Scholarships in Other Postgraduate-level Study

Esther Shiller Memorial Endowment Loan Fund

Award: $6,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be Jewish, be a resident of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, northern Santa Clara, or Sonoma County, CA, and have a cosigner who resides in the Bay area.

 

Medicus Student Exchange

Award: -, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be of Swiss descent or have a parent who is a Swiss citizen, and be a US permanent resident. Award may be used at a Swiss university or federal institute of technology only.

 

Slovene National Benefit Society Scholarship

Award: $800, Deadline: August 1

Applicant must be a member of SNJP for at least two years, have a minimum $2,000 permanent life insurance with the company, maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA, be a full-time student (12 semester hours) attending an accredited college, university, or trade school, and participate in SNPJ activities during the four-year scholarship program.

 

Racial/Ethnic History Research Grant

Award: $3,000, Deadline: December 31

Award is for research into the history and heritage of ethnic groups in the American United Methodist tradition. Please note that these monies are not scholarships to defray the costs of attending school; prizes are for scholarly papers submitted and for specific research projects examining the history of The United Methodist Church or its antecedents.

 

Jesse Lee Prize

Award: $2,000, Deadline: January 1

Applicant must publish a book-length monograph on Methodist history. Please note that these monies are not scholarships to defray the costs of attending school; prizes are for scholarly papers submitted and for specific research projects examining the history of The United Methodist Church or its antecedents.

 

Women in United Methodist History Research Grant

Award: $2,500, Deadline: December 31

Award provides seed money (travel, secretarial services, etc.) for research projects relating specifically to the history of women in The United Methodist Church or its antecedents. The grant money is not to be used for equipment, publications costs, or researcher's salary.Please note that these monies are not scholarships to defray the costs of attending school; prizes are for scholarly papers submitted and for specific research projects examining the history of The United Methodist Church or its antecedents.

 

Women in United Methodist History Writing Award

Award: $500, Deadline: December 31

Applicant must submit an original manuscript, no longer than 20 pages, on the history of women in the United Methodist Church or its antecedents. Please note that these monies are not scholarships to defray the costs of attending school; prizes are for scholarly papers submitted and for specific research projects examining the history of The United Methodist Church or its antecedents.

 

Delta Gamma Foundation Loans

Award: $2,000, Deadline: Accepted all year

Applicant must be a member of Delta Gamma or the sister or child of a Delta Gamma member. Financial need is required.

 

American Legion Memorial Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a child, grandchild, adopted child, or stepchild of an American Legion or American Legion Auxiliary member. Applicant must demonstrate financial need, be loyal to his/her country, and show qualities of initiative and desire. Approval of application by a post of the American Legion is required.

 

Student Educational Loan Fund (SELF)

Award: $10,000, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must be attending school in Minnesota or be a resident of Minnesota attending college in the United States. Institution must sign a SELF participation agreement. A credit worthy cosigner is required.

 

Arne Administrative Leadership Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 15

Applicant must be a female U.S. citizen who holds a membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, and has completed a B.A. or B.S. degree or its equivalent. Academic records are required to be submitted.

 

Hubert H. Humphrey Doctoral Fellowship in Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament

Award: $14,000, Deadline: March 31

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national of the U.S. and by the date fellowship begins, will have completed academic requirements for the doctorate, except for dissertation, at a U.S. college or university and whose dissertation proposal has been approved by the school. J.D. candidates may apply if the proposed research project will represent a substantial amount of credit toward third-year requirements and will result in a paper that would be appropriate for publication. Applicant must submit dissertation or J.D. research proposal describing the topic, the ressearch design, research methodology, and relevance to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues and policies, a bibliography, official graduate school transcripts, a signed statement of approval of the proposal from applicant's research/dissertation advisor, and evaluations from three academic references.

 

Damon Runyon Fellowship Award

Award: $60,000, Deadline: March 15; August 15

Applicant must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: M.D., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M. Applicant must be working on cancer research.

