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You should do some research before applying to those scholarships as most have specific requirements. Please visit each website for information about application and the requirements/deadlines.
OISS does not support any specific scholarships but we will be happy to provide you with verification forms and other documents you might need when applying. Good luck!

Complete list of scholarships with descriptions and deadlines.

• American Association of University Women
  Description: American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.
  Deadlines:
  2004-05 Academic Year 
  Applications available: Aug. 1-Nov. 15, 2003 
  Application POSTMARK deadline: Nov. 15, 2003 
  Fellowship year July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005
  
  
• Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO)
  Description: ACT-SO is a yearlong enrichment program designed to recruit, stimulate, improve and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students. The ACT-SO program centers around the dedication and commitment
  Deadlines:
  Local Program
  September: Local Programs kick off their ACT-SO program. 
  September through March/April: Local programs conduct mentoring and local enrichment programs.
  March/April: Programs host their local ACT-SO competitions 
  National Competition
  March/April through July: Students continue their mentorship and enrichment programs to prepare for the National ACT-SO Competition.
  July: The National Competition
  
  
• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  Description: College scholarships are awarded to qualified students with moderate to profound hearing loss to continue their education on undergraduate and graduate levels. Preference is given to undergraduates. Students must demonstrate a serious commitment to academic and career excellence. All fields of study are welcome. 
  Deadlines: Applications are due March 1st.
  
  
• American Foundation for Aging Research
  Description: The fellowship is open for undergraduate, graduate, or pre-doctoral students. Applicants must be actively involved in a specific biomedical or biomedical research project in the field of aging.
  Applications may be obtained from:
  American Foundation for Aging Research
  North Carolina State University Biochemistry Department
  128 Polk Hall
  Raleigh, NC 27695-7622
  Deadlines: no information regarding the deadlines.
  
  
• American Institute for Economic Research
  Description: The Institute awards a dozen or more Summer Fellowships each year to college and university seniors who will be entering a doctoral program in economics or affiliated program (e.g., law and economics, economic history, etc.). We also consider applications from those students enrolled in such programs for no more than two years. The program is not designed for students wishing to pursue graduate work in a business school program (e.g. MBA).
  Deadlines: Applications are due march 31st of the year for which you plan to attend.
  
  
• American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship
  Description: The American Institute of Indian Studies invites applications from scholars from all disciplines who wish to conduct their research in India. Junior fellowships are given to doctoral candidates to conduct research for their dissertations in India for up to eleven months.
  Deadlines: Applications are due July 1st.
  
  
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  Description: The ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship is aimed at highly competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers (Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D) in microbiology. Students will have the opportunity to conduct full time research at their home institution with an ASM member and present research results at the ASM General Meeting the following year. Eligible student candidates for the fellowship must be involved in a research project, and have an ASM member at their home institution willing to serve as the mentor.
  Deadlines: February 1.
  
  
• Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships
  Description: College students have to write an essay about Ayn Ran novel “Atlas Shrugged.” Students can select one of the three proposed topics.
  Deadlines: September 16, 2004.
  
  
• Burger King Scholarship Program
  Deadlines: the website can only be accessed from October 15, 2004 to December 15, 2004
  
  
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
  Description: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations might consider the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.
  Deadlines: December 5, 2003
  
  
• Dr. Gombojab Hangin Memorial Scholarship
  Description: The scholarship is to be given to a student of Mongolian heritage, defined as an individual of Mongolian ethnic origins, who has permanent residence in Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, or the former Soviet Union to pursue studies in the United States of America.
  Applications may be obtained from:
  The Hangin Scholarship Committee
  The Mongolia Society
  322 Goodbody Hall, Indiana University
  Bloomington, Indiana 47405
  Deadlines: No deadlines
  
  
• Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association
  Description: The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is proud to make available the following college scholarships: Academic Scholarship for Undergraduate Students.
  To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must be a current major in a restaurant or foodservice/hospitality program, have proof of restaurant or foodservice-related work experience with a minimum of 750 hours verified by copies of paycheck stubs or letter(s) from employer(s) stipulating number of hours worked. (W-2's are NOT valid proof of hours worked.), and have a letter of recommendation on letterhead from a current/previous employer in the restaurant or foodservice industry. 
  Deadlines: April 30,2004.
  

• Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
  Description: Grants are given in painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture fields. Each grant is $10,000.
  Applications may be obtained from:
  The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
  1814 Sherbrooke Street West Suite #1
  Montreal, Quebec Canada H3H 1E4
  E-Mail: egreen@total.net 
  Deadlines: no deadlines.
  

• GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds
  Description: LULAC Councils will award scholarships to qualified Hispanic students who are enrolled or are planning to enroll in accredited colleges or universities in the United States: Applicants must meet the following criteria to be considered for a scholarship:
  -Must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.
  -Must have applied to or be enrolled in a college, university, or graduate school, including 2-year colleges, excluding vocational schools.
  Deadlines: March 31 of each year.
  
