NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIPS, AND PRIZES FOR IDEALISTS PROGRAMS FOR UNDERGRADUATES DAVIS-PUTTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND: GRANTS TO STUDENTS ACTIVELY WORKING FOR PEACE AND FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. AWARDED TO THOSE WHO ARE PART OF PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. COURSEWORK DURING THE GRANT PERIOD MAY BE ABROAD. UNDERGRADUATES OF ANY NATIONALITY ENROLLED IN ACCREDITED U.S. INSTITUTION (MARCH DEADLINE). http://www.davisputter.org/ GARVEY FELLOWSHIP: PRESTIGIOUS ESSAY CONTEST ON THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL LIBERTY. GARVEY FELLOWS—SELECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD—HAVE BECOME THE FINEST OF SCHOLARS, BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS, JOURNALISTS, ADVANCING APPRECIATION WORLDWIDE FOR IDEAS OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. ANY UNDERGRAD OR GRADUATE YEAR, UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE (MAY DEADLINE). http://www.independent.org/students/garvey/ SAXE MEMORIAL FUND: PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUALLY TO ONE OR MORE UNDERGRAD OR GRADUATE STUDENTS WORKING IN PUBLIC SERVICE. $1,500 AWARD IS MEANT TO ENABLE STUDENT TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE BY TAKING A NO-PAY OR LOWPAY JOB DURING A SUMMER OR OTHER TERM. ANY UNDERGRAD YEAR (MARCH DEADLINE). http://www.jwsaxefund.org/ TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP: AWARDED TO JUNIORS IN TOP QUARTER OF THEIR CLASS WHO INTEND TO PURSUE GRADUATE STUDY TOWARDS A CAREER IN GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC SERVICE (INCLUDING LAW). PROVIDES FUNDS TOWARDS FIRST TWO TO THREE YEARS OF GRADUATE SCHOOL. MUST BE AN OUTSTANDING LEADER WITH EXTENSIVE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING TRUMAN FUNDS, SCHOLARS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THREE OF THE SEVEN YEARS FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF A FUNDED GRADUATE PROGRAM. JUNIOR (JANUARY DEADLINE). http://www.truman.gov/ UDALL: SUPPORT FOR STUDY IN FIELDS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; AND FOR NATIVE AMERICANS/ALASKANS STUDYING . . . TRIBAL POLICY. SOPHOMORE OR JUNIOR YEAR (INSTITUTIONAL NOMINATION REQUIRED; FEBRUARY DEADLINE). http://www.udall.gov/ WIESEL PRIZE IN ETHICS: PRESTIGIOUS ESSAY CONTEST ON ETHICS. FOUNDATION, ROOTED IN MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, SEEKS TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE. JUNIOR OR SENIOR (SEPTEMBER DEADLINE) http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/EthicsPrize/index.html NOTE: THOUGH THE AWARD IS FOR GRADUATE STUDY, THE ROTARY AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP MUST BE APPLIED FOR IN THE JUNIOR YEAR (SEE BELOW) PROGRAMS FOR GRADUATING SENIORS CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER—THE BILL EMERSON NATIONAL HUNGER FELLOWSHIP: A UNIQUE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE MOTIVATED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE HUNGER AND POVERTY. FELLOWS ARE PLACED FOR SIX MONTHS WITH URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ALL OVER THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIPS, AND PRIZES FOR STUDENTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES—PAGE 1 OF 4 Joy Viveros, fellowshipadvisor@pacific.edu, Rev. 5.1.07 See foundation websites to verify particulars COUNTRY INVOLVED IN FIGHTING HUNGER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, SUCH AS FOOD BANKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. THEY THEN MOVE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO COMPLETE THE YEAR WITH SIX MONTHS OF WORK AT NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE ANTI-HUNGER AND POVERTY MOVEMENT, INCLUDING NATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, THINK TANKS, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES SENIOR (JANUARY DEADLINE). GRADUATING SENIOR OR ALUM (JANUARY DEADLINE). http://www.hungercenter.org/national/national.htm ECHOING GREEN FELLOWSHIP: FOUNDATION AWARDS TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIPS TO “EMERGING SOCIAL INNOVATORS.” THE FELLOWSHIPS ALLOW “INDIVIDUALS WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR CREATING NEW MODELS FOR TACKLING SEEMINGLY UNSOLVABLE SOCIAL CHALLENGES” TO TEST THESE IDEAS. FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND A RANGE OF SUPPORT DURING FELLOWSHIP TENURE. PROJECT PROPOSAL—FROM UP TO TWO APPLICANTS— MUST INVOLVE CREATING A “SUSTAINABLE” ORGANIZATION GEARED TO SOCIAL CHANGE. GRADUATING SENIOR OR ALUM OF ANY NATIONALITY MAY APPLY SO LONG AS THEY WILL NOT BE IN A DEGREE PROGRAM DURING THE TWO-YEAR FUNDED PROJECT (SEE WEBSITE FOR CURRENT APPLICATION DEADLINE). http://www.echoinggreen.