 

Al Qoyawayma Award

Award: -, Deadline: June 1

Applicant must be a recent high school graduate or undergraduate or graduate student who is accepted to or already attending either an undergraduate or graduate program majoring in science or engineering. Financial need and proof of tribal enrollment required.

 

OSA/MRS Congressional Fellowship

Award: $72,000, Deadline: January 6

Applicant must be a scientist or engineer intending to work on a Congressional committee or in the office of a member of Congress. Applicant must have a Ph.D. by the start of the program.

 

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority General Graduate Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: February 1

Applicant must be a woman pursuing full-time graduate/postgraduate study.

 

Winterthur Research Fellowship

Award: -, Deadline: January 15

Applicant must be an academic, museum, or independent scholar or be working on doctoral dissertation. Award is a residential research fellowship in Winterthur's library and museum collections.

 

Health Professions Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 2

Applicant must be a member of a federally recognized American Indian or Alaskan Native tribe, be a high school graduate or equivalent in good standing at current educational institution, and be accepted or enrolled at least part time in a degree program at a health professions-related school.

 

Link Foundation Energy Fellowship

Award: $57,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be working towards a Ph.D. in an academic institution in the United States or Canada.

 

Sara Tucker Study Grant

Award: $5,000, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must be age 27 or younger and should be making the transition from student to professional singer. Applicant should have recently completed a graduate degree program, or recently completed/soon to complete work in a Young Artist or Apprentice program at a regional company.

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be a mathematician with a Ph.D. awarded in 2008 or later. Application must be completed online at the MathJobs website.

 

Edelstein International Fellowship

Award: $38,000, Deadline: January 15

Applicant must have a Ph.D. in history, history of science/technology, or a related field and must submit curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, financial statement, and research proposal. Part of research period is spent in Jerusalem at the Edelstein Ctr for History and Philosophy of Science, Medicine, and Technology.

 

Gordon Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship

Award: $42,000, Deadline: December 1

Award is for historical research on the development of the chemical industries and for further understanding of the relationships between technology, policy, and entrepreneurship. Applicant must have a Ph.D. in history, history of science/technology, or a related field and must submit curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and research proposal.

 

Societe de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship

Award: $15,000, Deadline: February 15

Award is for research on the heritage of the chemical sciences or chemical process industries, for the stimulation of public understanding of the chemical industries. Applicant must submit curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and research proposal. Preference is given to writers, journalists, educators, and historians of science, technology, and business.

 

Travel Grant

Award: $500, Deadline: February 15

Award enables interested individuals to make use of the Foundation's research resources. Applicant must submit curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, budget, and research proposal.

 

Research Travel Within the U.S. for Japanese Studies

Award: $2,000, Deadline: February 1; October 1

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident performing research on Japan and wish to use museum, library, or other archival materials located in the U.S. Award is primarily intended to support postdoctoral research; pre-doctoral dissertation research may be considered.

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Award: $55,000, Deadline: December 1

Applicant must be an emerging scientist who plans to collaborate with identified Smithsonian scientists as named sponsors/advisors.

 

LaFontaine Memorial Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: January 30

Selection is based upon financial need.

 

Retraining Grant

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a Wisconsin resident and a veteran with two years of active-duty service, 90 days of wartime service, or other active-duty service in conflicts or peacekeeping missions. Applicant must have been involuntarily laid off or discharged (not due to willful misconduct) within one year of application. Applicant must have been employed for at least six consecutive months with the same employer or in the same or similar occupations. At least one day of that employment must have been within that year. Applicant must be enrolled in a structured on-the-job training program or in a technical education program that will be completed within two years of application and can reasonably be expected to lead to gainful employment. Course work toward a college degree does not qualify. Spouses and dependent children of deceased Wisconsin veterans may also be eligible.

 

Bothmer Fellowship

Award: $52,000, Deadline: November 4

Preference is given to applicant who will profit the most from using the resources of Greek or Roman art department of the museum. Applicant must submit outline of thesis. Award is for research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.