The Office of Special Scholarship Programs would like
to highlight the following scholarships, fellowships
and academic opportunities:
Information sessions next week (WEEK 2):
Wednesday, January 19, 1:30-2:30pm, ROOM TBD - Rangel
Summer Enrichment Program, Pickering Undergraduate
Scholarship and Pickering Graduate
Fellowship Session (for students interested in learning
about Washington, DC, and the Foreign Service)
Friday, January 21, 2-3pm, 2550 UH -
General Scholarship Information Session
UPCOMING SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINES
*****
University-based Awards:
University of Illinois Alumni Association Piers
Scholars Award - for current UIC undergraduate students only;
commuter students and first-generation college students are
encouraged to apply - Deadline: THIS FRIDAY, January 14
- website: http://www.uiaa.org/uic/honors/pier_form.html
University of Illinois FMC Graduate Fellowship - for outstanding
graduate students, with preference to MBA and Master's of Engineering
students; PhD students also eligible - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000599
CIC Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) - All majors, paid summer
research, underrepresented students are encouraged to apply - Deadline:
February 10 - website: http://www.cic.net/Home/Students/SROP/Home.aspx
Avery Brundage Scholarship - scholarship for students at the three U of I
campuses with demonstrated athletic ability, where athletics has played a
significant part in their development - Deadline: February 11 - website:
https://www-s.usp.uillinois.edu/brundage/default.aspx
Paul D. Doolen Graduate Scholarship for the Study of Aging - (FOR UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS STUDENTS ONLY) scholarships of up to $5,000 each may be awarded
to two graduate students in their second year of study, or beyond, whose
principal scholarly interest is in the field of aging; one student will be
chosen from the biological-biomedical sciences and the other from the
behavioral-social sciences - Deadline: February 11 - website:
https://www-s.usp.uillinois.edu/doolen/default.aspx
University of Illinois Langelier Scholarship - for undergraduate students at
ALL of the University of Illinois' campuses, majoring in civil engineering
or whose primary field of study is sanitary-environmental engineering -
Deadline: February 11 - website: https://www-s.usp.uillinois.edu/langelier/
Scholarship Association for UIC - over 50 awards, for various majors;
undergraduate and graduate students, ranging from $500-$5,000; for current,
continuing, full-time UIC students only - Deadline: February 18 - website:
http://tigger.uic.edu/orgs/scholar/
UIC College of Business Administration - UIC awards for business students -
Deadline: February 18 - website:
http://www.uic.edu/cba/ugrad/academic_services/Scholarships_Listing.html
*****
External Awards:
Rangel International Affairs Fellowship - for graduating seniors going on to
graduate programs in international affairs or relations, planning on career
in the Foreign Service - Deadline: January 21 - website:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/rangel.htm
The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Charles G. Koch Summer Fellows
Program - paid public policy internship for 8 weeks and two weeks of policy
seminars in Washington, DC; state policy track as well as federal policy
track; for undergraduates, recent college graduates and graduate students -
Deadline: January 31 - website:
http://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program
The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Journalism Internship Summer Program
- for skilled writers and communicators passionate about liberty and who
support individual rights and free markets to work in print, broadcast, or
investigative journalism or new media; eight-week internship with stiped and
travel allowance; undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates
from all majors are eligible - Deadline: January 31 - website:
http://www.theihs.org/ihs-journalism-internship-program
NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship - (must be nominated by your athletics
office) for graduating seniors who were varsity student-athletes; must have
at least a 3.5/4.0 GPA and are planning to attend an accredited graduate
school, law school or medical school upon graduation; award of $24,000 for
one year - Deadline: January 28 - website:
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/NCAA/Academ
ics%20and%20Athletes/Scholarships%20and%20Internships/Byers/index.html
Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund - for undergraduate or graduate students of
Greek descent between the ages of 17 and 25; enrolled at an accredited
college or university - Deadline: January 31 -
http://www.htsfund.org/guidelines.html
Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice - social justice and health care
advocacy and policy; seeks to increase the number of low-income, African
American, Latino, Asian American, Native Pacific Islander, and Native
American Indian and Alaska Native social justice leaders - Deadline: January
31 - website:
http://www.familiesusa.org/fellowships/wellstone-fellowship.html
Young People For (YP4) Fellowship - for all undergraduate students;
leadership development program focusing on identifying, engaging and
empowering young progressive leaders to effect positive change on their
campuses and in their communities - Deadline: January 31 - website:
http://www.youngpeoplefor.org/programs/fellowship
Daughters of the American Revolution Francis Crawford Marvin Scholarship -
awards for Native American college students; all majors welcome; D.A.R.
