[Plsgs] FW: GradFunding - Special Edition for New Graduate Students

[Georgina Lambert]

From: gradfunding-request at list.arizona.edu
[mailto:gradfunding-request at list.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Shelley Hawthorne
Smith
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 12:11 PM
To: GradFunding at list.arizona.edu
Subject: GradFunding - Special Edition for New Graduate Students

 

Are you just beginning your graduate career? This special edition of the
GradFunding Newsletter contains opportunities specifically for incoming
graduate students. See below for descriptions of and links to the following
opportunities:

 

Ø  Critical Language Scholarship Program

Ø  FLAS Fellowships

Ø  Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships

Ø  Fulbright Scholarships

Ø  Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Ø  German Academic Exchange Service

Ø  Hertz Fellowships

Ø  Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Fellowship

Ø  James Madison Memorial Fellowships

Ø  National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship Program

Ø  National Physical Science Consortium

Ø  National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Ø  NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Project

Ø  Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Ø  Rangel Fellowship

 

 

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program <http://clscholarship.org/> 

A program of United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers
intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need
foreign languages for summer 2012. Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
institutes provide fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction
and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for
U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master ’s and Ph.D. students. 

*	Arabic and Persian: Advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced
levels; 
*	Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi,
Turkish, and Urdu:
Beginning, intermediate and advanced levels; 
*	Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: Intermediate and advanced levels. 

 

FLAS Fellowship <http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/awards.html> 

The FLAS Fellowship is an annual competition designed to finance graduate
study in foreign languages and appropriately related area studies. FLAS
Fellowship competition is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
whose academic interests involve studies in East Asia, East Europe, Latin
America or the Middle East. Approved programs may be interdisciplinary or
multidisciplinary and must always include study or research in an approved
language of the area of specialization.

 

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships
<http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_048001> 

Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the
diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing
their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of
diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use
diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards
are made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have
demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in
teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of
future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use
diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. To be
eligible for a Ford Foundation Fellowship award you must be a citizen of the
United States, demonstrate evidence of superior academic achievement (such
as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and be
committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university
level.  Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D.
programs; practice oriented degree programs are not eligible for support.  

 

Gates Cambridge Scholarship <http://eh0766.empetushosting.net/> 

Gates Cambridge Scholarships are highly competitive full-cost scholarships.
They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to
pursue a full-time graduate degree in any subject available at the
University of Cambridge.

 

The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships will be hosting Captain
Zach Watson, Gates Cambridge Scholar and Ambassador, to give a presentation
and Q&A session, which will include application advice! Please join us:

 

Gates Cambridge Scholarship Information Session

Tuesday, August 28 @ 3:30pm, PAS 224

 

Please RSVP using the form at http://goo.gl/QVWvi. You can indicate on the
form if you cannot attend, but would like more information. Please direct
questions to Dr. Jeff Thibert at thibert at email.arizona.edu. 

 

Fulbright Scholarship <http://us.fulbrightonline.org/#&panel1-1> 

Fulbright offers recent graduates opportunities for personal and
professional development and international experience that fosters mutual
understanding among nations through study and research abroad.  Created to
increase mutual understanding among nations through education and cultural
exchanges.  Students design their own projects, which may include:
university coursework, library or field research, classes in a music or art
school, independent projects in the social or life sciences, assistant teach
English, a combination of these or other activities.

 

The campus deadline for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is less than a
month away, but there's still time to put together a competitive
application. The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships will be
holding one last information session for this year's application cycle:

 

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session

Tuesday, August 28 @ 2:30pm

Room to be determined

 

Please RSVP to Dr. Jeff Thibert at thibert at email.arizona.edu to receive an
update on the room location. You're welcome to come even if you're not
eligible to apply this year. You can also contact Dr. Thibert if you cannot
attend but would like more information. Finally, if you're currently working
on an application, but have not yet heard from Dr.Thibert, send him an email
right away.

 

German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD
<https://www.daad.org/page/scholarship/index.v3page;jsessionid=5212o319bnmvj
> 

The goal of DAAD is to primary goal is to facilitate transatlantic mobility
to Germany. DAAD offers a wide range of funding opportunities for
individuals and institutions in higher education.  Funding is awarded on a
competitive basis; consideration given to the academic merit of the
individual, the feasibility and quality of the proposal, and the impact of
the applicant and application as a whole. 