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=150 FULBRIGHT: SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH COURSE WORK, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, AND INTERNSHIPS ABROAD. THREE PROGRAMS: RESEARCH GRANTS; CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS GRANTS; TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS. NEW: ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS INITIATIVE AND LANGUAGE TRAINING INITIATIVE. (SENIOR OR ALUM; MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL CANDIDATE; YOUNG ARTIST OR PROFESSIONAL (INSTITUTIONAL NOMINATION REQUIRED; OCTOBER DEADLINE). http://www.fulbrightonline.org/us/thinking.html GARVEY FELLOWSHIP: PRESTIGIOUS ESSAY CONTEST ON THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL LIBERTY. GARVEY FELLOWS—SELECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD—HAVE BECOME THE FINEST OF SCHOLARS, BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS, JOURNALISTS, ADVANCING APPRECIATION WORLDWIDE FOR IDEAS OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. ANY UNDERGRAD OR GRADUATE YEAR, UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE (MAY DEADLINE). http://www.independent.org/students/garvey/ HUNTINGTON PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD: $10,000 AWARD TO PURSUE A PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. PROJECT MAY BE UNDERTAKEN BY STUDENT ALONE OR BY WORKING THROUGH AN ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION. GRADUATING SENIOR OF ANY NATIONALITY (JANUARY DEADLINE). http://www.nationalgridus.com/commitment/d4-1_award.asp INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY—HUMANE STUDIES FELLOWSHIP: TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY IN THE U.S. OR ABROAD. SUPPORTS THE WORK OF OUTSTANDING STUDENTS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THROUGH THEIR ACADEMIC WORK THE PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, AND INSTITUTIONS NECESSARY TO A FREE SOCIETY. PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS FROM FIELDS AS DIVERSE AS ECONOMICS, HISTORY, LAW, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. JUNIORS, SENIORS, OR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ANY DISCIPLINE, AND OF ANY NATIONALITY (DECEMBER DEADLINE). http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/2.html JACK KENT COOKE : SUPPORTS APPLICANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR UP TO SIX YEARS OF STUDY TOWARD AN ADVANCED DEGREE IN ANY DISCIPLINE, ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL. FUNDS LOTS OF MASTER’S DEGREES. EMPHASIZES ACADEMICS PLUS PUBLIC SERVICE. NO AGE OR NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIPS, AND PRIZES FOR STUDENTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES—PAGE 2 OF 4 Joy Viveros, fellowshipadvisor@pacific.edu, Rev. 5.1.07 See foundation websites to verify particulars NATIONALITY RESTRICTIONS. SENIOR OR “RECENT” ALUM (GRADUATED UP TO 5 YEARS PRIOR TO COMPETITION) (INSTITUTIONAL NOMINATION REQUIRED; APRIL DEADLINE). http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/ NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE—ADVANCED E-TEAM GRANTS: FUNDS ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO OFFER STUDENTS CREATIVE, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES. GRANTS OF 12-18 MONTHS PROVIDE E-TEAMS WITH SUPPORT NEEDED TO BRING AN INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OR TECHNOLOGY FROM IDEA TO PROTOTYPE, AND EVENTUALLY TO MARKET. SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS DEMONSTRATE AN IDEA’S TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, SOCIAL VALUE, AND POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIALIZATION. AN E-TEAM CONSISTS OF AT LEAST TWO GRADUATE OR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND A FACULTY ADVISOR. TEAM SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADVISORS AND MENTORS. PACIFIC IS NOT PRESENTLY A MEMBER OF NCIIA, BUT STUDENTS WITH A VIABLE PROJECT PROPOSAL MAY INQUIRE ABOUT MEMBERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS (DECEMBER AND MAY APPLICATION DEADLINES). http://www.nciia.org/grants.html NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIP AWARDED JOINTLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL FELLOW—AT THE FIRST STAGES OF HIS OR HER CAREER—AND TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH HE OR SHE JOINS. SUPPORTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADDRESS CIVIL RIGHTS, DISABILITY RIGHTS, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, EDUCATION EQUITY AND REFORM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, GLOBAL POVERTY REDUCTION, HEALTH CARE RIGHTS AND POLICY REFORM, HOUSING RIGHTS AND POLICY REFORM, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER RIGHTS, MIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS, RACIAL JUSTICE AND RACE RELATIONS, SENTENCING AND PRISON REFORM, TANF/WELFARE REFORM, WOMEN’S RIGHTS, WORKER’S RIGHTS, AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. FELLOWSHIP POSITION MUST BE NEWLY CREATED AND ADDRESS A NEWLY IDENTIFIED ORGANIZATIONAL NEED. POSITION TITLES MIGHT INCLUDE POLICY DIRECTOR, PROJECT DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, POLICYORIENTED RESEARCH DIRECTOR OR ASSOCIATE, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, STAFF ATTORNEY, OR ORGANIZATION/COALITION BUILDER. RESPONSIBILITIES MIGHT INCLUDE CONDUCTING POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, WITH A STRONG MASS COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENT; PRECEDENT SETTING OR CLASS-ACTION LITIGATION; POLICY ADVOCACY; BROAD-BASED MEDIA CAMPAIGNS; AND/OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. FELLOWSHIP POSITIONS THAT INVOLVE DIRECT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BE FUNDED. