Internships
National Science Foundation Research Fellowships
November 7, 2012
The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The NSF welcomes applications from all qualified students and strongly encourages under-represented populations, including women, under-represented racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, to apply for this fellowship.
The 2013 GRFP application is now available.
Applicants who wish to start a new application can do so by clicking the “Begin a Fellowship Application/Register Here” button.
The 2013 NSF GRFP Program Solicitation is now available.
All prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to review the 2013 Program Solicitation for the official guidelines for the 2013 competition.
Deadlines for the 2013 NSF GRFP:
All deadlines are at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
November 13, 2012
- Engineering
- Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
- Materials Research
November 14, 2012
- Mathematical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics and Astronomy
November 16, 2012
- Social Sciences
- Psychology
- STEM Education and Learning
November 19, 2012
- Life Sciences
- Geosciences
November 27, 2012
- Reference letters for all fields of study
All application materials are due at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the deadline dates. Material submitted after 8:00 p.m. EST on the deadline dates will not be accepted under any circumstances.
National Physical Science Consortium Fellowships
November 7, 2012
Number of Awards: Varies yearly
Type: Fellowship
Duration: In the traditional fellowship, initial support may be for two or three years, or for a full six years, depending on the employer-sponsor. If the initial support is for the shorter period, it may be extended up to six years at the discretion of the employer. The Dissertation Support Program covers the period of dissertation research and defense, up to a maximum of four years.
Amount: The charge to the employer for each student supported is $26,000 annually, of which $20,000 is the student stipend and $6,000 is NPSC’s fee to support its operations. The charge is subject to change at the discretion of the NPSC Board of Directors.
Fields of Study: Though the fields supported can vary annually depending on employer needs, in general NPSC covers the following: Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and their subdisciplines, and related engineering fields: Chemical, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical.
Location or Type of Institution: Any participating NPSC Member University or College
Eligibility: NPSC welcomes applications from any qualified U.S. citizen who has the ability to pursue graduate work at an NPSC member institution. Applicants should be in one of the following categories:
For the Traditional Program:
- Be in your senior year.
- Be in your first or second year of a graduate program.
- Be in a terminal master’s program (your university offers no Ph.D. in your discipline).
- Be returning from the workforce
For the Dissertation Support Program, be near the point at which your research will begin.
Persons who already possess a doctoral degree in any field are ineligible.
Employers may nominate NPSC fellows directly, obviating the selection process. These fellows may enroll for either a Master’s or a PhD degree.
Selection: NPSC’s employers select fellows based the following factors, not in order:
- Whether the applicant’s field of study matches the employer’s needs
- Undergraduate and graduate course work and grades
- Research experience at a university or in industry
- Letters of recommendation from professors and employers. These can be decisive. The most effective letters are from persons who have supervised or observed the applicant’s participation in research.
- The GRE General tests are required; the Subject test is suggested and may be required by your university.
Using these criteria, employers review the pool of applicants and advise NPSC of which students the employer wishes to support. NPSC then makes the award.
Additional Requirements
- Applicants must be accepted at a participating NPSC-member university or college and progress through a full-time study program leading to a graduate degree in the physical sciences or related engineering fields.
- Fellows must complete one or two summer internships, as the sponsoring employer requires.
- To continue in good standing, fellows must submit a transcript annually as well as any forms and information that NPSC requests.
- Fellows must perform satisfactorily in their summer internship and during the academic year.
- A fellow who switches his or her field of study to one not of interest to the sponsoring employer may have support terminated.
The following employers have additional stipulations:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Requires fellows to make a good faith effort to conduct collaborative research that involves both the LLNL mentor and the graduate thesis advisor. Metrics for this collaboration include joint publications, research done at LLNL and frequent visits to LLNL. Fellows should plan their course work and research direction with their university department and LLNL as a team effort.
National Security Agency (NSA): Requires Fellow to pass a background investigation.
