Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at universities in the UK. The Chevening programme began in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious [...]

Truman Scholarship Program             Open to Juniors                Middlebury Deadline: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 The Truman Scholarship Program provides funding for graduate or professional study for students with interests in careers in public affairs and public service. The Truman Scholarship recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the [...]

Beinecke Scholarship Program                  Open to Juniors               Middlebury Deadline: Friday, January 11, 2013 The Beinecke Scholarship provides substantial scholarships for graduate study for students of exceptional promise.  The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of [...]

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is pleased to announce the launching of the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award to help cultivate the next generation of great artists and writers.  This award, worth up to $50,000 per year, will recognize and reward the most promising up-and-coming artists and writers from lower-income backgrounds. The Graduate Arts [...]

Now that the mad rush of fellowships in the fall has past, I want to throw the spotlight on the upcoming opportunities in December/January.  So let’s start with the Beinecke! The Beinecke provides $34,000 in funding toward graduate study (MA and PhD programs) in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Who can apply? JUNIORS (that [...]