Author: Amy McGlashan

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Graduate Arts Award enables students or recent alumni with exceptional artistic or creative promise and financial need to pursue up to three years of study at an accredited graduate institution in the US or abroad.  Awards can be as much as $50,000 annually.  In 2013, the Foundation will select up to 15 recipients for this award.

The award provides funding for tuition, room and board, required fees, and books.  Scholarship amounts vary based on several factors, including cost at the institution each recipient attends and other grants and scholarships the student receives.

MINIMUM ELIGiBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Jack Kent Cooke Scholars possess exceptional academic records and demonstrate unmet financial need. At a minimum, each candidate for the Graduate Arts Award must have:

• Senior standing or have graduated from an accredited four-year US college or university within the past five years.
• A cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 3.20 or better on a scale of 4.0 (or the equivalent).
• Demonstrated unmet financial need.
• A bachelor’s degree by the start of the fall 2013 semester.
• Plans to begin their first graduate degree program in the performing arts, visual arts, or creative writing at an accredited college or university in the fall of 2013.
• Not have been previously nominated for the Graduate Arts Award.

While the Foundation considers artistic and creative merit first in evaluating candidates, competitive applicants must also demonstrate significant unmet financial need, which has two components:

• Education costs that are appreciably greater than the total amount of other grants or scholarships the applicant receives.
• Insufficient student and family income to meet educational costs

Phase One deadline is November 28, 2012 (closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time)

Materials to be submitted:

• Portfolio with descriptions and a summary
• Short application including demographics, GPA, and other basic information
• Financial information comprising of the last three years’ AGI for yourself and for your parent(s) if you are under 30 years of age

If you are selected as a semifinalist based on the Phase One application, you will be invited to submit additional information in Phase Two of the application process.

For more information regarding your application and how to apply, go to: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-arts-award/how-to-apply/

For advice and guidance on preparing your application, contact Amy McGlashan in the EIA Fellowships office, x5103 or agibansm@middlebury.edu.

Gates Cambridge will host an outreach event in Washington D.C from 2pm to 3:30pm on Thursday 31 January 2013.

The event will include a brief welcome from the Provost, an overview of the Scholarship programme from Jim Smith, Executive Officer, a section dedicated to the interview process led by three interview panel chairs, and an alumni panel which will share their own Gates Cambridge experiences.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s office in D.C. has kindly agreed to host this event.

While the event is primarily aimed at Fellowship Advisors and similar institutional representatives, there are limited spaces for students interested in applying for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.  If you would like to attend please complete the form using the link below, no later than 3 December 2012:

 http://tinyurl.com/ccsuot6

Attendees will be sent full information about the event (including a final schedule and exact location) in December.

 

 

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness…”

–Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad

$500 – 2,500

 The Mark Twain Awards for Travel support deserving students who wish to enrich their education through exposure to people and places they would otherwise not encounter. Once awarded, the funds are unrestricted and can be used towards any local or international travel of any duration. Awards range between $500-$2,500. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early submissions are strongly encouraged.

To apply, take a few seconds to create a username and password at letterbanc.com and then copy this link into your browser: http://www.letterbanc.com/submissions.  You will be asked to submit a brief 250 word statement and some additional information.  Finalists will be invited to share further details about their plans.

Eligibility

Any currently enrolled freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in any major

• A graduate student in a masters, doctoral, or professional degree program
• A recent college graduate who completed coursework less than 2 years ago
• All applicants will be considered equally on the merits of their proposed travel regardless of affiliation or memberships

 The Mark Twain Awards are brought to you by Mortar Board, the premier national honor society recognizing college seniors for superior achievement in scholarship, leadership and service since 1918, and by Letterbanc, the leading application platform for academic awards, admissions, and employment.

Best of luck with the application, and in the spirit of Mark Twain, happy travels! 

*Decisions will be made by the selection committee on a rolling basis throughout the 2012-2013 academic year.  A formal press release naming successful applicants will be released in June 2013.  The number of awardees and exact amount of money awarded will depend on the quality of applications and funds available.

Over the past ten years, The Rotary Foundation has provided over 700 future peace leaders with peace and conflict resolution education and field experience at Rotary Peace Centers around the world.  Each year, up to 100 fellows are selected in a globally competitive process based on personal, academic, and professional achievements. Fellows earn a master’s-level degree or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at one of six Rotary Peace Centers at leading universities in Australia, England, Japan, the United States, Sweden and Thailand. Our alumni work all over the world with organizations ranging from grassroots peace initiatives in Africa to the United Nations.

The Rotary Foundation provides fellows with funding to cover the required tuition and fees, room and board, travel to and from the study city, books and supplies, and an applied field experience.

For more information, please visit the Rotary Website or contact:

Niki Fritz

Rotary Peace Centers Program Assistant

Rotary Peace Centers

The Rotary Foundation

Tel: +1 (847) 866-3307

Fax: +1 (847) 556-2141

Niki.Fritz@Rotary.org