Category: Fellowships

Announcing Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award Applications Available

Amy McGlashan / / Education, Fellowships, Graduate School Funding

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 Award will enable up to 15 students with artistic and creative merit and outstanding academic achievement to pursue a graduate degree in the fine arts, performing arts, or creative writing. The award will provide funding for tuition, room and board, required fees, and books, and is renewable for up to three­­­ years.

New this year is a two-phase application process.  Deadline for Phase One of the application is November 28, 2012.  Applicants selected to continue onto Phase Two of the application must be nominated by their undergraduate institution by February 12, 2013.

You can find more information about the scholarship and application materials and instructions on their website:http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-arts-award/.

For direct advising and support regarding the application, contact Amy McGlashan in EIA, x5103 or agibansm@middlebury.edu.

 

Undergraduate Fellowships to Study in Canada

Amy McGlashan / / Education, Fellowships, Study Abroad

Fulbright Canada is proud to inform you that the 2013-2014 competition for the Killam Fellowships Program for undergraduate students is now open! The Killam Fellowships Program is an opportunity for Americans to spend either one semester or a full academic year studying at a university in Canada. The award carries a value of US$5,000 per semester, and includes a health coverage allowance.  Added benefits include two three-day enrichment seminars held in Ottawa, ON and Washington, DC. There is also an opportunity to apply for our Cultural Awareness Program which provides funding to travel within Canada for an additional cultural experience.  Please encourage your best and brightest undergraduate students to apply by visiting the website. Please note that the application deadline for the Open Competition is January 31st, 2013.

If you have any questions about the program or the application process, please do not hesitate to contact:

Michelle Emond

Program Officer / Agente de programme

Fulbright Canada

2015-350 rue Albert Street  Ottawa, ON, Canada K1R1A4

t. 613.688.5513;   f. 613.237.2029;

www.killamfellowships.com

www.fulbright.ca

 

2013 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowships now accepting applications

Amy McGlashan / / Fellowships

The Rangel International Affairs Program is now accepting applications for the 2013 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship.

The Fellowship welcomes applications from young people interested in careers of international service.  For those who want to become Foreign Services Officers in the U.S. Department of State, The Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program provides benefits of up to $90,000 over two years toward a two-year master’s degree, arranges internships on Capitol Hill and at U.S. embassies, and provides professional development and support activities. Fellows may use the fellowship to attend a two-year master’s program in a U.S. institution to study any area of relevance to the Foreign Service, including international relations, public policy, public administration, languages, or business administration. Upon successful completion of the two-year fellowship, Fellows enter the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. Applicants must be college seniors or graduates looking to start two-year graduate programs in fall 2013, must have GPAs of at least 3.2, and be U.S. citizens. The program welcomes any undergraduate major and encourages applications from members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service and those with financial need.  Information and application materials can be found at www.rangelprogram.org.  The application deadline is January 18, 2013.  The Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and managed by Howard University.

 2013 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship

Number of Fellowships Offered:  20

Eligibility Requirements:  U.S. citizenship; GPA of 3.2/4.0; seeking to start two-year relevant grad program in fall 2013

Online Application Opens: October 15  www.rangelprogram.org

Application Deadline:  January 18, 2013

Finalist selected by the end of February

Fellows selected by mid-March

Contact Persons:  Patricia Scroggs (pscroggs@howard.edu) or James McDowell (jrmcdowell@howard.edu) 202-806-4367.