Opportunities for SMU graduating seniors  (graduate study; study abroad; internships)

Fellowships for graduate study

Flagship Language, NSEP                  www.iie.org/nsep       
National Security Education Program. All direct expenses for two years’ intensive and immersion study in critical languages (Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, Farsi, Russian) for students who have proficiency in those languages.  Generally, one year in U.S. and one year overseas.  Senior; U.S. citizen; commitment to work in federal national security arena. 

Jacob Javits                 www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Senior or grad student in first year of grad study; pursuing highest terminal degree; in humanities (60% of awards), arts (20%), or social sciences (20%).  U.S. citizen or permanent resident.  Full tuition and fees plus $21,000 stipend, renewable to max 4 yrs.

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.

Madison                      www.jamesmadison.com
Senior, U.S. citizen, planning to teach American history, government, or social studies grades 7-12.  Up to $24,000 over two years for graduate study to Master’s.

Marshall                      www.marshallscholarship.org            
Scholarships cover tuition, fees, travel, books, living stipend for 2 years’ graduate study at any university in the U.K.  Up to 40 awarded annually. Senior; US citizen; any major; 3.70 after freshman yr; distinction of intellect and character, leadership, scholarly attainment, contributions to community.

Mitchell                       www.us-irelandalliance.org
Scholarship provides tuition, housing, travel, living expenses for one year post-graduate study in Ireland.  Senior; U.S. citizen; any major; academic excellence, intellectual distinction; outstanding leadership record; sustained and demonstrated commitment to service and community.  Highly competitive; 12 awarded annually.

Pickering Foreign Affairs            www.woodrow.org/public-policy/graduate.php
Provides tuition, room & board, summer internships, travel (to set maximum) for students planning to enter Foreign Service and applying to Master's programs in: International Affairs, Foreign Languages, Public Policy, Political Science, Sociology, Economics.  US citizen; GRE scores; commitment to serve 3 yrs as Foreign Service Officer. Deadline early Feb.

Rangel Fellows                                    www.howard.edu/rjb/rangelprogram.htm
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.  Deadline January.

Rhodes                        www.rhodesscholar.org
Scholarship for two years’ post-graduate study at Oxford.  Tuition, fees, living allowance, travel.  Senior; U.S. citizen, exceptional intellectual achievement, integrity of character, leadership.  Highly competitive; 32 awarded annually.

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

AIGC Accenture                www.aigc.org
$20,000 Amer. Indian, financial need, starting grad work in medicine, law, engnrg.  Deadline June 1.

Bliss Prize Fellowship            www.doaks.org/Blissprize.html
To $45,000.  For doctorate in Byzantine studies.  Deadline November 1.

Bridges College Scholarship                    www.cftexas.org
To $15,000 per year for graduates of accredited Texas high schools or foreign nationals who have legally resided in Texas for 12 months prior to application; financial need.  Deadline April 1.

CORO Fellows                     www.coro.org
Highly competitive.  Two-year internship for young professionals planning careers in public affairs.  January

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

Conservancy of Southwest Florida                    www.conservancy.org
Graduating senior, BS or BA preferably in environmental science, environmental policy, or natural science.  3-,6-,9-month internships.

DAR, Medical School Fellowship            www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
$5,000    Senior accepted to medical school.  Deadline April.

Fortescue, Electrical Engineering            www.ieee.org
$24,000    Permanent resident; EE degree.  Toward M.S.E.E.

GEM, Minority science/engineering            www.gemfellowship.org
Full graduate tuition, stipend, and internship; to GEM schools. Citizen; minority; sci/engrg.  Nov 1

Golden Key Scholarships                www.goldenkey.org
For graduate study.  GK members
   Education Award -- to $2,000.  March 1
   Business Award -- to $2,000.   March 1
   Graduate Scholar Award -- $10,000. Grad study anywhere in world.  January 15
   Council of Advisors Award - $10,000. Grad study anywhere in world. January 15

Google, Anita Borg Scholarship                www.google.com/anitaborg
$10,000    Female, CSE major, 3.50+.  Deadline January.

Google, UNCF                                www.uncf.org/scholarships/
To $5,000    African-American, computer science or computer engineering.  Deadline May.

Griswold Scholarship, DAR            www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
$1,000    Toward study in history, political science, or economics.  Deadline February.

Hesselbein Global Leaders Fellowship        www.hesselbein.pitt.edu
One-year full-time paid externship abroad under guidance of an international leader, to graduating senior who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the greater community.  App opens October.

Hertz Foundation                        www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/Fellowships/
Full tuition toward Ph.D. in physics, chem, geol, math, engineering, at selected schools. Deadline Sept.

Knowles Teaching Fellowship: Math, Science                www.kstf.org
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation.  To $150,000 over 5 yrs for those intending to teach high school science or math in the U.S., tuition/stipend support to enroll in secondary teacher credential program.  Requires BA or BS in science, math, or engineering. Apps open Sept 15

Minority Corporate Counsel Association        www.uncf.org/scholarships/
$10,000 toward law school tuition.  Minority student.  Deadline June 1.

National Defense Graduate Fellowships        www.asee.org/ndseg
Tuition + $30,000 stipend toward Ph.D.  Citizen.  Deadline January.

National Medical Fellowships            www.nmf-online.org/Programs/MeritAwards
Graduating senior accepted to medical school.

NIH Oxford/Cambridge Scholars        http://gpp.nih.gov/Applicants/ProspectiveStudents
Full tuition, stipend, travel for MD/PhD, two years at NIH, two years at Oxford. 

