The information listed below is taken directly from the scholarship/fellowship website. However, updates may have occurred following the posting of this information and, as such, it should be viewed as tentative and subject to change. Please check the scholarship/fellowship website directly for the most up to date information, eligibility guidelines, and due dates.

The Astronaut Scholarship:
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was originally created as the Mercury Seven Foundation in 1984 by the six surviving Mercury Seven astronauts. The Foundation was created to ensure that the United States would maintain its leadership in science and technology in the future by supporting promising students in engineering and the physical sciences. This scholarship provides approximately $8,500 dollars to support either undergraduate or graduate research.
Eligibility: 1) U.S. citizenship 2) Scholarship recipients are engineering or physical science students with intentions to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degrees. 3) You must be a junior, senior or graduate student 4) Recipients must be nominated by faculty or staff in their department.
Deadline for Application: Please contact Amy Griffin.
Contact Person: Amy Griffin (529-0390; griffiae@muohio.edu).
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Beinecke Scholarship:
The Beinecke Scholarship program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduated course of study. Since 1975 the program has selected more than 410 college juniors from 97 different schools for support during graduate study at any accredited university. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school.
Eligibility: 1) You must be a college junior 2) Plan to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences 3) Have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during your undergraduate years
Deadline for Application: March 1, 2008
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-0487; ruderj@muohio.edu).
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Carnegie Junior Fellows:
Junior Fellows provide research assistance to Associates working on the Carnegie Endowment’s projects such as non-proliferation, democracy building, international economics, China-related issues and Russian/Eurasian studies. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, co-author journal articles and policy papers, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, activists, journalists and government officials.
Eligibility: Applicants must be graduating seniors or students who have graduated during the last academic year. No one who has started graduate studies is eligible for consideration. You must also be eligible to work in the U.S.
Deadline for Application: January 15, 2008
Contact Person: Leah Reynolds (529-0252; reynollb@muohio.edu).
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Fulbright:
The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
Eligibility: 1. Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application 2. Preference will usually be given to candidates who have not resided or studied in the country to which they are applying for more than six months. 3.Applicants must hold a B.A. degree or the equivalent before the beginning date of the grant. 4. Applicants must have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of the host country to communicate with the people and to carry out the proposed study. 5. Grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory Certificate of Health from a physician.
Deadline for Application: October 20, 2008
Contact Person: David J. Keitges (216 MacMillan; 529-5628, keitgedj@muohio.edu).
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Gates Cambridge Scolarship:
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship for students to pursue a graduate degree or a second bachelor's degree at the University of Cambridge. The scholarships are for one to three years, with a possible extension to a fourth year. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers university and college fees, maintenance allowance sufficient for a single student, contribution towards return airfare, other discretionary allowances, contribution to colleges for a mentoring program. If a student is successful in obtaining a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for a one year master's program, the student can then apply for further funding for a higher degree.
Eligibility: There will be approximately 40 scholarships awarded to students from the U.S. Non-U.S. citizens studying in the U.S. will be considered in the U.S. applicant pool. Applicants from any country other than the U.K. are eligible. Students must have completed a bachelor's degree before beginning study at Cambridge. Candidates will be expected to have excellent transcripts showing evidence of sustained achievement, together with strong academic references.
Deadline for Application: Please contact Dr. Timothy Melley
Contact Person: Dr. Tim Melley (melleytd@muohio.edu).
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Joanna Joackson Goldman Memorial Prize:
One of the largest undergraduate awards in the nation, the Goldman Prize provides support to nourish independent student scholarship and creative activity. Recipients of the prize might use the stipend to compose music, write a work of fiction, conduct scientific or historical research, or gather material for a work on American civilization. It is expected that as a result of this experience, recipients of the prize will contribute to the community of scholarship and creative achievement. The award winner will be supported for a year to carry out independently designed projects in scholarship, journalism, or the arts. Students may use the support to undertake incidental academic work related to their projects (e.g. completing a seminar in musical theory as part of a year-long plan to write an opera); however, the prize is not to be used for fulltime graduate study. The intention of the prize is to give students with exceptional promise the rare luxury of pursuing ideas and activity that will enrich their later work and careers.
Eligibility: To be eligible for the prize, a student must be a Miami University senior and have compiled an outstanding academic record, demonstrated a capacity for independent work, and sown creative initiative in some field of scholarship or the arts.
Deadline for Application: November 17, 2008
Contact Person: John Forren (529-6298; forrenjp@muohio.edu).
