Scholarships

The Amelia Earhart Fellowship was established in 1938 in honor of famed pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart. The US$10,000 Fellowship is awarded annually to up to 35 women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences. It may be used at any university or college offering accredited post-graduate courses and degrees in these fields.

awarded to one law student each summer to work on a student-initiated project to strengthen law students’ long-term commitment to promote justice and equality for vulnerable immigrant groups. Students must submit a project proposal with an organization willing to host the student for 10 weeks

The American Academy in Rome offers three fellowships (two in the arts and one in the humanities) for Italian artists and scholars. The Italian Fellows are an integral part of the AAR community. Italian artists and scholars live and work in the Academy community, pursuing their own projects, participating in its collaborative, interdisciplinary environment, and help make connections between Rome Prize Fellows and their Italian peers.

awarded to emerging artists and scholars in the arts and humanities for independent study at the American Academy in Rome where they may expand their own professional, artistic, or scholarly pursuits with the aim to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities.

for graduate students engaged in, or planning to begin, a research project in which diving is used as an important research tool or the research topic is diving science

intended to encourage members of racialized minorities to complete doctoral degrees in anthropology, thereby increasing diversity in the discipline and/or promoting research on issues of concern among minority populations. Dissertation topics in all areas of the discipline are welcome.

supports doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers conducting research on pre-20th century United States history and culture using the Society’s collections. Research must be carried out at the Society in Worcester, MA. The fellowships are for 1-2 months.

supports post-doctoral scholars use of the the AAS library’s resources and collections for research and writing. Fellows are expected to be in regular and continuous residence at the Society in Worcester, MA. They must devote full time to their study and may not accept teaching assignments or undertake any other major activities during the tenure of their award. The fellowships are for four to 12 months.

Entry Point! is a national effort to discover and develop talent among undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who demonstrated a talent and interest in pursuing a STEM career. Entry Point! recruits, screens, and refers qualified candidates to company and university research program partners for 10-week summer internships.

The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage graduate research in grain-based food science and technology. Research in such disciplines as genetics, horticulture, nutrition, microbiology, biochemistry, engineering, or chemistry is not eligible unless it is directly related to the student’s primary research program dealing with grain-based food science and technology-related areas.