Scholarships

Office of Distinguished Scholarships Strive

Type of Award

GPA Minimums

Open to Non-US Citizens

Need-Based

Scholarship Subject GPA Minimum Location
Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Hannah Beiter Graduate Student Research Grants

Grants for research in children’s literature criticism related to the dissertation or master’s thesis. The award may be used to purchase supplies and materials (e.g., books, videos, equipment), as research support (photocopying, etc.) or to underwrite travel to special collections or libraries. Funds may not be applied to tuition

Humanities and Fine Arts Unspecified Various Locations
Chinese Language Fellowship Program

The Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP) is a nationwide initiative to support American PhD students in political science with a fellowship of up to $45,000 so that they can devote one year to intensive Chinese language training at an institution of the fellow’s choice, generally in China or Taiwan.

Global Studies & Foreign Language Skills, Public Policy & Social Sciences Unspecified Asia / Australia
Chinese-American Medical Society (CAMS) Scholarship Program

Fellowship for medical and dental students

Professional (Medicine/Law/Business) Unspecified North America
Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship

12-week program at the National Academies in Washington, DC, that engages early-career individuals in the processes that inform U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows are placed in different divisions around the National Academies—such as the Gulf Research Program—where they work with staff and participate in activities designed to help them prepare for a career in science and technology policy at the federal, state, or local level.

Math & Science, Professional (Medicine/Law/Business), Public Policy & Social Sciences Unspecified North America
Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Graduate Fellowship for Research on Pre-Modern Chinese Buddhism

Fellowships support master’s and doctoral student research on pre-modern Chinese Buddhism across a range of disciplines. There is no requirement for residency at the Institute, located in Taipei, Taiwan. Fellowships are for one year.

Humanities and Fine Arts, Public Policy & Social Sciences Unspecified Various Locations
Churchill Scholarship

STEM studies at Cambridge University.

Math & Science 3-4 Europe / UK
City of Chicago Mayor’s Office Summer Fellowship Program

Fellowship for graduate-level students of all academic backgrounds to participate in policy making through hands-on experiences working directly with the Mayor’s Office staff in budgetary, legislative and programmatic areas of city government. Fellows gain a broad understanding of city-level policy making by directly contributing to the executive office of the City of Chicago. The program lasts from mid-June to late-August.

Public Policy & Social Sciences 3-4 North America
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Paul Evan Peters Fellowship

The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship assists students pursuing graduate studies in the information sciences, librarianship, or closely related field, that advance the frontiers of digital information and technology. The fellowship offers two years of support to students at the master’s and doctoral levels

Humanities and Fine Arts, Math & Science, Public Policy & Social Sciences Unspecified North America
Cobell Scholarships for Native Americans

Scholarships support Native American students pursuing degrees at all levels.

Additional Fellowships, Global Studies & Foreign Language Skills, Humanities and Fine Arts, Math & Science, Media & Journalism, Professional (Medicine/Law/Business), Public Policy & Social Sciences Unspecified North America
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Sydney Brenner Research Scholarship in the History of Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Biotechnology.

Scholarships support scholars, historians and writers who study the history of cancer, women in science, molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience, plant biology, the intersection of biology and physics, and other topics relating to the molecular biology revolution. The scholarship is intended to fund travel and other expenses associated with working on the project, including use of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives collections and sources at other locations. The scholarship is for one year

Additional Fellowships, Humanities and Fine Arts, Math & Science, Public Policy & Social Sciences Unspecified North America