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Descriptions of Major Competitive Scholarships & Fellowships
Fulbright
Provides recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Recipients plan year-long programs, which may include university coursework, independent research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, or special projects in the social or life sciences. Also includes opportunities to teach English in non-English speaking countries.
Campus representative: Dr. Nancy Freudenthal, Office of Academic Affairs, x2720, freudent@tcnj.edu
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Gates Cambridge
Supports either postgraduate study or a second bachelor's degree at Cambridge University (UK). It is anticipated that Gates Cambridge Scholars will become leaders in helping to address global problems related to health, equity, technology, and learning - areas in which the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has particular interest.
Website: http://www.gatesscholar.org/
Goldwater
Provides a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships of up to $7,500 to college students who intend to pursue graduate degrees and research careers in these fields. Sophomores may apply for two-year awards for undergraduate study and juniors may apply for one-year awards.
Campus representative: Dr. Donald Lovett, Biology Department, x2876, lovett@tcnj.edu
Website: www.act.org/goldwater
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
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he Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program awards approximately 65 scholarships to seniors and recent graduates planning to attend graduate school for the first time starting this fall.Each award covers a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, required fees, and books for the graduate degree chosen. The amount and duration of awards vary by student based on the cost of attendance and the length of the graduate program as well as other scholarships or grants received. The maximum available per student per year of study is $50,000 and the maximum length is six years.
Only two students may be nominated by the college each year, and so a competitive selection process is used on campus to choose those nominees.
Website: www.jckf.org
Campus representative: Dr. Nancy Freudenthal, Office of Academic Affairs, x2720, freudent@tcnj.edu
Javits
For students who demonstrate: 1) superior ability and achievement; 2) exceptional promise; and 3) financial need. Provides support for graduate study in selected fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to the doctoral degree or to the master's degree when that degree is the highest level terminal degree in the field. Eligible candidates will be entering graduate school during the next academic year or be in their first year of graduate study.
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsjavits/index.html
Madison
Fellowships for graduate study at the master's level of the principles, framing, and history of the U.S. Constitution for teachers of American history, American government, and social studies in grades 7-12 and for college seniors and college graduates who plan to become secondary school teachers of these subjects.
Campus representative: Dr. Daryl Fair, Political Science Department, x2745, fair@tcnj.edu
Web site: www.jamesmadison.com
Marshall
Brings to the United Kingdom for two years of graduate study intellectually distinguished young Americans who will one day become leaders, opinion formers and decision makers in their own country.
Campus representative: Dr. Adam Knobler, History Department, x2204, knobler@tcnj.edu
Web site: www.marshallscholarship.org
National Science Foundation
Three-year graduate fellowships for study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in science, mathematics, and engineering. Other eligible fields include: computer science, psychology (including cognitive, neuroscience, developmental, experimental, industrial/organizational, perception, personality, quantitative, and social), sociology, anthropology, and political science. Includes Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science awards.
Website: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowships for up to two years of graduate study are made to “new Americans” in the following categories: 1) a resident aliens (i.e., holders of a Green Card); 2) a naturalized U.S. citizen; or 3) a child of two parents who are both naturalized U.S. citizens. Fellowships provide a maintenance grant of $20,000 and a tuition grant of one-half of the tuition cost of a U.S. graduate program. Study may be in any professional field or any scholarly discipline in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Fine and Performing Arts.
Website: www.pdsoros.org
Rhodes
Two-year scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University. Intellectual distinction is a necessary but not a sufficient condition; candidates also must show excellence in qualities of mind and in qualities of person which, in combination, offer the promise of effective service to the world in the decades ahead.
Campus representative: Dr. Adam Knobler, History Department, x 2204, knobler@tcnj.edu
Website: www.rhodesscholar.org
Rotary
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships can support: 1) one year of study abroad; 2) two years of degree-oriented study in another country; or 3) three months of intensive language study and cultural immersion. The primary objective is "to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries."
Website: http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/index.html
Truman
For students who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service, and wish to attend graduate or professional school to help prepare for their careers. To be used for the senior year of college and up to three years of graduate study.
Campus representative: Dr. John Sisko, Honors Program, x2337, sisko@tcnj.edu
Website: www.truman.gov
Udall
One-year scholarships for undergraduates who intend to pursue careers related to the environment and to Native American and Alaska Native undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in health care and tribal public policy.
Campus representative: Prof. David Rose, Biology Department, x 2875, drose@tcnj.edu
Website: www.udall.gov
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