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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship:
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship will award undergraduate scholarships to outstanding students, to be known as Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, in the spring of 2009 for use during the 2009-2010 academic year. The awards will be made on the basis of merit to two groups of students -- those who will be college juniors and those who will be college seniors in the 2009-2010 academic year -- who have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Eligibility: Applicant must be a full-time sophomore or junior (planning one or two more years of full-time undergraduate study), a U.S. citizen, resident alien or U.S. national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and in the upper quarter of their class (usually a minimum 3.5 GPA)
Deadline for Application: Please speak with Dr. Phyllis Callahan
Contact Person:Amy Griffin (529-0390; griffiae@muohio.edu).
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Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship:
The mission of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education.  We focus in particular on scholarships for outstanding individuals with financial need.  This program awards scholarships worth up to $50,000 each to college seniors or recent graduates to attend graduate or professional programs.
Eligibility: Applicants must be sophomores at the time of application and they must demonstrate strong leadership skills and a committment to volunteerism and public service. Due to the amount of the scholarship, applicants must have the highest academic standing. All applicants must demonstrate a high level of achievement as described by superior grades, academically rigorous courses, and participation in challenging extra-curricular activities.
Deadline for Application: March 2008
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-3399; ruderj@muohio.edu).
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Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program:
The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated (1) superior academic ability and achievement; (2) exceptional promise; and (3) financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree in the selected field of study. The Department of Education awards fellowships in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences. Twenty percent of the fellowships shall be awarded in the social sciences, twenty percent in the arts, and sixty percent in the humanities. A minimum of sixty percent of the awards shall be made to students who have no graduate credits.
Eligibility: Fellowships can be offered to individuals who at the time of application have not yet completed their first full year of doctoral program or a master's degree program (terminal degree for the field of study) or are entering graduate school for the first time in the next academic year.
Deadline for Application: Early October 2008
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-3399; ruderj@muohio.edu).
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James Madison Fellowships:
Junior Fellowships are awarded to students who are about to complete, or have completed, their undergraduate course of study and plan to begin graduate work on a full-time basis. Junior Fellows have two years to complete their degree. The fellowships are intended exclusively for graduate study leading to a master’s degree. James Madison Fellows may attend any accredited institution of higher education in the United States. Each individual entering the James Madison Fellowship Program will be expected to pursue and complete a master’s degree in one of the following (listed in order of the Foundation's preference): (1) Master of Arts (MA) in American history or in political science (also referred to as "government and politics" or as "government"); (2) Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) concentrating on either American Constitutional history (in a history department) or American government, political institutions, and political theory (in a political science department); or (3) Master of Education (MEd) or the Master of Arts or Master of Science in Education with a concentration in American history or American government, political institutions, and political theory.
Eligibility: Each individual entering the James Madison Fellowship Program will be expected to pursue and complete a master’s degree in one of the following (Listed in order of preference): Master of Arts degree (MA) in American history or in political science, Master of Arts in Teaching degree (MAT) concentrating on either American Constitutional history (in a history department) or American government, political institutions and political theory (in a political science department); Master of Education degree (MEd) or the Master of Arts or Master of Science in Education, with a concentration in American history or American government, political institutions, and political theory.
Deadline for Application: Please contact Dr. Ryan Barilleaux
Contact Person: Leah Reynolds (529-0252; reynollb@muohio.edu).
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Marshall Scholarships :
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study either at graduate or occasionally undergraduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. The scheme allows the Scholars, who are the potential leaders, opinion-formers and decision-makers in their own country, to gain an understanding and appreciation of British values and the British way of life. It also establishes long-lasting ties between the peoples of Britain and the United States. Each scholarship is held for two years.
Eligibility: Open only to United States citizens who (by the time they take up their Scholarship) hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7. To qualify for awards tenable from October 2009, candidates must have graduated from their undergraduate college or university after April 2006.
Deadline for Application: Early October of year preceding tenure
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-0487; ruderj@muohio.edu).
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The George Mitchell Scholarships:
The George J. Mitchell Scholarships are intended to familiarize and connect the next generation of American leadership with the island of Ireland. These Scholarships support one year of graduate study in any discipline offered by an institution of higher learning in Ireland or Northern Ireland. Scholars must be enrolled in a degree or certificate program offered at the institution. Mitchell Scholars must exhibit superior records of academic excellence, leadership and public service. Strong, demonstrated achievements in all three areas are required.
Eligibility: Applicants for the Mitchell Scholarships must be U.S. citizens, aged eighteen or over but not yet thirty on October 1 in the year of application. They must also have academic standing sufficient to assure completion of a Bachelor's degree before they begin study under the Mitchell Scholarship.
Deadline for Application: October 6, 2008
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-0487; ruderj@muohio.edu).