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT OF ANY NATIONALITY—WHO WOULD HOLD A BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR OTHER DEGREE, INCLUDING A JURIS DOCTORATE—PREPARE APPLICATION JOINTLY (FEBRUARY DEADLINE). http://newvoices.aed.org/faq_answers.html#Benefits RHODES SCHOLARSHIP: MAKES POSSIBLE TWO OR THREE YEARS OF STUDY AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN ANY FIELD. REQUIRES A STRONG ACADEMIC RECORD, LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND ATHLETICS. SENIOR OR ALUM (INSTITUTIONAL NOMINATION REQUIRED; OCTOBER DEADLINE). http://www.rhodesscholar.org/ BUT APPLY FOR THE ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP IN YOUR JUNIOR YEAR: ROTARY AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS: PROVIDES ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR A YEAR OF STUDY AT AN OVERSEAS UNIVERSITY IN ANY ACADEMIC FIELD. THREE-MONTH AWARDS PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE FLUENCY, WHILE ACADEMIC-YEAR AWARDS ALLOW STUDY IN DEPTH. PUBLIC SPEAKING ABILITY AND SOME RECORD OF SOCIAL SERVICE. TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, APPLICANT IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK AT LOCAL ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS. JUNIOR YEAR FOR STUDY IN THE FALL AFTER GRADUATION: APPLY A YEAR BEFORE SCHOLARSHIP BEGINS (JULY DEADLINE). http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/ NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIPS, AND PRIZES FOR STUDENTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES—PAGE 3 OF 4 Joy Viveros, fellowshipadvisor@pacific.edu, Rev. 5.1.07 See foundation websites to verify particulars ROTARY WORLD PEACE FELLOWSHIP: OFFERED ON A WORLD-COMPETITIVE BASIS. EACH ROTARY DISTRICT MAY SUBMIT ONE CANDIDATE. SUPPORTS FELLOW FOR A TWO-YEAR MASTER'S PROGRAM AT ONE OF THE ROTARY CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. FUNDING INCLUDED FOR THE THREE-MONTH SUMMER BREAK BETWEEN ACADEMIC-YEAR PERIODS, DURING WHICH FELLOWS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE DEGREE-RELATED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS INTERNSHIPS, VOLUNTEER WORK, AND RESEARCH. MUST HAVE A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN FRENCH, JAPANESE, OR SPANISH. GRADUATING SENIORS OR ALUMS (JUNE DEADLINE). http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/centers/scholars/index.html SCOVILLE PEACE FELLOWSHIP: PROVIDES COLLEGE GRADUATES WITH SIX-MONTH OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FELLOWSHIP AREAS INCLUDE: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, REGIONAL/ETHNIC CONFLICTS (INCLUDING EAST ASIA, SOUTH ASIA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, MIDDLE EAST, NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES), THE UNITED NATIONS, INCLUDING PEACEKEEPING. SENIOR OR RECENT ALUM (USUALLY WITHIN TWO YEARS OF GRADUATION) (JANUARY, OCTOBER DEADLINES). http://www.clw.org/pub/clw/scoville/ SIMON FELLOWSHIP FOR NOBLE PURPOSE: AWARD TO GRADUATING SENIOR WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED “PASSION, DEDICATION, A HIGH CAPACITY FOR SELF-DIRECTION, AND ORIGINALITY IN PURSUIT OF A GOAL THAT WILL STRENGTHEN CIVIL SOCIETY.” APPLICANTS MUST ARTICULATE PLAN OF FUTURE EFFORTS TO REALIZE THIS PURPOSE. SENIOR (JANUARY DEADLINE). http://www.isi.org/programs/fellowships/simon.html SOROS FELLOWSHIP: AWARDS TO “NEW AMERICANS”: GRANTS FOR TWO YEARS OF GRADUATE STUDY IN THE U.S. STUDENT MUST BE A RESIDENT ALIEN (HOLD A GREEN CARD), BE NATURALIZED AS A U.S. CITIZEN, OR BE THE CHILD OF PARENTS WHO ARE BOTH NATURALIZED. CANDIDATES APPLY FROM THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF GRADUATE FIELDS (PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC), FROM CREATIVE WRITING AND VOICE TO MEDICINE AND NEUROSCIENCE. MUST DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO U.S. CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. SENIOR OR ALUM IN FIRST OR SECOND YEAR OF GRADUATE SCHOOL, UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE (OCTOBER DEADLINE). http://www.pdsoros.org/ NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIPS, AND PRIZES FOR STUDENTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES—PAGE 4 OF 4 Joy Viveros, fellowshipadvisor@pacific.edu, Rev. 5.1.07 See foundation websites to verify particulars