membership not necessary - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm#amInd
Google Anita Borg Scholarship - for female graduating college seniors or
current graduate students in computer engineering, computer science and
other related technical fields - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://www.google.com/anitaborg/us/
Grinnell College Exceptional Young Innovators in Social Justice - requires
nomination; up to three $100,000 prizes presented annually to individuals
under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who
show creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting
positive social change - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/chaplain/socialjusticeprize/nominationcriter
ia
International Leadership Foundation Programs - summer internships and
extended fellowships for young Asian Pacific Americans in public service and
civic leadership - Deadline: February 1 - website: http://www.ileader.org/
Microsoft Scholarships - undergraduate students with demonstrated interest
in computer science and from other relevant fields, such as electrical
engineering, math, or physics; students also complete an internship with the
company; general, women's, minority and students with disabilities
scholarships - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/collegescholarship.aspx
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) - summer internship in
environmental studies for undergraduate, graduate or recently-graduated
students - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.aspx
University of Montana | Center for Environmental Health Sciences | Short
Term Educational Experiences for Research (STEER) Summer Program - 10-week
summer program (end of May through beginning of August) providing
extraordinary opportunities to learn from experts about the philosophy and
practice of conducting current biomedical research; limited to 6 students
per summer - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://www.umt.edu/cehs/Education/Summer_Programs/default.aspx
Vertical Flight Foundation Engineering Scholarship - for current
undergraduate and graduate students in engineering with a career interest in
the vertical flight industry - Deadline: February 1 - website:
http://www.vtol.org/vff.html
American Foreign Service Association Youth Scholarships - various fields;
for dependents (children) of active or retired Foreign Service Officers -
Deadline: February 6 - website:
http://www.afsa.org/scholar/eligibilityCriteria.cfm
Udall Scholarship - (UIC STUDENTS APPLY THROUGH OSSP ONLY) for current
undergraduate students studying environmental science, public policy or
Native American Indian health policy - UIC CAMPUS DEADLINE: February 7 -
website: http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/udall
Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship - for undergraduate seniors
planning to attend a graduate program in international relations and want a
career in the Foreign Service - Deadline: February 7 - website:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/pickeringgrad.htm
Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship - for undergraduate
juniors planning a career in the Foreign Service, funding to support senior
year and first year of graduate work in international affairs - Deadline:
February 9 - website: http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/pickeringug.htm
American Meteorological Society Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships -
outstanding undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a career in the
atmospheric and related oceanic or hydrologic sciences - Deadline: February
11 - website: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs/index.html
BMI Foundation Student Composer Awards - for students studying music who
also compose classical music - Deadline: February 11 - website:
http://www.bmifoundation.org/
American Bar Institute - Summer Research Diversity Fellowship in law and
social science in Chicago - Deadline: February 15 - website:
http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/research/Fellowshipopportunities/Summer
ResearchDiversityFellowshipsinLawandSocialScience.html
Jewish Federation Academic Scholarship Program - for Jewish college and
graduate students pursuing degrees in the "helping" professions - Deadline:
February 15 - website: http://www.jvschicago.org/scholarship/
UNCF AT&T Foundation Scholarship - scholarships for African-American
children or stepchildren of regular full-time employees of AT&T, Inc. and
its U.S. subsidiaries - Deadline: February 15 - website:
http://www.uncf.org/forstudents/scholarDetailSGA.asp?id=538
USA TODAY All-USA College Academic Team - recognition for outstanding
juniors and seniors at four-year universities in the United States -
Deadline: February 18 - website:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp/usatoday.htm
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