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National Security Education Program:
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) is a unique scholarship opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. Created in 1991, NSEP awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. NSEP was designed to provide American undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for a commitment to seek work in the federal government. As students of other cultures and languages, NSEP Scholars begin to acquire the international competence needed to communicate effectively across borders, to understand other perspectives, and to analyze increasingly fluid economic and political realities. Language study must be a critical part of the student’s study plan.
Eligibility: The applicant must be a U.S. citizen at the time of application, matriculated at any level into an accredited University, and applying to engage in a study abroad experience that ends before the student graduates.
Deadline for Application: February 11, 2009
Contact Person: Amy Griffin (529-0390;griffiae@muohio.edu).
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National Science Foundation Fellowship:
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study.
Eligibility: Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States. Those eligible to apply are college seniors, first-year graduate students, and others who have completed a limited amount of graduate study in science, mathematics, or engineering. Women who intend to pursue graduate degrees in engineering or in computer and information science and engineering and who meet the eligibility requirements above can apply for the additional WENG or WICS awards.
Deadline for Application: Early November 2008
Contact Person: Dr. Helen Kiss (102 Roudebush, 529-3734;kisshg@muohio.edu).
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Ohio Board of Regents:
The Ohio Board of Regents program provides merit-based financial assistance to Ohio baccalaureate graduates who enroll for graduate or professional study at participating Ohio colleges and universities. Students are nominated by their undergraduate colleges and universities on the basis of evidence which indicates strong academic achievement and a high potential to succeed in a graduate or professional program of study. Generally, at least one Regents Graduate/Professional Fellowship is awarded to a student from each nominating undergraduate institution.
Eligibility: A student must have earned a degree at an Ohio public or private college or University, plan to enroll full-time in an eligible Ohio graduate or professional program, be a U.S. citizen, be an Ohio resident.
Deadline for Application: March 1
Contact Person: Dr. Ann Frymier (529-7473;frymieab@muohio.edu).
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Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowships:
Established in 1932, the Fellowship Program awards annually sixty Fellowships of $5,000 each and forty Awards of Excellence of $2,000 each for post-graduate study at accredited institutions of higher learning. The one-hundred scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis for first-year graduate or professional study. Each chapter may nominate one student for the national competition. All national nominees receive a one-year active membership in Phi Kappa Phi. The multidisciplinary nature of Phi Kappa Phi is reflected in its Fellowship and Award of Excellence recipients. Awardees represent a variety of fields including biology, chemistry, engineering, political science, mathematics, and psychology. Likewise, the professions they select are equally diverse: law, medicine, business, education, science, or the arts.
Eligibility: Applicant must be a member of Phi Kappa Phi and have applied to enroll as a full-time student in a post-baccalaureate program of study. Applicants may not have earned credit for a full year of graduate study.
Deadline for Application: February 1
Contact Person: Martha Weber (529-3600; weberme@muohio.edu).
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The Myrtis H. Powell Schoalrship:
The Myrtis H. Powell scholarship will be awarded to a full-time Miami University student who has promoted campus unity, and displayed leadership in creating a welcoming campus climate for all members of the Miami community. This scholarship is open to both undergraduate and graduate students on any of Miami's campuses. The scholarship is for $1000.
Eligibility: Applicant must be a full-time graduate or undergraduate at Miami University, have a 3.0 overall cumulative GPA.
Deadline for Application: Late January
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-3399;ruderj@muohio.edu).
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The Rhodes Scholarship:
The Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest international fellowships, brings outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. Intellectual distinction is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for election to a Rhodes Scholarship. Selection committees are charged to seek 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. The Rhodes Scholarships, in short, are investments in individuals rather than in project proposals. Accordingly, applications are sought from talented students without restriction as to their field of academic specialization or career plans although the proposed course of study must be available at Oxford, and the applicant's undergraduate program must provide a sufficient basis for further study in the proposed field. Rhodes Scholars are elected for two years of study at the University of Oxford, with the possibility of renewal for a third year. All educational costs, such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, are paid on the Scholar's behalf by the Rhodes Trustees. Each Scholar receives in addition a maintenance allowance adequate to meet necessary expenses for term-time and vacations. The Rhodes Trustees cover the necessary costs of travel to and from Oxford, and upon application, may approve additional grants for research purposes or study-related travel.
Eligibility: An applicant must be a U.S. sitizen, between 18 and 24 years of age, and have achieved academic standing sufficiently advanced to to assure completion of a bachelor's degree before October 1 of the year following the date of application.
Deadline for Application: October 6
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-3399;ruderj@muohio.edu).
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Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship:
The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program for one-year of study abroad is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to greater understanding of their host countries.
