David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/undergraduate/default.htm
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships provide support to U.S. undergraduates who will pursue the study of languages and cultures currently underrepresented in study abroad and critical to U.S. national security (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. It recognizes that the scope of national security has expanded to encompass challenges of global society, including: sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. Students interested in pursuing this opportunity should read the Boren website thoroughly and then consult with Dean Donna Mancini, Haverford's Boren representative, early in the fall semester prior to their application. National deadline for Boren Applications: mid-February.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html
The Gilman International Scholarship Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. State Department, offers grants up to $5000 for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. The program aims to encourage students to choose non-traditional study abroad destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe and Australia. The Gilman scholarship aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, community college students, students in under-represented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities. Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are also eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. 25 Critical Need Language Supplements will be offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients during the 2006-2007 academic year. Critical Need Languages include: Arabic (all dialects); Chinese (all dialects); Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek); Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki); Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi); Korean; Russian. Deadlines for Gilman programs: early April (for study abroad in the fall) and early October (for study abroad in the spring). Candidates apply directly to the program, but must submit certifications from the Financial Aid Office and the Director of Study Abroad, Dean Donna Mancini.

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
http://www.act.org/goldwater/
Provides up to $7,000 for each of the final two years of undergraduate study for current sophomores. Haverford can nominate two students from each class who demonstrate breadth of accomplishment in school and in organizations related to mathematics and the natural sciences. Nominees must be in their sophomore year and intend to pursue a career (defined broadly) concerned with mathematics or the natural sciences. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Committee on Haverford College Honors: October 31, 2008.

Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarships
http://www.udall.gov/
Awards approximately 80 scholarships of up to $5000 (and 30 scholarships to $350 to honorable mention recipients). Candidates must be college sophomores or juniors who study environment and related fields, or Native American and Alaska natives in their sophomore or junior year who study in fields related to health care or tribal public policy. Candidates must have a grade point average of at least a "B" or equivalent. Please contact Dean Phil Bean as soon as possible if you might be interested in applying for this fellowship. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: January 23, 2008.

Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelpia Scholarship
http://www.standrewsociety.org/scholar.htm
Annually, eighteen colleges and universities within the Philadelphia region are invited to submit a candidate for study in their junior year at one of the four Universities. A candidate must be a full time registered student, a U.S. citizen and in the upper quartile of their class. The Scholarship Committee selects the scholars by screening and interview in March of each year. Currently, each scholar receives an award of $15,000, which covers a majority of their expenses. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: January 23, 2008.

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The Beinecke Scholarship Program
http://www.beineckescholarship.org/
The 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. Open to Juniors who plan to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Students in the social sciences who plan to pursue graduate study in neuroscience should not apply for a Beinecke Scholarship. Each scholar receives $2,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. Candidates must have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during his or her undergraduate years. Preference is given to candidates for whom the awarding of a scholarship would increase the likelihood of the student's being able to attend graduate school.Scholars are encouraged to begin graduated study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: October 31, 2008.

Harry S. Truman Scholarship
http://www.truman.gov/
Provides $3,000 for the final year of undergraduate study and up to $27,000 for the first three years of graduate study for current juniors who are interested in a career in public service (defined very broadly). Haverford can nominate up to three students who have demonstrated strong academic ability, leadership potential, and commitment to public service. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: October 31, 2008.

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fellowship
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=jrFellows

The Endowment annually offers up to ten one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees from close to 200 colleges. Carnegie Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the Endowment's senior associates. No one will be considered who has started graduate studies. 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. Open to current seniors and to those who have graduated within the previous year. Internal deadline for submission of application materials: early December. For more details please contact Amy Feifer of the Career Development Office.

The Winston Churchill Scholarship
http://www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/Scholarships.html
Churchill Scholarships offer American students of exceptional ability, enrolled at one of the institutions participating in the program, the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics and the sciences at Cambridge, one of the world's great universities. Applicants for a Churchill Scholarship must be citizens of the United States and must be enrolled in one of the institutions participating in the scholarship competition. Upon taking up a Churchill Scholarship, one must be between the ages of 19 and 26, hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a United States college or university, and may not have attained a doctorate. The criteria for the selection of Churchill Scholars include the following: achievement in academic work as indicated by course grades; scores on the Graduate Record Examination; capacity for original, creative work as shown by special recognition and letters of reference; character, adaptability, demonstrated leadership, and concern for the critical problems of society; good health. The Scholarship provides room and board at Churchill College, Cambridge, as well as a stipend; depending on the field of study and recent rates of exchange, the value of a Churchill Scholarship is approximately $48,000 to $53000. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: September 2, 2008.

Clementine Cope Fellowships
Open only to students of Haverford College. Established in 1899 by Clementine Cope, granddaughter of Thomas P. Cope, member of the Board of Managers from 1830 to 1849. The fellowship is to "assist worthy and promising graduates of Haverford College in continuing their studies at Haverford College or at some other institute, in this country or abroad, approved by the Board of Managers." Students submit a letter of application to Dean Phil Bean for the Committee on College Honors and Fellowships. The Committee reviews the letters and selects First and Second Cope Fellows to be recommended to the faculty and ratified by the Board of Managers. Individual stipends are determined by the Board. A letter of application of not more than two double spaced typed pages should include: plans for graduate study; field of study; professional goals, relevant statements of extracurricular activities; an unofficial transcript; and, two faculty letters of reference. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: March 3, 2009.

