PREPARING FOR GRADUATION

Juniors

Fulbright Program

Available for teaching and research

The Fulbright organization will place you in schools overseas

Generally last between eight and ten months

These placements come with housing (for teaching candidates) and stipends (money!)

For research candidates, the fellowship will give you money for housing

James Madison Fellowship

Fellowship program for students planning to attend graduate school for American History Education, American Government Education, or Social Studies Education

Students must agree to teach in one of these fields for at least a year after receiving scholarship

Fellowship amount: up to 12,000 a year

Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Fellowship for students who are first generation Americans, or whose parents are first generation Americans

Fellowship provides for graduate tuition as well as a stipend

Awards can total up to $90,000 in tuition and living expenses

Boren Foundation Scholarship

Funding opportunities for students to study languages in another country

Languages are limited to those deemed to be languages critical to US national security

Languages include: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili

Up to 30,000 for two years of study

National Science Foundation

Award for students in the STEM fields who are planning on pursuing Master’s or Doctoral Degrees at US institutions supported by the NSF

American Association of University Women

Fellowship given to women in STEM fields as well as architecture

Fellowships are also available to minorities pursuing MBAs, JDs, or MDs

JET Program

Program run through the Japanese government that pays students to teach English in Japan

Rangel International Affairs Program

Fellowship for students planning on entering the foreign service

Pays for graduate program in foreign policy (two years) and two internships: one in DC, one overseas

Recipients must commit to serve as a foreign services officer for at least three years after graduating

Similar program: The Pickering

Also offered: Summer program

SMART

SMART = Science, Math, & Research for Transformation

A scholarship run out of the Department of Defense

Awardees must participate in summer internship with DoD

Awardees must work with DoD after graduation

Must be participating in major in STEM

Truman Scholarship

Scholarship for campus “change agents” who are planning to work in government, education, or the non-profit or public sector

Covers tuition for up to $30,000 for graduate school

Applied for in junior year

Pickering Foreign Affairs Scholarship

Up to $40,000 for senior year of undergrad and first year of grad

Two paid internship with state department

Recipients must agree to serve as foreign services officer for three years after graduate school

Apply in your junior year

Udall Scholarship

Tuition scholarship awarded to sophomore and junior level students

Awarded to students who are pursuing careers in the environment OR Native American students pursuing careers related to tribal policy or Native American healthcare

Yale Pre-MBA

Two week summer program for populations under-represented in business

Works with students on management and leadership skills

Great opportunity for students considering an MBA

NASA MUST

10-week Summer internship offered through NASA

PaidMust be member of

underrepresented group (women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities)

Must be a STEM majorNASA also offers

scholarships

Yale Pre-MBA

Two week summer program for populations under-represented in business

Works with students on management and leadership skills

Great opportunity for students considering an MBA

What do I do now?

Take advantage of on campus opportunities

Continue to take leadership positions

Look for opportunities and announcements from honor

Look for your own opportunities, and let us know how we can help you.