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Ambucs
Ambucs Scholars
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicant must be a citizen of the United States
- must document financial need
- must be a Junior, Senior, or Graduate level student in: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Hearing Audiology
- Applicant must express interest tp enter clinical practice in chose field of therapy in the United States upon completion.
Ambucs
www.ambucs.org
National Scholarship Committee
c/o AMBUCS Resource Center PO Box 5127
High Point, AR 27262
American Anthropological Association
AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship
Amount: $10,000, one time
Eligibility Criteria:An applicant must be:
- a US citizen;
- a member of an historically underrepresented ethnic minority group, including, but not limited to: African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians or Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/as, Chicano/as, and Pacific Islanders;
- enrolled in a full-time academic program leading to a doctoral degree in anthropology at the time of application;
- admitted to degree candidacy before the dissertation fellowship is awarded;
- a member of the American Anthropological Association. The dissertation proposal must be approved by the applicant's committee prior to application. Students of any subfield or specialty in anthropology will receive equal consideration.
American Anthropological Association
www.aaanet.org
Kathleen Terry-Sharp
2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201-3357
(703) 528-1902
academic@aaanet.org
American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society
AESF Scholarship
Amount: $1,500
Eligibility Criteria:
- The scholarship award is available to both undergraduates and graduates ·
- Undergraduate applicants must be Junior standing or above
- Undergraduate students must be studying in metallurgy, metallurgical engineering, material science or engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, or environmental engineering
- Graduate students must have completed an accredited undergraduate program leading to a master's or Ph.D. degree.
- The applicant must be attending an accredited college
- There are no geographic limitations. Both national and international applicants are urged to apply.
American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society
www.aesf.org
1155 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
American Indian Graduate Center
EPA Tribal Lands Environmental Science Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be an enrolled member of a United States federally recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native group; or possess ¼ degree federally recognized Indian blood;
- Be a college junior, senior, or graduate student;
- Be pursing a degree in environmental studies Environmental sciences or an engineering field leading to a career that is environmentally related.
American Indian Graduate Center
www.aigcs.org
Marveline Vallo
(505) 881-4584
marveline@aigcs.org
American Indian Graduate Center
Various Graduate Fellowships
Amount: varies
Eligibility Criteria:
- Pursuing a post baccalaureate graduate or professional degree as a full time student at an accredited institution in the U.S.
- Able to demonstrate financial need
- An enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native group, or provide documentation of descendency (possess one=fourth degree federally-recognized Indian blood).
American Indian Graduate Center
www.aigcs.org
Marveline Vallo
(505) 881-4584
marveline@aigcs.org
American Indian Science & Engineering Society
A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Amount: variable
Eligibility Criteria:Undergaduate, Graduate, member of Native American tribe, 2.7 GPA
American Indian Science & Engineering Society
www.aises.org/highered/scholarships
Apogee Search
Apogee Search Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Entrants must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the United States
- Entrants must be enrolled as a full-time student (twelve semester hours) in an associate, undergraduate, or graduate level program at a university or college in the United States
- Entrants are asked to write about the following topic: Where do you see Google expanding in the years to come?
Apogee Search
www.apogee-search.com/scholarship/
Arkansas Livestock Show Assn
WR 'Witt' Stephens Creative Arts Scholarship
Amount: (2) annual awards of $2500 each, payable $1250 per semester
Eligibility Criteria:Member of an Arkansas 4-H Club, FCCLA, FBLA or FFA Chapter and who has exhibited and placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the Junior Creative Arts Divisions at agricultural fairs in the State of Arkansas. Minimum GPA 2.5; minimum ACT score 18.
Arkansas Livestock Show Assn
www.arkansasstatefair.com/fair/creativearts.php
Jeannie Mayhan
2600 Howard Street
Little Rock, AR 72206
(501) 372-8341
jeannie@asfg.net
Arkansas Student Loan Authority
R. Preston Woodruff, Jr. Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 and one $1,000 renewable for four years
Eligibility Criteria:
- The applicant must be either a resident of Arkansas who will be attending an in-state or out-of-state postsecondary education institution or an out-of-state student attending a postsecondary education institution in Arkansas. Postsecondary education institution refers to a 2 or 4 year university, college, technical or trade school.
