Opportunities for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences
 

AMS Mass Media Fellowship      www.ams.org/programs/ams-fellowships/media-fellow
10-week paid summer internship for seniors in math, science, health, or social science. Placement in media organizations, learning to communicate science and technical subjects to the public.  January 15.

Griswold Scholarship, DAR                   www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
$1,000  Undergrad junior or sr; major in history, political science, or economics.  Deadline February.

Communities Foundation of Texas        www.cftexas.org
Student majoring in foreign language

Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows     www.CarnegieEndowment.org
Graduating senior, or graduated in past academic year, with serious career interest in international affairs. One-year paid assistantship at the Carnegie Endowment think tank in international affairs. Background in international affairs, political science, economics, history, Russian, Chinese, or Middle East Studies.  Highly competitive: 8 awarded annually.  SMU may nominate 2.  SMU deadline December.

Center for the Study of the Presidency             www.thepresidency.org
SMU is invited to send one undergraduate annually to the Center's Presidential Fellows Program.  Fellows attend one fall, one spring conference in Washington, D.C. and write an original policy paper on an aspect of the Presidency.  All majors; first-year, sophomores, juniors.  SMU deadline Feb. 1

Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum  www.metmuseum.org/education/er_internship.asp#cloisters_apply
Summer, 6-month, and year-long paid internships for undergrad and grad students in art history, media, editing, and related areas.  Fall app deadlines.

Golden Key Literary Awards                    www.goldenkey.org
$1,000  GK members.  Fiction, poetry, news writing.  March 1

International Public Policy IIPP                                  www.uncfsp.org
Multi-yr support & program for minority students interested in international affairs, public policy and language training.  Apply as sophomore.  Deadline March 15.

Jacob Javits Scholarship                        www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
To $21,000 for graduate study.  Major in the humanities, arts, or social sciences.  Graduating senior or student still in first year of graduate study.  Deadline early October.

Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship                        www.annasobollevyfoundation.org
1 to 2 yrs study at Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  US citzn age <30, major in history, international studies, or political science; career goal diplomacy, international relations, govt or public service. March 1

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund        contact Office of National Fellowships
Full tuition + $18,000/yr stipend, for graduate study in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, law, medicine, engineering or other formal professional training.  US citzn, financial need. Seniors or grad students may apply.  Campus deadline Nov.

Luna Legislative Scholars                        www.tshrc.org
Texas Senate Hispanic Research Council.  Spring semester as full-time staff legislative assistant in office of senator or Lt. Governor. $2,000 monthly stipend. Junior, senior, or recent grad, age 21+.  Deadline Oct.

James Madison Fellowship                    www.jamesmadison.org
To $12,000 per year x 2 yrs.  Graduating senior planning to teach history; to support Masters degree in American History or Political Science.  Deadline March 1.

National Association of Black Journalists        www.nabj.org
To $5,000.   Deadline March 1.

PPIA Fellowship                                              www.ppiaprogram.org
Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA).  Apply in JUNIOR year.  All majors; contributing diversity; planning Master's degree in public policy, public administration, or international affairs, and career in public service with government, public policy institution, nonprofit, humanitarian or international organizations.  Domestic or international issues. Provides junior summer institute and $5,000 to graduate tuition. Nov. 1

Ralph Bunche Summer Internship                    www.apsanet.org
African-American, Latino/a, Native American; citizen; Poli Sci or related major.  5-week intensive summer program preparing for grad study in political science.  Apply in JUNIOR year for summer following.  Early Feb.

Rangel Summer Scholars                            www.howard.edu/rjb/rangelprogram.htm
Apply as SOPH. Toward career in international affairs. Tuition, travel, stipend, r&b to 6-wk summer program.  February

Rangel Fellows                                    www.howard.edu/rjb/rangelprogram.htm
Apply as SENIOR. Toward career in Foreign Service.  To $28,000 per yr toward Master's in international affairs or other relevant to Foreign Service.  Two summer internships: one in Congress, one overseas.  Commitment to 3 yrs as Foreign Service officer. January.

Spain, English TA       www.mec.es/sgci/usa/en/programs/us_assistants/default.shtml
One-year paid assistantship as English (or French) TA in Spain. Rising junior, senior, or recent grad.  Minimum intermediate Spanish required.  Apps open Nov, close March

Thomas Pickering Scholarship        www.woodrow.org/public-policy/undergraduate.php
Sophomore majoring in International Studies, Public Policy, etc. planning diplomatic career in the Foreign Service.  Early February.

Scherer Foundation Scholarship        see website for Karla Scherer Foundation
Undergrad female, major economics or finance, planning career in corporate business.  March 1

APSA Minority Fellows                            www.apsanet.org
Political Science.  For minority students planning first entry to Plsc Ph.D. program.  Citizen; financial need; African-American, Asian Pacific, Latino/a, Native American.  Deadline October.

Scoville Peace Fellowship                        www.scoville.org
Graduating senior.  6-9 month internship in Washington D.C.  Deadline Oct for spring; Feb for fall

Flagship Language                                    www.iie.org/nsep
National Security Education Program.  Graduating senior; for intensive graduate language study in critical languages.  Deadline January.

Bliss Prize, Dumbarton Oaks                    www.doaks.org/Blissprize.html
$45,000    Graduating senior; to support doctoral studies in Byzantine studies.  Deadline November.

Chateaubriand Fellowships to France        www.frenchculture.org
9-month fellowship in France for graduate student pursuing Ph.D.  Deadline December.

USDA Scholarships                                     www.usdascholarships.com
U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Undergraduate and Master's students, all majors.  Full tuition and paid internships.  Must commit to work at USDA.  Deadline April.

U.S. Dept. of State Internships            http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#CEP
Summer, fall, or spring; in Washington D.C. or at embassies overseas; paid or unpaid.  U.S. citizen; apply as a junior, senior, or grad student.  Deadline July 1.

Conservancy of Southwest Florida             www.conservancy.org
Graduating sr, BS or BA preferably environmental policy or natural sciences.  3-9 mo.internships

White House Internships                            www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html
Semester or summer internships.  Undergraduate; citizen.  Deadlines October for spring; March for summer; June for fall.

Elie Wiesel Ethics Prize                                www.eliewieselfoundation.org
$5,000 essay prize.  Undergraduate junior or senior.  Deadline early December.

British Council Scholarships                          www.educationuk.org/
Scholarships for study in the U.K.

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships        http://national-academies.org/fellowships
$20,000 pre-doctoral, graduate studies; to increase diversity on teaching faculties.  US citizen, planning to teach college.  Deadline November.

Kenneth Ashworth Fellowship                        www.collegeforalltexans.com
Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board.  $2,000 to support Master's or doctoral studies in political science, public affairs, social work, urban studies, leading to career in public service.  Texas resident; financial need; planning to work in Texas.  Deadline February.

John L. Carey Scholarship       http://ceae.aicpa.org/Resources/Scholarships+and+Awards/
$5,000  For students with liberal arts undergraduate degrees who will pursue graduate degree in accounting, planning toward CPA exam and certification.  Deadline April 1.

See also:   www.scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/index_page6.htm