

 

State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) Scholarships

Award: -, Deadline: April 15

Applicants must be the spouses or children of members and demonstrate either financial need or merit, or applicants must be members working full-time and enrolled in six or more semester hours of undergraduate work or three or more hours of graduate work. Students who are spouses or children must be enrolled full-time.

 

Math and Science Teaching Incentive Scholarships

Award: -, Deadline: Varies

Applicants must have at least a 2.5 GPA. Recipients must agree to work for at least five years after graduation as a secondary school science or math teacher in the state of New York.

 

Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 17

Applicants may major in any type of engineering. They must be U.S. citizens and must be college sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduate students. A GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

 

Markley Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: September 30

Applicants must attend a college/university in the former NACA South Central Region (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX); must be enrolled as juniors, seniors or graduate students at a four-year institution or as sophomores at a two-year institution and must have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Only ELECTRONIC applications and supporting documents submitted through the online scholarship application will be accepted.

 

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

Award: $34,000, Deadline: October 26

Applicants must be Ph.D. candidates in an art history department in the U.S. who are working on dissertations about American visual arts history. All the Ph.D. requirements should be met except the dissertation before taking the fellowship. Applicants should submit an application, a proposal, a bibliography, illustrations (optional), a publications list (optional), three reference letters and an official transcript of graduate record. The fellowship lasts for a year.

 

ASEV Scholarships

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in or accepted into a full-time accredited four-year university program and must reside in North America (Canada, Mexico or the U.S.). Undergraduate students must be at least juniors for the upcoming academic year and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Graduate students must have a minimum 3.2 GPA. Applicants must be enrolled in a major or in a graduate group concentrating on enology or viticulture or in a curriculum with a focus on a science basic to the wine and grape industry. The application, transcripts and two letters of recommendation are required.

 

Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship Program

Award: $50,000, Deadline: February 28

Applicants must be California residents who have been accepted by or are enrolled in an accredited California program. Financial need, work experience and career goals are considered, and preference is given to applicants who plan to remain in a medically underserved area past the service time. Those selected must sign a two-year service agreement to work in a medically underserved area of California.

 

NEHA/AAS/APU Scholarship Awards

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 1

Applicants must be either undergraduate or graduate students. The undergraduate scholarships are to be used during the junior or senior year at an Environmental Health Accreditation Council (EHAC) or NEHA member school. The graduate scholarship is available to applicants who are enrolled in a graduate program of study in environmental health sciences and/or public health and have at least one semester of coursework remaining.

 

Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: February 15

Applicants must be landscape architecture graduate students or upperclass undergraduate students. They must be enrolled at a college or university that has been accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). They must have a demonstrated interest in designing play environments. Selection is based on the overall strength of the application.