- The applicant must plan to be enrolled in a post-secondary institution for the fall 2007 - spring 2008 academic year and must be enrolling on at least a half-time basis.
- You may enter using the on-line Entry Form or by submitting a postcard to the Arkansas Student Loan Authority 101 E. Capitol Avenue Suite 401 Little Rock, AR 72201 with applicant name, address, daytime and home phone numbers, post-secondary education institution name and address and tell us if you are an Arkansas resident.
Arkansas Student Loan Authority
www.asla.info/collegeplanning/woodruffscholarship.htm
Teresa Boothe
101 E. Capitol Avenue
Suite 401
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-2952
tboothe@asla.info
Business and Professional Women's Foundation
Career Advancement Scholarship
Amount: varies
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be a female
- Be at least 25 years of age by May 2, 2006
- Be a US citizen or US national
- Demonstrate critical financial need
- Be officially accepted into an accredited program or certificate program at a US college or university, including American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
- Plan to graduate or receive certification between December 1, 2006 and August 31, 2008.
- Demonstrate clear career plans
- Not be earning a doctoral-level or terminal degree, such as a PhD, MD, DDS, DVM, JD, etc.
Business and Professional Women's Foundation
www.bpwusa.org
(800) 525-3729
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated
Bethany D. McClendon Scholarship
Amount: at least $1000
Eligibility Criteria:Must be an African American female student planning to attend Graduate School or Law School at the University of Arkansas in the Fall of 2008. Current graduate students with one at least one year before their degree is completed may also apply. Proof of enrollment will be required. Deadline is March 15th.
Rosalyn Davis479-575-5276
rdd05@uark.edu
Ford Foundation
Dissertation Fellowship
Amount: $21,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 30, 2006)
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations)
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
- Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree candidates studying in an eligible research-based discipline at a U.S. educational institution
- Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field
Ford Foundation
national-academies.org/fellowships
Fellowships Office, GR 346A
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 334-2872
Ford Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Amount: $40,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 30, 2006)
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations)
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
- Individuals awarded a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree no earlier than December 1, 1999 and no later than November 30, 2006 in an eligible research-based field from a U.S. educational institution.
Ford Foundation
national-academies.org/fellowships
Fellowships Office, GR 346A
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 334-2872
Ford Foundation
Predoctoral Fellowship
Amount: $23,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 16, 2006)
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations)
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
- Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution
- Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
Ford Foundation
national-academies.org/fellowships
Fellowships Office, GR 346A
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 334-2872
Government Finance Officers Association
Daniel B. Goldberg Scholarship
Amount: $10,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Currently a full-time student in a graduate program that prepares students for careers in state and local government finance and expecting to be enrolled in the spring semester of the year for which the scholarship is awarded (including graudates of that spring semester).
- Baccalaureate degree or its equivalent.
- Citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
- Recommendation from student's academic advisor or dean of the graduate program.
- Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada are not eligible to apply.
Government Finance Officers Association
Government Finance Officers Association
Frank L. Greathouse George A. Nielsen Public Investor Scholarship
Amount: $2,500 or $5,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Employed at least one year by a state, local, government or other public entity.
- Enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate program in public administration, finance, business administration, or related field before funds are awarded.
- Citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
- Recommendation by your employer.
- Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada are not eligible to apply.
Government Finance Officers Association
Government Finance Officers Association
Frank L. Greathouse Government Accounting Scholarship
Amount: $3,500
Eligibility Criteria:
- Full-time student in an undergraduate or graduate accounting program who is preparing for a career in state and local government finance. Undergraduate students must be in the process of completeing at least their junior year by the time the scholarship is awarded.
- Citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
- Recommendation by student's academic advisor or the chair of the accounting program.
- Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada are not eligible to apply.