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?page=Grad
Each award will cover a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, required fees, and books for the graduate degree chosen; the program may be in either the United States or abroad. The amount and duration of awards vary by student based on the cost of attendance and the length of the graduate program as well as other scholarships or grants received. The maximum available per student is $50,000 per year and the maximum length is six years. Candidates must have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA and plan to be in a full-time graduate program in the fall immediately following graduation from college. Characteristics of successful candidates include: unmet financial need; a record of leadership and public service; appreciation for or participation in the arts and humanities; critical-thinking ability. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: January 20, 2009.

Fulbright Scholarships
http://www.fulbrightonline.org/us/home.php
The Fulbright Scholarship U.S. Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's and doctoral candidate, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Each year the Fulbright Program allows Americans to study or conduct research in over 100 nations. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship and a B.A. degree or equivalent. Selection is made on the basis of the applicant's academic or professional record, language preparation, the feasibility of the proposed project, and personal qualifications. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: September 23, 2008.

Luce Scholarships
http://www.hluce.org/
The Luce Foundation each year offers a select group of young Americans an experience in Asia designed both to broaden their professional perspectives and to sharpen their perspectives of Asia, of America, and of themselves. The Luce Scholarship is experimental rather than academic in its nature. None of the participants is formally enrolled as a student in a college or university and no academic credit is extended. At the heart of the enterprise are the internships that are arranged for each Scholar on the basis of his or her specific interest, background, qualifications, and experience. Requirements include U.S. citizenship, the possession of a B.A. degree or higher, that the applicant be no older than 29 years of age and be in good health. Selection is made on the basis of academic achievement, leadership ability, maturity, creativity, initiative, self-confidence, breadth of interest, enthusiasm, and sensitivity. The candidate must have a mature and clearly defined career interest in a specific field. Applications cannot be considered from those who already have had significant exposure to Asian culture or who have a specific career interest in Asian affairs. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: October 31, 2008.

Marshall Scholarships
http://www.marshallscholarship.org/index.html
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. The Scholarships are tenable at any British university and cover two years of study in any discipline, at either undergraduate or graduate level, leading to the award of a British University degree. 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 at least 3.7. To qualify for awards tenable from the next academic year, candidates must be current seniors or have graduated from their undergraduate college or university within the past three years. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: September 2, 2008.

Mitchell Scholarships
http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/scholarships.html
The Mitchell Scholarship provides for one academic year of post-graduate study in Ireland and Northern Ireland, including the seven universities in the Republic of Ireland and the two universities in Northern Ireland. Applicants must be aged 18 or over but not yet 30 on October 1 in the year of application. Prospective Scholars must have demonstrated a record of intellectual distinction, leadership, and extra-curricular activity, as well as personal characteristics of honesty, integrity, fairness and unselfish service to others which indicate a potential for future leadership and contribution to society. There are no restrictions as to academic field of study. Each Scholar will receive tuition, room, stipend and be assisted with their traveling expenses to and from Ireland and Northern Ireland. Prospective Scholars apply directly to the US-Ireland Alliance. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: September 2, 2008.

Augustus Taber Murray Research Fellowships
Open only to graduating seniors at Haverford College. Established in 1964 by two anonymous friends "in recognition of the scholarly attainments of Augustus Taber Murray, a distinguished alumnus of Haverford College of the Class of 1885." These fellowships are for further study in English literature or philology, the classics, or German literature or philology in other institutions, toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy or its future equivalent. Only unmarried students are eligible. Further considerations are the candidate's promise of success in graduate work and the availability of other financial assistance in the proposed field of study. Students submit a letter of application to Dean Phil Bean for the Committee on College Honors and Fellowships. The Committee reviews the letters and usually one Augustus Taber Murray Research Fellow is selected to be recommended to the faculty and ratified by the Board of Managers. The same student may be awarded the fellowship for two or three years. Individual stipends are determined by the Board. A letter of application of not more than two double spaced typed pages should include: plans for graduate study; field of study; professional goals, relevant statements of extracurricular activities; an unofficial transcript; and, two faculty letters of reference. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: March 3, 2009.

Rhodes Scholarships
http://www.rhodesscholar.org/
The Rhodes is tenable at the University of Oxford. It provides for two or three years of study at Oxford University, where students may pursue a graduate or undergraduate degree in any subject offered by the University. Candidates may apply in any year prior to their 24th birthday. Selection is based on a combination of a reasonably strong academic record, prominent participation in extra-curricular activities, leadership potential and character. Application is made through the state where the candidates reside or attend college. Four scholars are then chosen from each of eight regions (for a total of 32 scholars.) Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: September 2, 2008.

Thomas J. Watson Fellowships
http://www.watsonfellowship.org
Provides a year of travel and independent study abroad which the candidate plans around a self-initiated topic. Please note that only graduating seniors are eligible to apply for this scholarship. The project may relate to a specific academic interest or may develop from extra-curricular experiences or interests. The project may take place in a single country or in several locations and must reflect genuine interest in, and long-standing commitment to, the topic. The project may not include formal study in an overseas institution and is not intended to be formal research such as required for graduate work. Personal qualities of the candidates such as initiative, motivation, curiosity, leadership ability, and "potential for creative achievement and excellence" are as important as academic achievement. Although high rank in class is not a criterion, the students academic record is considered. Internal deadline for submission of application materials to the Haverford Committee on College Honors: September 26, 2008. For more information, please contact Dean Steve Watter

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