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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 Chemical Society
ACS Scholars Program
Amount: up to $3,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- African-American, Hispanic/Latino, or American Indian;
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.;
- full-time student at an accredited college, university, or community college;
- high academic achievers in chemistry or science (Grade Point Average 3.0, "B" or better);
- able to demonstrate evidence of financial need according to FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the Student Aid Report (SAR) form;
- a graduating high school senior, college freshman, sophomore or junior intending to or already majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a chemically-related science and planning a career in the chemical sciences or chemical technology;
- Please note that students intending to enter Pre-Med programs or pursing a degree in Pharmacy are not eligible for this scholarship.
American Chemical Society
www.acs.org
Robert Hughes
(800) 227-5558
r_hughes@acs.org
COLAGE and Horizons Foundation
COLAGE Scholarship Program
Amount: $1,000
Eligibility Criteria:Have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parent(s) or guardian(s). Be enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution. No graduate level or higher applicants please. Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0. Board of staff members of COLAGE, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to apply.
COLAGE and Horizons Foundation
www.colage.org
1550 Bryant Street
Suite 830
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-5437
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
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
Jackie Robinson Foundation
Education and Leadership Development Program
Amount: up to $7,200
Eligibility Criteria:* The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides scholarships of up to $7,200 annually to underserved high school students showing leadership potential and demonstrating financial need to attend an accredited 4-year college or university of their choice. * You must be a U.S. citizen in order to qualify for the Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Award. * The application package must include a letter of recommendation and an official transcript (with raised seal). * In addition, all applicants are required to take either the Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) and submit their scores.
Jackie Robinson Foundation
PFLAG--Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG National Scholarship Program
Amount: PFLAG offers two levels of one-time awards: $2,500 and $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Be a graduating high school senior entering higher education for the first time
- Self identify as either a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender person, or as a supporter of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people
- Demonstrate an interest in service to the GLBT community
PFLAG--Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
www.pflag.org/scholarship_programs.scholarships.0.html
1726 M Street, #400
Washington, DC 20036
202-467-8180 ext 219
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
Wal-Mart
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Wal-Mart
World Bank Family Network
Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund
Amount: up to $11,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- women from developing countries who are currently enrolled in studies for a degree in the United States or Canada
- demonstrate a commitment to working for the benefit of women and children in the developing world and plan to return to their countries within approximately two years of receiving the grant
World Bank Family Network
www.wbfn.org
Click On Outreach
(202) 473-8751
mmmf@worldbank.org