Government Finance Officers Association
Government Finance Officers Association
Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship
Amount: $5,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Currently a full- or part-time upper-division undergraduate or graduate student in public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political science, economics or business administration (with a specific focus on government or nonprofit management).
- Belong to one of the following groups (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau): Black or African American, American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian native, Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino.
- Citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
- Recommendation by academic advisor, department chair (undergraduate students), or dean of the graduate program (graduate students).
- Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada are not eligible to apply.
Government Finance Officers Association
Government Finance Officers Association
Public Employee Retirement Research and Administration Scholarship
Amount: $4,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Currently a full- or part-time student in a graduate program in public administration, finance, business administration, or social sciences.
- Baccalaureate degree or its equivalent.
- Citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
- Recommendation from the student's academic advisor or dean of the graduate program.
- Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada are not eligible to apply.
Government Finance Officers Association
Hispanic College Scholarship Program
Hispanic College Fund Scholarship Program
Amount: 5,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicant must come for a Hispanic background, be enrolled in undergraduate or graduate program (Juniors, Seniors, Masters, or PhD)
- be a US citizen
- demonstrate financial need
- have a 3.5 GPA or higher
- be enrolled in full time program in Computer Science or Engineering.
Hispanic College Scholarship Program
Institute for Humane Studies
Film and Fiction Scholarship
Amount: $10,000
Eligibility Criteria:graduate students pursuing an MFA full-time in the 2008-2009 school year Email film&fiction@email.TheIHS.org with questions.
Institute for Humane Studies
www.theihs.org/mfacommittee
Keri Anderson
3301 N Fairfax Drive
Suite 440
Arlington, VA 22201-4432
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
James Madison Fellowship
Amount: up to $24,000 over 2 years
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
- Be a teacher, or plan to become a teacher, of American history, American government, or social studies at the secondary school level (grades 7-12).
- Possess a bachelor's degree or plan to receive a bachelor's degree no later than August 31 of the year in which you are applying.
- Wait at least three years from the time that any previous graduate degree was awarded before applying for a James Madison Fellowship.
- After earning a master's degree, each James Madison Fellow must teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7-12 for no less than one year for each full academic year of study under the fellowship.
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
www.jamesmadison.com
P.O. Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52243
(800) 525-6928
Material Handling Education Foundation
MHEFI scholarship
Amount: Variable
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants must be enrolled or intending to enroll in a 4 year baccalaureate program or a post graduate program
- Applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA
- Applicants must be in Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or computer science, and business adminstration with an emphasis in production management, industrial distribution and/or logistics
- Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited and pre-qualified program of study.
Material Handling Education Foundation
mhefi.org
Victoria Wheeler
8720 Red Oak Blvd.
Suite 201
Charlotte, NC 28217
(704) 676-1190
vwheeler@mhia.org
SchoolSoup.com
Free Scholarship Search
Amount: varies
Eligibility Criteria:
- varies by award
- completion of advertising forms not required
- includes $32 billion of available scholarships
- claims to be the largest scholarship search engine in the world
SchoolSoup.com
SIPES Foundation
Earth Science Scholarship
Amount: Awards begin at $1,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Currently enrolled upper-division or graduate student majoring in any field of Earth Science or Petroleum Enginering
- GPA of 3.5 or Better
- U.S. Citizenship
- PDF Application
SIPES Foundation
www.sipes.org
4925 Greenville Avenue
Suite 1106
Dallas, Te 75206-4019
214-363-1780
sipes@sipes.org
United Negro College Fund Scholarships
Multiple Awards
Amount: Variable
Eligibility Criteria:Variable
United Negro College Fund Scholarships
www.uncf.org/scholarships/uncfscholarship.asp
(800) 331-2244
Washington County Retired Teachers Association
Washington County Retired Teachers Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 each semester
Eligibility Criteria:A Washington County resident having completed their freshman year in a curriculum leading to a career in teaching.
Awarded each semester. Deadline for fall awards is May 20. Deadline for spring awards is December 20.
John Fox1923 E. Joyce Blvd. Apt. 348
Fayetteville, Ar 72703
(479) 521-1781
foxjohn92@yahoo.com