Scholarships

Early career faculty and up to two students from Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) are selected as teams to participate in the Summer Research Team Program. The team conducts research at one of the twelve U.S. Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence and their partners for ten weeks during the summer. The program is designed to provide research opportunities to increase and enhance the scientific leadership at MSIs in research areas that support the mission and goals of the Department. Stipend included. Security clearance required.

Scholarships support graduate students in the DE technology areas of High Energy Laser (HEL) and High Power Microwave Technologies (HPMT). The traditional academic disciplines involved in DE research include, but are not limited to, physics, electrical engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials sciences, optical sciences, optical engineering, and aerospace engineering. The scholarship offers support for one year.

Grants support research on leadership in the Congress, both House and Senate. Topics could include external factors shaping the exercise of congressional leadership, institutional conditions affecting it, resources and techniques used by leaders, or the prospects for change or continuity in the patterns of leadership. Additional topics include: congressional procedures, such as committee operation or mechanisms for institutional change; Congress and the electoral process; and the creation, implementation, and oversight of public policy. Proposals must demonstrate that Congress, not the specific policy, is the central research interest. The award may be used for research expenses, such as travel to conduct research, duplication of research material, purchase of data sets, and costs of clerical, secretarial, research, or transcription assistance. The Center does not require grant recipients to use historical materials in its collections

The University of Chicago is offering talented individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations an expenses-paid opportunity to explore graduate education at the University of Chicago. Join us for a weekend of graduate admissions workshops, presentations by world-renowned faculty and their graduate students, and informal socials. Receive advice on submitting a competitive application to graduate programs and learn how to develop your own career as a scientist, academic, or professional.

Spend two consecutive summers at one of five universities that offer experiential learning and internships in the conservation field. Program offers stipend, housing, and living expenses. Members of underrepresented socio-cultural or geographic groups are encouraged to apply.

Two years of $30,000 fellowships for students pursuing research and writing dissertations that promote child well-being

The Dorot Fellowship chooses fellows to live in Israel, where they sharpen the characteristics and skills, acquire the experience, and broaden the networks required for Jewish leadership in the 21st Century through both individual and communal learning experiences. Each Fellow devises a Personal Learning Program, comprised of formal and experiential learning and volunteer activities concentrated in four areas: Language, Jewishness, Israel and Leadership Development. Fellows and Educators exist in a Collaborative Learning Community developing and executing a communal learning agenda to assist Fellows with their personal learning goals.Upon their return from Israel, Fellows participate in the Dorot Fellowship Network.

“Dream Out Loud” Scholarships provide post-secondary education scholarships to current and future artists in the LGBTQ community. Up to 4 awards at $1000 each are awarded yearly.

Fellowships support research using the Drexel University College of Medicine Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine. In addition to materials related to the history of the Woman’s Medical College/Medical College of Pennsylvania, the collections have particular strengths in the history of women in medicine, nursing, medical missionaries, the American Medical Women’s Association, American Women’s Hospital Service, and other women in medicine organizations. The majority of the collections fall within the period 1850 to the present. The fellowship offers support for 4-6 weeks.

Scholarship support second- and third-year law students who come from populations or backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity in the profession . The scholarship offers support for one year.