Schoalrship News
Check out http://www.iupui.edu/~scentral/continuing/ for an up-to-date listing of scholarship opportunities for 2009-2010. Additionally, the Continuing Student Competitive Application for 2009-2010 is now available for download: http://www.iupui.edu/~scentral/ContinuingApp09.pdf . Download the application and review it to see if there are any scholarships you may be eligible for at IUPUI and apply by the deadline(s)!
The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the opening of the 2009-10 academic year competition for NSEP David L. Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students and NSEP David L. Boren Fellowships for graduate students. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research.
Applications and detailed information on the Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available on www.borenawards.org – our newly designed website. The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is January 29, and the deadline for the Boren Scholarship is February 11. If you have any questions or comments please contact the IIE Boren Scholarships and Fellowships staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP.
Who - Sophomore and Junior level college engineering students
What - Submit an essay on a designated, contemporary engineering topic
For more information - www.kellyengineering.com
The Gates Millennium Scholars /
Other Scholarships
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF)
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is the largest Hispanic scholarship-granting organization in the nation. HSF provides financial assistance to outstanding Hispanic students in higher education throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The students represent every region of the country, and attend hundreds of institutions of higher education throughout America. Founded in 1975, HSF has awarded more than 45,000 scholarships totaling nearly $60 million.
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
Founded in 1973, the Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc. (OCA) is a national non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization of concerned Chinese Americans. OCA is dedicated to securing the rights of Chinese American and Asian American citizens and permanent residents through legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of the government. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of the nearly 2 million citizens and residents of Chinese ancestry in the United States as well as to better the lives of the 10 million Asian Americans across the country.
The American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC)
The American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC), a non-profit organization, was established in 1969. Founders Robert L. Bennett (Wisconsin Oneida) and John C. Rainer (Taos Pueblo) created a program to assist American Indian college graduates to continue their education at the masters, doctorate and professional degree level. AIGC was founded to help open doors to graduate education for American Indians and to help tribes obtain the educated Indian professionals they need to become more self-sufficient and to exercise their rights to self-determination.
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
UNCF is a fund-raising consortium of 39 private, fully accredited, four-year, historically black colleges and universities. As an educational assistance organization, The College Fund provides operating assistance to its 39 member colleges and universities, administers over 400 scholarship programs for African American students, provides technical assistance for HBCUs, and conducts research and data collection on African American education. In its 55 year history, UNCF has raised over $1.4 billion to promote higher education achievement in the African American community and has helped to graduate over 300,000 African Americans from undergraduate and graduate programs.
http://www.gmsp.org/(twk0okat1xc vs55eoeaz52m)/scholarships.aspx
Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology
Open to all U.S. citizens, who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in a STEM discipline at a college or university that is accredited in the United States are eligible for the MUST funding opportunity. Students of all underrepresented groups (Women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and persons with disabilities) are encouraged to apply.
One-year partial tuition scholarship of up to one-half the tuition and fees, not to exceed $10,000 per academic year.
http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications/subsectionID.1,pageID.139/default.asp