 

Hertz Fellowships <http://www.hertzfoundation.org/default.aspx> 

The Foundation supports graduate students working towards the Ph.D. degree
in the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences. These fields
include applied mathematics, statistics, and quantitative aspects of modern
biology. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United
States of America, and be willing to morally commit to make their skills
available to the United States in time of national emergency.

 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Fellowship
<http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-arts-award/
> 

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Graduate Arts Award enables students or
recent alumni with exceptional artistic or creative promise and significant
financial need to pursue up to three years of study at an accredited
graduate institution in the US or abroad.  Awards can be as much as $50,000
annually.  In 2012, the Foundation will select up to 15 recipients for this
award.

 

James Madison Memorial Fellowships <http://www.jamesmadison.com/> 

The James Madison Memorial Fellowships are awarded to U.S. citizens who
demonstrate a commitment to civic responsibilities and to professional and
collegial activities and who qualify for admission with graduate standing at
an accredited U.S. university that offers a qualifying master's degree
program. Applicants must be committed to teaching American history, American
government, and/or social studies full time in grades 7–12.

 

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
<http://ndseg.asee.org/>  (NDSEG)

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
(NDSEG) of the US Department of Defense is intended for students at or near
the beginning of graduate study for doctoral degrees in mathematical,
physical, biological, and engineering sciences. It is open to US citizens or
nationals. It is a three-year award, which includes a stipend, plus full
tuition and fees, not including room and board.

 

National Physical Science Consortium <http://www.npsc.org/>  

The National Physical Science Consortium is a partnership between government
agencies and laboratories, industry, and higher education. NPSC's goal is to
increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in the
physical sciences and related engineering fields, emphasizing recruitment of
a diverse applicant pool including women and minorities. The NPSC Graduate
Fellowship is unique in being: open to all American citizens; lasting for up
to six years; providing a $20,000 annual stipend; covering tuition; allowing
a fellow also to hold a research or teaching assistantship; including one or
two paid summer internships with a government agency; providing a mentor and
the opportunity for a lasting relationship with the sponsor.

 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
<http://www.nsfgrfp.org/>  (NSF GRFP)

The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human
resource base in biological science, technology, engineering, mathematics,
physical science, earth science, and social science in the United States and
to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate
fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides
three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based masters
or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages
of their graduate study.

Applicant Support is available for U of A students who register here
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UANSFGRF> . (Please check eligibility before
registering.)

 

NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Project
<http://www.uncfsp.org/cms/default.aspx?page=program.view&areaid=1&contentid
=177&typeid=jpfp>  (JPFP)

The NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Project (JPFP) was
developed in 2000 with a mission to increase the number of underrepresented
persons with master's and doctoral degrees in the NASA pipeline, and
ultimately in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
workforce.

 

The Paul  <http://www.pdsoros.org/competition/index.cfm> & Daisy Soros
Fellowships for New Americans

The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to
provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished
New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The Program is
established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to
American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has
afforded the donors and their family. Applicants must be:

·         A New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born
abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country). 

·         Not yet 31 years old, as of the application deadline. 

·         A college senior or holder of a bachelor’s degree. 

·         Not beyond your second year – if already enrolled -- in the
graduate degree program for which you request support. 

 

Rangel Fellowship <http://www.rangelprogram.org/> 

The Rangel Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare
outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they
can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. Each year,
the Rangel Program offers 20 fellowships of up to $35,000 annually towards
tuition, room, board, books, and mandatory fees for completion of two-year
master’s degrees in international affairs or another area of relevance to
the work of the Foreign Service. Rangel Fellows also participate in two
summer internships (one for the U.S. Congress, one for a U.S. Embassy) and
enter the Foreign Service upon completion of the master’s degree. Rangel
Fellows must remain in the Foreign Service for at least three years.

 

 

_______________________

Shelley Hawthorne Smith, PhD

Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement

University of Arizona Graduate College

520-626-0870 

ssmith at grad.arizona.edu

 

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