Upcoming Scholarship Opportunities

The Office of Special Scholarship Programs would like to announce the
following scholarship, fellowship and educational opportunities:

 

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If you are going to be a senior or will be a recent alum this coming school
year (2011-2012) and have a high GPA and an interest in potentially going
abroad for graduate study, you may want to consider the following awards;
final deadline for nomination consideration is the end of the first week of
fall semester *Friday, August 26*

 

Gates-Cambridge Scholarship - one of the most prestigious scholarships in
the U.S. for students who have completed a bachelor's degree, study at the
University of Cambridge in England in your field of interest for up to four
years

 

Marshall Scholarship - (UIC STUDENTS APPLY THROUGH OSSP ONLY) one of the
most prestigious scholarships in the U.S., sends students with a bachelor's
degree to a British university to study for a minimum of two years

 

Mitchell Scholarship - (UIC STUDENTS APPLY THROUGH OSSP ONLY) one of the
most prestigious scholarships in the U.S. for students who have completed a
bachelor's degree, funding for one year of study at a university in Ireland

 

Rhodes Scholarship - (UIC STUDENTS APPLY THROUGH OSSP ONLY) one of the most
prestigious scholarships in the U.S., for students with a bachelor's degree
to pursue at least two years of study at the University of Oxford in England

 

Please visit the OSSP website to view more information
(http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/all.htm) and then contact Beth Powers at
bpowers@uic.edu!! 

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The Fulbright Fellowship is an award that allows individuals who have
completed a bachelor's degree to go abroad for an academic year to conduct
research in one of over 130 countries, or to teach English in one of over 60
countries. The Fulbright UIC Campus Deadline is *Friday, September 9* For
more info on the Fulbright, go to this website:
http://us.fulbrightonline.org.

 

Please contact OSSP about the Fulbright at ssp@uic.edu!

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Other upcoming external award deadlines:

 

The Lincoln Forum-Platt Family Scholarship Prize - essay contest for
undergraduate students on topics aimed to preserve the memory of Abraham
Lincoln and the Civil War - Deadline: July 31 - website:
http://www.thelincolnforum.org/scholarship-essay-contest.php 

 

UIC Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Tuition Award - one-time, one-semester tuition
waiver, to new Honors College transfer students who are members of Phi Theta
Kappa, have a minimum of a 3.5 transfer GPA, and are enrolled for at least
12 credit hours during the fall term - Deadline: August 1 - website:
http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/scholarships.shtml

 

UIC Transfer Merit Tuition Award - given on a competitive basis to new
transfer students entering UIC this fall; must be enrolled in a
baccalaureate degree program at UIC, have a minimum transfer GPA of 3.25 on
a minimum of 45 transfer credits, and be enrolled for at least 12 credit
hours in the fall term - Deadline: August 1 - website:
http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/scholarships.shtml

 

Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Grant - research grants to individuals for
individual projects from any of the natural and social sciences and the
humanities that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent
problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world -
Deadline: August 1 - website: http://hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm 

 

Laura Bush Traveling Fellowship Fall Semester Deadline - (SHORT TERM,
PROJECT-BASED TRAVEL ONLY) for college students (undergraduate or graduate)
between the ages of 18-25; U.S. citizen eligible for foreign travel;
fellowship is intended for American college/university students who express
an interest in international collaboration but as of yet had not been
afforded many opportunities to travel abroad - Deadline: August 8 - website:
http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/programs/143138.htm  

 

Polish American Association Lyczko Scholarship - for students of Polish
descent pursuing undergraduate degrees at an accredited university -
Deadline: August 15 - website:
http://www.polish.org/en/en/programs-and-services/education/scholarship 

 

American Fire Sprinkler Association Second Chance Scholarship Contest - for
U.S. citizens or permanent residents who received a high school diploma;
complete a registration page, read a fire safety essay and take a
10-question multiple choice test to qualify for up to 10 entries to win one
of five ($1,000) scholarships; funding to go towards college expenses -
Deadline: August 24 - website:
http://www.afsascholarship.org/secondchance.html  

 

Forestadent USA Scholarship - for orthodontics residents at accredited
dental schools in the United States - Deadline: August 26 - website: 

http://www.forestadent.com/forestadent-us/Residents/0_scholarship.php?navanc
hor=1710064 

 

National Medical Fellowships - need-based scholarships for first and
second-year medical students pursuing their MD degrees; merit-based awards
for minority medical students - Deadline: August 31 - website:
http://www.nmfonline.org/programs-needbased.php  

 

Foundation for Asia Pacific Study Fall Semester Scholarship - for
undergraduate students participating in study abroad in East and Southeast
Asia, as well as Australia, New Zealand or Oceania - Deadline: August 31 -
website: http://foundationforglobalscholars.org/Scholarship-Details.htm

 

International Water Conference Levendusky Memorial Scholarship - award of
$7,000 for an undergraduate student in mechanical or chemical engineering,
interested in pursuing a career in water technology - Deadline: September 2
- website: http://eswp.com/water/student_scholarships.htm

 

American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee/Eli Lilly Travel Award -
funding for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral female chemists to
travel to meetings to present the results of their research - Deadline:
September 15 - website:
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true
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Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program - for minority students
pursuing a technical degree program; undergraduate and graduate students who
are of African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Native
Alaskan, or Hispanic descent - Deadline: September 30 - website:
http://www.xeroxstudentcareers.com/why-xerox/scholarship.aspx