Bell Labs Graduate
Research
Fellowship Program
The fellowship is designed to increase the number of
minorities and women in the fields of science, math,
engineering and technology. (Deadline: January 15,
2004)
Amount: Paid summer internship with a
Bell Labs mentor on a research project in their area of
interest. Includes full tuition, annual stipend of
$17,000. Renewable for up to four years.
Eligibility: Available to graduating
seniors or 1st year graduate students pursuing full-time
doctoral studies in science, math, engineering or
technology disciplines (visit web site for details).
Candidates are selected on the basis of scholastic
attainment in their fields of specialization, and other
evidence of their ability and potential as research
scientists.
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarships for
Minority Students
This scholarship seeks to introduce a diverse group of
students to issues relating to philanthropy, voluntarism,
and nonprofit organizations. Recipients may arrange
with their colleges or universities to receive academic
credit for this experience. Organized by the Nonprofit
Sector Research Fund, a part of the Aspen Institute in
Washington, D.C. (Deadline: March 15, 2004)
Amount: $2,800 - $4,200 and
summer internship.
Eligibility: Available to
undergraduate and graduate students
with a strong academic record, analytical abilities,
background in social sciences/humanities, and
demonstrated financial need.
Congressional
Hispanic
Caucus Institute Scholarships
An annual award for Latino students with a strong
commitment to the Latino community, a history of
leadership and public service, and a desire to continue
contributing to the community. (Deadline: April 15,
2004)
Amount: $5,000
Eligibility: Hispanic citizens and
permanent residents who have been accepted into a
graduate degree program. Open to students in all
fields. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and
a history of community involvement.
Public Policy
and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship
The PPIA Fellowship is designed to prepare students,
primarily from historically underrepresented groups, for
graduate studies in public policy and/or international
affairs and professional roles in public service. This
year, Carnegie Mellon University joins the University of
Michigan and the University of California at Berkley in
offering summer institutes. See the program website for
more information: http://www.ppiaprogram.org
(Deadline: March 1, 2004)
Amount: Full tuition for PPIA Junior
Summer Institute, plus $1,000 stipend; minimum of
$5,000 toward graduate school tuition. PPIA Fellows
often receive financial offers above and beyond this
minimum; eligibility for paid internships and other
professional development opportunities
Eligibility: Must be a United States
citizen or permanent resident; must have completed
junior year of college by the start of Junior Summer
Institute and have at least one full semester or two
quarters of coursework remaining before graduation;
must be in keeping with PPIA's mission and demonstrate
a commitment to public service; If applying to the
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Berkeley, you must
demonstrate your involvement in working to improve
historically underserved or underrepresented
communities, including African Americans, Asian
Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Pacific
Islander; economic need is given extra
consideration; all academic majors are welcome to
apply
Marco Delgado Fellowship for the Advancement
of Hispanics in Public Policy
International trade attorney Marco Delgado, a 1990
graduate of Carnegie Mellon's H. John Heinz III School
of Public Policy and Management, gave the school
$250,000 to provide scholarships to talented Hispanic
students who would like to make significant
contributions to the Chicano, Latino, or Hispanic
communities. (Deadline: January 15, 2004)
Amount: $5,000 - full tuition per
semester.
Eligibility: The scholarships are offered
to talented Hispanic students who would like to work in
public policy on behalf of their communities.
Dean's Diversity Fellowship
Race related issues continue to be an important policy
agenda in the national, state, and regional arenas. The
Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University awards the
Dean's Diversity Fellowship to the applicant who has
best exemplified a strong commitment to the
improvement of race related issues in the United
States. (Deadline: January 15, 2004)
Amount: full tuition costs and a $6,000
Research Assistantship for each academic year.
Eligibility: The fellowships are offered to
talented minority students who would like to work in
race relations.
Frank
Kasmierczak Memorial Migrant Scholarship
In memorial of Frank Kasmierczack, this one-year
scholarship is available to individuals interested in
pursuing a teaching career. (Deadline: February 1,
2004)
Amount:
$1,000
Eligibility: Available to
post-secondary students with a recent history
of migration for agricultural employment and teaching
as a career goal.
Other
Opportunities
Find out about
HSF Scholarships and other scholarships at the HSF web site.
Research hundreds of excellent
scholarship, fellowship, and internship opportunities at
the Nationally Coveted
Scholarships/Fellowships Awards website.
What will drive you to continue in your pursuit of formal
education? My journey back into the classroom as a
graduate student began when I was a classroom
teacher. As a bilingual Spanish elementary teacher in
the Houston Independent School District, I worked with
a classroom full of energetic students from immigrant
and U.S. Latino/a communities with differing access to
social, economic, and educational resources. Their
endless curiosity and interest in learning inspired me to
question how I could better assist them in the
realization of their professional and personal dreams in
spite of the inequities they faced on a daily basis. I
decided that the way to prepare and inspire them to
pursue their dreams was to realize my own-attending
graduate school and analyzing the spaces inhabited by
and representations of immigrant and U.S. Latinos/as
within a multitude of creative, journalistic, and critical
texts.