Eligibility: All applicants must be citizens of a country in which there are Rotary clubs. (See the list of non-Rotary countries), must have completed at least two years of college-level coursework, candidates cannot be Rotarians, Honorary Rotarians, or employees of a club, district, or other Rotary entity or of Rotary International, the scholarships are not appropriate for students seeking to continue studies already begun at a foreign institution. Persons with disabilities are eligible and encouraged to apply. In addition to the criteria listed above, applicants for Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships must be endorsed by a Rotary Club and exhibit written and oral proficiency in the language of the proposed host country.
Deadline for Application: In the Spring, but varies by rotary district
Contact Person: Dr. David Keitges (529-5628; keitgedj@muohio.edu).
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The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship:
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship was established in 1987 to provide college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a small group of outstanding individuals to spend six months in Washington. Supported by a monthly stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time project assistants at the participating organization of their choice. Scoville Fellows, through independent projects and active participation with their chosen organization and the larger community dedicated to peace and security issues, have rich opportunities to gain experience and leadership skills and to help translate their social concerns into direct action. In addition, each Fellow selects a board member to serve as a mentor and mentor, smoothing the transition to Washington, DC.
Eligibility: Prospective Fellows are expected to demonstrate excellent academic accomplishments and a strong interest in issues of peace and security. Graduate study, a college major, course work, or substantial independent reading that reflects the substantive focus of the fellowship is also a plus. Prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy is highly desirable. It is preferred, but not required, that such activities be focused on peace and security issues.
Deadline for Application: October 15, 2008
Contact Person: Leah Reynolds (529-0252; reynollb@muohio.edu).
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Harry S. Truman Scholarship:
The Truman Foundation provides up to $30,000 to students who will pursue graduate degrees leading to public service careers. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. The Foundation supports Truman Scholars in many fields of study, including agriculture, biology, engineering, environmental management, physical and social sciences, and technology policy, as well as economics, education, government, history, international relations, law, political science, public administration, nonprofit management, public health, and public policy. Good candidates for the Truman Scholarship have extensive records of public and community service, outstanding leadership potential, and well-developed communication skills. They must be committed to careers in government or elsewhere in public service, as defined by the Foundation.
Eligibility: You must plan to earn your undergraduate degree the academic year after you have applied, have a GPA of 3.65 or higher, have strong leadership potential, have a record of public and community service, and be a U.S. citizen.
Deadline for Application: February 3, 2009
Contact Person: Leah Reynolds (529-0252; reynollb@muohio.edu).
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Morris K. Udall Scholarship:
The Udall Foundation furthers Congressman Udall's legacy by awarding scholarships to two groups of outstanding students: (1) Those who are college sophomores or juniors in the current academic year, have outstanding potential, and who study the environment and related fields, and (2) Native American and Alaska Native students who are college sophomores or juniors in the current academic year, have outstanding potential, and are in fields related to health care or tribal public policy. Udall Scholars have a broad range of academic backgrounds and environmental, tribal governance, or health experience with an equally broad scope of potential careers. Majors represented by Udall Scholars include, but are not limited to: environmental science/studies/engineering, agriculture, biology and other natural sciences, natural resource management, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, cultural studies, American Indian studies, philosophy, tribal policy, economic development, history, English, theater, ecology, landscape architecture, and public health. It is anticipated that the candidate’s plan of study will include coursework in ethics and public policy and/or public or community service experience in the area of the candidate’s career field.
Eligibility: Be a matriculated sophomore or junior; have a college grade-point average of at least a "B" or the equivalent; be a United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or, in the case of nominees from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, a United States national; In the case of scholarships in the areas of tribal policy and health care, nominees must be Native American or Alaska Native.
Deadline for Application: March 3, 2009 (Note: institutional deadlines may be earlier. Please check with your faculty representative.)
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-3399;ruderj@muohio.edu).
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USA Today Academic Team:
The All-USA College Academic Team honors full-time undergraduates who not only excel in scholarship but also extend their intellectual abilities beyond the classroom to benefit society. Criteria include grades, academic rigor, leadership, activities and most important, the student's essay describing his or her most outstanding intellectual endeavor done while in college.
Eligibility: Any full-time undergraduate of at least sophmore standing at a four-year intstitution in the United States is eligible..
Deadline for Application: Late November
Contact Person: Jeff Ruder (529-3399;ruderj@muohio.edu).
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UNCF/Merck Science Initiative:
The College Fund/UNCF and The Merck Company Foundation have established scholarship awards for outstanding African American students pursuing studies and careers in the field of biomedical research. At least 37 awards will be given annually--15 at the undergraduate level, 12 at the graduate level, and 10 at the postdoctoral level.
Deadline for Application: December 15, 2008
Contact Person: Amy Griffin (529-0390; griffiae@muohio.edu)
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