Targeted Scholarships & Fellowships

General

Boren

Funding for U.S. graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad.

  • Qualifications: knowledge of the proposed country/U.S. political relations and current events; interest in working for the federal government; at least intermediate host-country language ability and interest in language study.
  • Award: Up to $25,000 USD
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen; applying to an overseas educational program with an intensive language component.
  • Deadline: Late January

Gates Cambridge

For those with distinguished academic achievement and interest in the welfare of others.

  • Qualifications: Overall academic excellence in field; thesis; awareness of global trends in/state of the field; commitment to causes that improve the lives of others; leadership skills and experience.
  • Award: Educational costs, such as tuition, laboratory and certain other fees. A maintenance allowance. Travel. 
  • Eligibility: non-UK citizen; applying to eligible graduate study programs at Cambridge.
  • Deadline: October 15

Luce

Places leaders with no background in Asian studies in professional positions in Asia (in any discipline). Provides language training.

  • Qualifications: High academic achievement, leadership ability, clearly defined interests, personal traits including resilience, creativity, flexibility and humility.
  • Award: Stipend, professional placement, language training. 13-month commitment.
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen or permanent resident. Graduating senior to under 33. Limited exposure to Asia.
  • Deadline: September 15

Marshall

Finances young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom.

  • Qualifications: Academic excellence (3.7 minimum GPA) ; thesis; leadership skills and experience; public speaking skills; knowledge of US/UK political relations and general current events; knowledge of political dialogue and peacemaking; writing experience.
  • Award: University fees; cost of living; books; thesis; research and daily travel grants. One and two year pathways.
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen; Bachelor’s degree
  • Deadline: September 16

Rhodes

Study toward a degree in any field at Oxford University. For those with potential to be leaders on the world stage.

  • Qualifications: Academic excellence; thesis; leadership skills and experience; public speaking skills; strength of body as well as mind; activities that demonstrate a desire to stand up for the world.
  • Award: Educational costs, such as tuition, laboratory and certain other fees
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen or permanent resident; 18 but not yet 24 years of age
  • Deadline: October 2

Schwarzman

Fully funded one-year master's program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

  • Qualifications: Leadership skills, academic excellence and agility, keen interest in China.
  • Award: Fully funded one-year master’s program.
  • Eligibility: Graduating Senior – under 29. English language proficiency.
  • Deadline: Early September

Truman

Financial support for those preparing for a career in public service.

  • Qualifications: Commitment to causes; politically engaged; field-related internships and research experience, public speaking skills, strong awareness of current problems/issues in the field.
  • Award: $30,000 USD
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen; junior or senior; must be nominated by university/college
  • Deadline: February 3

STEM-Specific

Churchill

Provides funding for a year of Master’s study (M.Phil) in select STEM fields at the University of Cambridge.

  • Qualifications: High GPA; strong experience and talent in research; outstanding personal qualities
  • Award: Educational costs, such as tuition, laboratory and certain other fees. Travel. Stipend.
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, senior or recent graduate.
  • Deadline: October 15 (internal deadline may be earlier)

GEM

Assists High-quality underrepresented students pursuing graduate degrees in STEM fields:

  • Qualifications: 2.8 minimum GPA.
  • Award: Educational costs, such as tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, stipend, as well as summer internship opportunities.
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, senior or recent graduate; school endorsement; belongs to an underrepresented group in STEM (Native American, African America, Hispanic).
  • Deadline: November 15

Goldwater

For STEM students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.

  • Qualifications: Experience with semester and summer research internships on and off campus (via REU). Skilled at science writing.
  • Award: Up to $7,500 USD a year
    Eligibility: sophomores and juniors; pursuing research careers in natural sciences, math, and engineering; 3.0 GPA; U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • Deadline: Mid-late January. Contact Program Advisor John Lundberg, john.lundberg@cooper.edu (must be nominated)

Hertz

Assists top students in STEM fields interested in pursuing a PHD.

  • Qualifications: academic excellence, research experience, creativity, high moral and ethical values.
  • Award: Educational costs, such as tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, stipend.
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, senior, recent graduate, or first-year PhD.
  • Deadline: October 31

NSF GRFP

Full support for graduate students that have demonstrated the potential for significant research achievements in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

  • Qualifications: Academic excellence in field; significant research experience in field. 
  • Award: Funding for up to three years of graduate study. Total funding up to $159,000
  • Eligibility: U.S. Citizen, national or permanent resident, in the first year of a graduate program or applying to a graduate program; no prior PHD.
  • Deadline: Late October

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.