National Scholarships

Below are links to just a few of the many national scholarship competitions. Use the scholarship search engines listed above to generate many more possibilities. Full details on eligibility and applications are available from the providers. For any awards that require you to work with an institutional representative, contact the Dyson College Dean's office. Feel free to ask for help from faculty or the Dean's office in preparing applications.

• American Chemical Society Scholars Minority Grants
   
• Coro Fellows in Public Affairs (degree or graduate work required)
   
• Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) (seniors or recent graduates)
   
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Minority Fellowships (for graduate study)
   
• J. William Fulbright Grants (graduate before grant begins)
   
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships (sophomores and juniors)
   
• Hertz Foundation (graduate students in physical sciences)
   
• Henry Luce Foundation Scholarships (graduate before grant begins)
   
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund  (graduate or undergraduate; many other related links here)
   
• James Madison Memorial Fellowships (senior or recent graduate)
   
• British Marshall Scholarships (recent graduate)
   
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships (senior or recent graduate)
   
• Merck/UNCF Undergraduate Science Research (African-American junior science major)
   
• National Security Education Program (undergraduate)
   
• New York State Professional Opportunity Scholarships [inquire at Dean’s office]
  (minority undergraduate or graduate in a professional program)
   
• NY State Undergraduate Session Assistants Program [inquire at Dean’s office]
  (juniors and seniors; semester spent in Albany)
   
• Rhodes Scholarship (recent graduate)
   
• Russian-US Young Leadership Fellows (completed degree)
   
• Search for Excellence Fellows (juniors and seniors)
   
• Soros Fellowship for New Americans (for graduate study)
   
• Harry S. Truman Scholarships (juniors)
   
• Morris K. Udall Scholarship (sophomores and juniors)
   
• U.S. Dept. of Energy, various programs (undergraduates)
   
• U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Internships (juniors and seniors)
   
• U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (undergraduate science and social science majors)
   
• U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
   
• U.S. Office of Biological and Environmental Research (undergraduate)