  
• Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
  Description: The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
  Deadlines: August 1 of each year.
  
  
• Hawk Mountain International Internship Program
  Description: Each year, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary offers 12-14 competitive Conservation Science internships to applicants from around the globe. Interns work closely in a mentor-student relationship with at least one senior staff member. Each intern completes an independent project and gains hands-on experience in one of three tracks; research, monitoring or environmental education.
  Deadlines: no deadlines.
  

• Intl Graduate Student Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History
  Description: The program is for international students that wish to study a diversified curriculum in biodiversity, conservation, systematics, and public policy.
  Students are able to choose among numerous offerings of four major universities to create a graduate program. The universities are: City University of New York, Columbia University, Yale University, and Cornell University. Applicants should first contact the Office of Grants and Fellowships to discuss their interests, background, and eligibility for the program.
  Applications may be obtained from:
  Office of Grants and Fellowship
  American Museum of Natural History
  Central Park West @79th Street
  New York, NY 10024-5495
  E-Mail: bynum@amnh.org 
  Deadlines: no deadlines
  
  
• Joint Japan/Worldbank Graduate Scholarship Program
  Description: The Scholarship Program and the Fellowships Program are vehicles for knowledge sharing and capacity building in the developing world. The Programs provide opportunities for graduate studies leading to master's degree in development-related fields for mid-career professionals from the World Bank member countries, eligible to borrow. WBI supplements its training programs through the management of the following two programs:
  The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), solely sponsored by the Government of Japan and
  The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSM Fellowships), co-sponsored by the World Bank and Princeton University.
  Deadlines: March 31, 2004
  
  
• Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund (Interest-free Student Loans)
  Description: LSRPAF grants interest-free student loans to competent persons from Latin American and Caribbean countries, members of the Organization of American States, to assist them to finance their studies or training in an accredited higher education institution in the United States. This is with the understanding that they will return to their countries upon completion of those studies, to give their countries the benefit of their education. 
  Deadlines: no deadlines.
  
  
• Maryland Artists Equity Foundation 
  Description: MAEF awards scholarships to gifted young artists and encourages them to seek careers in the visual arts. Applicants must be high school seniors.
  Deadlines: Scholarship competition
  January 26- Febuary 13, 2004- Slides accepted 
  March 3 - Notification letters mailed by MAEF. Finalists listed at www.maef.org .Urgent- MAEF must disqualify those who do not call or e-mail their acceptance by March 12
  March 27- Finalists' portfolios juried at Faulkner Ridge Center. Artwork selected for exhibition will remain with MAEF from March 27-May-30
  May 6- May-26- Finalist's art exhibition at Howard County Department of Education
  May 26- MAEF Awards Ceremony. Scholarship winners announced.
  
  
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  Description: Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges or universities, or of primary or secondary schools, or independent scholars or writers. Fellowships provide support for projects that can be completed during the tenure of the award, as well as for work that is part of a long-term endeavor. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. 
  Deadlines: Fellowship applications must be submitted between March 1 and the May 1, 2004 deadline (applications and details are available online)
  All applicants will be notified by letter in early December 2004
  
  
• P.E.O. Sisterhood International Peace Scholarship
  Description: One of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
  Deadlines: varies
  
  
• SEG Foundation Scholarship Program
  Description: There are three possible awards. 
  The G.W. Hohmann undergraduate and graduate awards are restricted to students whose course of study is directed toward a degree in geophysics with an emphasis on mining or electrical methods. 
  The Lucien LaCoste award is restricted to a graduate student whose degree is in geophysics with a special emphasis on gravity exploration. 
  The Robert E. Sheriff award and the Margaret S. Sheriff award were recently established to enable a non-U.S. resident to study geophysics at the graduate level at the University of Houston.
  Deadlines: Applications and Supporting Documents Must Be Received by March 1 of the year in which the award is made. All of these documents are available online.
  
  
• Sports Scholarships and Internships
  Description: applies to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically.
  Deadlines: varies.
  

• Sumitro Fellows Program
  Description: The U.S. Indonesia Society is currently inviting applications for travel/study grants from postdoctoral scholars PhD candidates, senior academics, and otherwise professionally qualified candidates to engage in field research in Indonesia on an economic or political-economic topic. 
  Deadlines: Applicants should submit a one-page abstract of the field research contemplated, a budget of anticipated expenditures, a c.v. and two letters of support by September 1st.
  