Sandia National Laboratories: Requires Fellow to successfully pass a background investigation.
George J. Mitchell Scholarship
November 7, 2012
The Mitchell Scholars Program offers a national competitive scholarship sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance.
The Mitchell Scholars Program, named to honor former US Senator George Mitchell’s pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to community and public service.
Up to twelve Mitchell Scholars between the ages of 18 and 30 are chosen annually for one year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Applicants are judged on three criteria:
- scholarship,
- leadership, and
- a sustained commitment to community and public service.
The Mitchell Scholars Program provides tuition, accommodations, a living expenses stipend, and an international travel stipend.
Learn more about the institutions at which Mitchell Scholars may study.
Marshall Scholarships
November 7, 2012
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 at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.
As future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as Scholars enhances their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programmes contributes to their ultimate personal success.
The objectives of the programme are as follows:
- To enable intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country’s future leaders, to study in the UK.
- To help Scholars gain an understanding and appreciation of contemporary Britain.
- To contribute to the advancement of knowledge in science, technology, the humanities and social sciences and the creative arts at Britain’s centres of academic excellence.
- To motivate Scholars to act as ambassadors from the USA to the UK and vice versa throughout their lives thus strengthening British American understanding.
- To promote the personal and academic fulfilment of each Scholar.
Marshall Aid Commemoration Act
Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament, and named in honour of US Secretary of State George C Marshall, the Scholarships commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan and they express the continuing gratitude of the British people to their American counterparts.
Marshall Scholarships are mainly funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and are overseen by the Marshall Commission. The Secretariat is provided by the Association of Commonwealth Universities. In the US the selection process is managed by the regional Consulates General in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, and in Washington DC by the British Embassy.
Humanity in Action Fellowships
November 7, 2012
The Humanity in Action Fellowship
Program Dates
June 1 to June 30, 2013*
Location
Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Lyon and Warsaw
Eligibility
Students and recent graduates from universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States
* Fellows from the United States will participate in an orientation program at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC from May 27 to May 30, 2013.
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Intensive and demanding, the Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of university students and recent graduates to explore national histories of discrimination and resistance, as well as examples of issues affecting different minority groups today.
Each program is highly interdisciplinary and features daily lectures and discussions with renowned academics, journalists, politicians and activists, as well as site visits to government agencies, non-profit and community organizations, museums and memorials. The programs seek to highlight different models of action to remedy injustice.
The objective of the Humanity in Action Fellowship is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well as to provide a forum where potential solutions to some of today’s most challenging issues can be considered and discussed. The programs are also intended to instill a responsibility among Humanity in Action Fellows to recognize and address the need to protect minorities and promote human rights—in their own communities and around the world.
See the 2012 Fellowship Curriculum »
Hertz Foundation Scholarship
November 7, 2012
For College Seniors
College seniors wishing to pursue the Ph.D. degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply.
We screen Fellowship applicants for qualities the Foundation believes are essential ingredients of future professional accomplishment and/or reasonably reliable leading indicators of future professional success. These include:
Exceptional Intelligence and Creativity
with particular emphasis on those aspects pertinent to technical endeavors.
Excellent Technical Education
evidenced not only by transcripts and reference reports from senior technical professionals, but also by the results of a personal, technical interview.
Orientation and Commitment to the applications of the physical sciences
as is typical of most applicants.
Extraordinary Accomplishment in technical or related professional studies
which may offset slightly lower academic records, or add luster to outstanding ones.
Features of Temperament and Character conducive to high attainment as a technical professional
the assessment of which is difficult, albeit important to the Foundation.
Appropriate moral and ethical values
of considerable interest to the Foundation in the furthering of our basic goals.
Leverage
what difference the award of the Hertz Fellowship is likely to make in the kind, quality, and/or personal creativity of the student’s graduate research.