National Physical Science Consortium        www.npsc.org/students/info.html
$16,000 per yr for grad study in physics, engineering.  Deadline November.

NSF (GRFP)                                                www.nsf.gov/grfp
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Support for 3 yrs graduate study. Nov 1

Physical Therapy Scholarship, DAR            www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
$500.  Financial need; accepted to graduate Physical Therapy program.  Deadlines February and August.

Scoville Peace Fellowship                    www.scoville.org
Stipend for 6-9 month internship in Washington DC.  Deadlines October for spring and February for fall.

Serrano Diplomatic Scholarship to Vienna                www.fulbrightonline.org/us
Tuition, room&board, travel to Latino graduating senior, to one-yr program at the Diplomatic Academic of Vienna, Austria.  Language proficiency required.  Apply through Fulbright; SMU deadline Sept. 28.

Soros Fellowship for New Americans            www.pdsoros.org
$20,000 per yr + 1/2 of graduate tuition.  Highly competitive.  Resident aliens who immigrated, or both parents immigrated, to the U.S.; starting into their first graduate work.  Deadline November 1.

Space Scholars                                www.vw.afrl.af.mil/SpaceScholars
Air Force research internship.  Citizen; science/engineering major.  Deadline January.

White House Internships                    www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html
Semester or summer internships.  Citizen.  Deadlines October, March, and June.

Xerox Technical Minority Scholarships        www.xerox.com   search "scholarship"
To $10,000.  Minority; chem, physics, engineering.   Deadline September.

Elie Wiesel Ethics Prize                    www.eliewieselfoundation.org
$5,000   essay prize.  Deadline December 1.

Opportunities abroad

Rhodes, Mitchell, Marshall, and Flagship Language  (see above)

Fulbright                                           www.fulbrightonline.org
Senior or graduate student, U.S. citizen, any major, language proficiency.  Funding for one year of study abroad.  Also possible:  English teaching TA (Germany, Spain, Korea, Indonesia, etc.)

French Government Teaching Assistantship                 www.frenchculture.org
Paid internship teaching English to elementary-school students in France.  Deadline December 1.

Humanity in Action                                www.humanityinaction.org
4-week international summer intensive internships in American-European human rights, diversity, and minority-population issues.  Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, U.S.  Deadline December 1 and ff.

JET, Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program            www.us.emb-japan.go.jp
also link  www.JETProgramme.org   One year English teaching assistantship or coordinating international relations.  Language proficiency is advantageous, not required.  Deadline November.

Gates Cambridge Scholars
Graduating senior; full expenses for graduate study at Cambridge.

Asia Pacific Leadership Program                www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp
Tuition toward 9-month graduate certificate program in regional expertise and leadership, at University of Hawaii.  Deadline February.

Boren, NSEP                                  www.iie.org/nsep
Fellowships up to $30,000 for overseas and domestic study up to two years studying world regions critical to U.S. interests.  U.S. citizen, accepted to U.S. graduate program, planning to study a particular world region and language; commitment to work in federal national security arena. 

Critical Languages Scholarships          www.caorc.org/language
Intensive summer program to learn “critical” language (Chinese, Bengali, Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Urdu…) U.S. citizen; all majors.  All direct program costs covered.

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 in diplomacy, international relations, govt or public service.  Deadline March 1

Rotary Ambassador                             www.rotary.org
Undergrad or grad student, citizen, any major, language proficiency.  Funding for one year abroad.

British Council Scholarships                    www.educationuk.org/
Scholarships to study at universities in the U.K.

American-Scandinavian Foundation             www.amscan.org
To $20,000 for year fellowships, $4,000 for study visits one to three months.  Advanced study/research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.  Citizen or perm res; well-defined research project; some language proficiency expected; general priority to advanced graduate students.  Deadline November 1.

Scholarships to London School of Economics        www.aflse.org/scholarships.html

Whitaker International Fellowship            www.whitakerawards.org
Academic year abroad.  Graduating senior with B.S. in biomedical engineering.  Deadline January.

ORSAS, graduate research                        www.orsas.ac.uk
(For research only, not coursework programs)

CDS International Internships                www.cdsintl.org
Internships (for example, 3 months in German Bundestag, or 9 months working in Student Services in a German university; also internships in Argentina, Spain, etc.) or help with work authorizations to Germany or Switzerland.

BUNAC                                                    www.bunac.org
Helps to arrange "work holiday" visas to work short-term abroad. (Not a scholarship program)
 

Internships

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.

City Hall Fellows                                      www.cityhallfellows.org
Graduating senior, or first year out. 12-month paid internship in city government, Houston or San Francisco.  Deadline February.

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.

Families USA                                            www.familiesusa.org
Graduating or graduated senior:  Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice -- one-yr full-time salaried position in Wash.D.C. office, to improve health coverage for low-income families.  Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice -- one-yr full-time salaried position, health care advocacy for communities of color.  Deadline January.

Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting        www.kff.org/mediafellows
12-week summer internship. Graduating senior, to specialize in covering health issues affecting diverse and immigrant communities. Previous newsroom experience essential. Priority to bilingual or bicultural journalists.  Deadline Dec.

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.

USGA                                                        www.usga.org
U.S. Golf Association, non-profit sector.  All majors.  $30,000 paid fellowship as member of USGA grant-making staff.  Two-year commitment, extensive travel.  Deadline early January.