• The Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  Description: AHRQ provides a variety of funding opportunities designed to support and enhance the education and carreer development of health services researchers. 
  Applications me obtained from:
  The Agency for Health Research and Quality
  2101 East Jefferson Street
  Rockville, MD 20852
  E-Mail: training@ahrq.gov 
  Tel:(301)594-1449 Fax:(301)594-0154
  Deadlines: varies

• The Electrochemical Society, INC Summer Fellowship
  Description: The Goal of the ESSF is to assist a student during the summer months in the pursuit of work in the field of interest to The Electrochemical Society.
  Deadlines:  Call for nominations: August / Nomination Deadline: January
  
• The Explorers Club
  Description: The Youth Activity Fund of the Explorers Club provides grants to high school and college undergraduate students to enable them to participate in field research in the natural sciences under the supervision of a qualified scientist.
  Deadlines: varies
  
  
• The Grass Foundation
  
  
  • Summer Research Fellowships 
    Description: The MBL is pleased to announce the availability of funding for Summer Research Fellowships for junior or senior investigators holding a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree. These prestigious awards provide costs for research and housing, and also enable Fellows to benefit from the rich intellectual and interactive environment of the scientific community at the MBL. 
    Deadlines: January 15 
    
    
  • Albert and Ellen Grass Faculty Grant Program
    Description: The Marine Biological Laboratory is pleased to announce the establishment of the new Albert and Ellen Grass Faculty Grant Program in Neuroscience at the MBL beginning in 2003. 
    Deadlines: January 30 
    
    
  • The Dart Foundation Scholars Program in Learning & Memory
    Description: The Dart Foundation Scholars Program provides funding to pursue research at the Marine Biological Laboratory on the neurobiology of learning and memory. 
    Deadlines: January 30 
    
    
  • The Grass Foundation Fellowships
    Description: Grass Fellowships at MBL permit a group of investigators early in their careers to conduct independent research projects of their own design. While sharing the "Grass Lab", Fellows function as an intellectual and social group within the MBL community. A weekly seminar series provides an opportunity for the Fellows to invite some of the eminent investigators at MBL to discuss their work.
    Deadlines: December 15
    
• The Heather Joy Memorial Scholarship
  Description: This scholarship is open to all students. The award is offered twice a year. 
  Deadlines: The postmarked deadlines are May 1 and November 1. Applicants should submit a 250-word essay, referrals and application (all available online).
  
• The Herb Society of American, INC
  Description: Various awards that deal with the studies of herbs for undergraduate students.
  Deadlines: varies
  
• The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
  Description: Marcus Center fellows are teachers, students, scholars, and practitioners who, both individually and as a group, come to the American Jewish Archives to study some aspect of the American Jewish past.
  Deadlines: The submission deadline for applications is no later than March 18, 2004.
  
  
• The M. Blaha Medical Grant
  Description: This scholarship is open to all students in the medical field and medical related studies (including psychology and veterinarian). The award is offered twice a year. 
  Deadlines: The postmarked deadlines are January 1 and July 1. Applicants should submit a 250-word essay, referrals and application (all available online).
  
  
• The Mary Isabel Sibely Fellowship
  Description: The fellowship is offered for the study of Greek Language, Literature, History, or Archaeology. Candidates must be unmarried women, between 25 and 35 years of age, who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research. They must hold the doctorate or have fulfilled all the requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation.
  Deadlines: varies
  
  
• The Roothbert Scholarship Fund
  Description: This scholarship is open to all students, especially those motivated by spiritual values (but this is not a requirement).
  VERY IMPORTANT--BEFORE YOU CONSIDER APPLYING: Please note that applicant interviews are scheduled on extremely short notice in March and are held in New York, New Haven, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. The Fund will not pay any transportation charges or other costs of applicants who are invited to be interviewed. Persons who live at a significant distance from these cities should reconsider submitting an application, if the expense and time required to travel to any of those cities would be unduly burdensome. No grant is awarded by the Fund without a personal interview. However, submitting an application does not guarantee being invited for an interview, and being invited for an interview does not guarantee a scholarship.
  Deadlines: Applications available from December 1st to January 31st and should be requested between those dates
  Application deadline is February 1st. Awards are announced in late April.
  
  
• The Sinfonia Foundation
  Description: The SF offers a Philanthropy in Music Award to honor exemplary philanthropic support of music in America. Awards are offered every three years, the upcoming year being 2006.
  Deadlines: Begin inquiring in 2005
  
  
• The Soroptimist International Women's Opportunity Award
  Description: Women's Opportunity Awards are designed to give women heads of household, who provide the primary source of financial support for their families, the opportunity to achieve their career goals—an opportunity they have not previously had, whether because of economic or social barriers, or personal circumstances. These awards are for women who are attending, or have been accepted to, a vocational/skills training program, or an undergraduate degree program. Women's Opportunity Awards are cash awards that recipients may use for any expenses related to their educational pursuits. These include tuition and books, housing, child care and transportation. These awards are not scholarships.
  Deadlines: Applications are accepted each year from July 1st until December 1st. Applications received after December 1st and before July 1st will not be considered.
  
  
• The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
  Description: Humanistic studies, doctoral dissertations, public policy and foreign affairs, grants in women’s studies and grants in women’s & children’s health.
  Deadline: varies
  

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