We do not support students pursuing advanced professional degrees other than the Ph.D., such as enrollees in M.D., LLD or MBA programs, although we will support the Ph.D. portion of a joint M.D./Ph.D. study program. For a list of general fields of study in which Graduate Fellowships are offered by the Foundation, see Fields.
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
November 7, 2012
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate.
The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
Each scholarship covers eligible expenses for tuition, fees, books, and room and board, up to a maximum of $7,500 annually. Scholarship monies not used during one academic year are not transferable to the succeeding academic year. Junior-level scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of two years of scholarship support, and senior-level scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of one year of scholarship support.
The Trustees intend to award up to 300 Goldwater Scholarships. The number of scholarships to be awarded per state will depend on the number and qualifications of the nominees from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and, considered as a single entity, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
November 7, 2012
Quick facts
- First class of Scholars took up their awards in 2001
- Currently over 1,400 Gates Cambridge Scholars and Alumni from more than 100 countries
- 95 new Scholarships awarded each year: 40 in US round 55 in international round
- 225 Scholars from c. 50 countries studying in Cambridge
- Over 1,000 Alumni spread across the globe
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge; this is the largest ever single donation to a UK university.
Scholarships are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. The selection criteria are:
- outstanding intellectual ability
- leadership potential
- a commitment to improving the lives of others
- a good fit between the applicant’s qualifications and aspirations and the postgraduate programme at Cambridge for which they are applying
While at Cambridge, Scholars pursue full range of subjects available at the University and are spread through its departments and Colleges.
Our Alumni are pursuing further study or employment across many sectors of society and, despite the relative youth of the programme, are increasingly taking on leadership roles and applying their knowledge and skills to improve the lives of others.
The aim of the Gates Cambridge programme is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
November 7, 2012
The U.S. Fulbright Program is designed to give recent B.A./B.S. graduates, students enrolled in masters or doctoral programs, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development, intellectual, professional and artistic growth and international experience. Fulbright Fellows receive research/study grants, which allow them to pursue one academic year of self-designed study and/or research, or academic year English teaching assistantships.
Eligibility: To qualify for awards, candidates must:
1) be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Permanent residents are not eligible;
2) hold a B.A degree or the equivalent before the start of the grant;
3) 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. This is especially important for projects in the social sciences and the humanities.
While the internal Emory application deadline for the Fulbright Fellowship is on or around September 1, students interested in applying are strongly encouraged to seek assistance from the Scholarships and Fellowships office in the Spring semester of their junior year. The office can provide students with information and advice about submitting an application as well as guidance on crafting their personal statement, and, in the case of students applying for the Full Research/Study grant, their research proposal.
See also the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program.
For information about applying for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, click here.
For information about applying for the Fulbright Research/Study Grant, click here.
Winston Churchill Scholarship
November 7, 2012
THE CHURCHILL SCHOLARSHIP
“It was the best year of my life.”
“The Churchill Scholar experience completely opened my eyes to new horizons in all aspects of life. Intellectually, I explored the application of mathematics to new and exciting areas. Personally, I reinvented myself, having moved to a new continent where I would find countless new friends. Culturally, it was my first opportunity to experience living in a new culture as a foreigner, which showed me new perspectives on my own culture as well as others. Socially, I was surrounded by brilliant scientists, doctors, lawyers, philosophers, mathematicians, engineers, and artists: many would become life-long friends. It is rare in one’s life to experience the kind of freedom the Churchill Scholars find at Churchill College. It is especially profound when coming straight from the high-pressure focus of undergraduate courses. With the time, energy and freedom characteristic of fellowship at the Churchill MCR, the historical perspective of the Churchill legacy and immersion in the academic community the Churchill Scholars are in a unique position for personal reflection and advancement. Having embarked on such an unknown adventure and thoroughly loved it, it give me a new confidence and appreciation for risk taking. It’s an opportunity of get to know yourself, and to grow in all areas of life.”
What Churchill Scholars Say About Their Year at Cambridge