Scholarships/Fellowships
Undergraduate Study (including study abroad)
The BOREN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (up to $20,000) is for study abroad, preferably for a year (otherwise for a semester). Sponsored by the National Security Education Program, its purpose is “to increase knowledge of lesser-known parts of the globe to secure the political and economic position of the U.S.” It is intended for “study of specific subjects and languages in specific regions”—see web site for specifics in a particular year. It may be won more than once. Usually sophomores apply for Junior Year Abroad but first-year students and juniors can apply too for the following academic year.
http://www.borenawards.org/boren_scholarship
Scholarship Advisor – Cullen Chandler
The DAAD UNDERGRADUATE German Academic Exchange Service fellowship (up to $7,500) is for junior year abroad in Germany. German language competency is desirable, but not mandatory. Apply in fall semester of the sophomore year.
http://www.daad.org/?p=46362
Scholarship Advisor – Len Cagle
The KILLAM FELLOWSHIP (up to $15,000) is for junior year abroad, preferably for a year (otherwise a semester) at a choice of 10 universities in Canada. For all areas, including SCIENCES. Begin application during the fall of the sophomore year.
http://killamfellowships.com/
Scholarship Advisor – Beth Moorhouse
The UDALL SCHOLARSHIP is for those with “the commitment and potential to preserve and improve the environment.” Sophomore applicants may win a second time as juniors. Up to 75 applicants awarded $5000 for study during junior or senior year. Sophomores and Juniors may apply; begin application in spring semester of previous year. There is a special category—the Udall Scholarship for NATIVE AMERICANS and ALASKAN NATIVES—which is for sophomores and juniors studying in fields related to health care of Native Americans or tribal policy.
http://www.udall.gov/
Scholarship Advisor – Charles Mahler
THE TRANSPORATION INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION SCHOLARSHIP allows you the opportunity to join in the conversation to craft a better, safer and more integrated 21st century transportation system in Pennsylvania and, at the same time, earn money to invest in your educational pursuits.
We are facing a growing crisis in transportation infrastructure in Pennsylvania. We lack a vision for its future and funding to expand the capacity of our system to modernize and better integrate what is already in place. The result is growing time lost with family and delays that are costing our economy billions of dollars a year.
The goal of this project is to highlight needed transportation improvements throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As a means to accomplish this goal, a scholarship opportunity has been created, funded by the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors' (APC) Highway Education Foundation that solicits students enrolled in domestic accredited programs to identify and report on needed transportation improvements in each of the eleven PennDOT Districts.
www.paconstructors.org and www.cawp.org
Post-Graduate and Graduate Study
The BEINECKE SCHOLARSHIP ($32,000) is for graduate studies in the arts, humanities or social sciences anywhere in the world; apply as undergraduate. JUNIORS APPLY: begin prior year in spring of sophomore year if possible.
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/beinecke/
Scholarship Advisor – Amy Cartal-Falk
The DAAD German Academic Exchange Services for study in GERMANY for a year. All costs covered. Command of German necessary (evaluation required). Begin application spring of JUNIOR YEAR.
http://www.daad.org/?p=46362
Scholarship Advisor – Len Cagle
The FULBRIGHT STUDENT GRANT is for a year of study, research and/or a project in MOST PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, and teaching in some. Some countries have a language requirement. All costs covered. About 900 Americans go to 140 countries a year. Begin application in the spring of the JUNIOR YEAR.
http://fulbright.state.gov/
Scholarship Advisor – Cullen Chandler
Scholarship Advisor – Amy Cartal-Falk
The GATES SCHOLARSHIP is to Cambridge University only. Brilliance and/or scholarly devotion to a field is sought. Rugged intellectual individuality a plus. Up to 80 Americans elected each year. All costs covered. Deadline end-October. Begin application in the spring semester of the JUNIOR YEAR.
http://www.gatesscholar.org/
Scholarship Advisor – Tom Griffiths
The $28,000 MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP is for study at any of a number of British Universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. GPA of 3.7 and Lycoming College endorsement required. Begin application in the spring of the JUNIOR YEAR.
http://www.marshallscholarship.org/
Scholarship Advisor – Todd Preston
The MELLON FELLOWSHIPis for “those committed to a decades-long career in teaching, research and/or scholarship, who are applying to doctoral programs in the HUMANITIES.” Covers all costs of the first year of a graduate program. Minorities especially encouraged to apply. Begin application in the spring of the JUNIOR YEAR.
Scholarship Advisor – Howard Tran
The MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP covers all costs for study at a university in IRELAND or NORTHERN IRELAND. Lycoming College endorsement required. Final campus deadline end-September. Begin applications in the spring of the JUNIOR YEAR.
http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/mitchellscholarships/
Scholarship Advisor – Alison Gregory
The RHODES SCHOLARSHIP is to Oxford University only. About 32 awards are given each year, covering all costs of study at Oxford. Begin application in SPRING JUNIOR YEAR.
http://www.rhodesscholar.org/
Scholarship Advisor – Todd Preston
The TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP is for those with a 3.6 or better GPA, who are interested in a career in public service defined in the broadest sense of the phrase. Up to 80 awards annually, each up to $26,000 total. We may nominate up to four juniors. JUNIORS urged to apply but try to begin the process in early Spring of the Sophomore year.
http://www.truman.gov/
Scholarship Advisor – Beth Moorhouse
The HONOR SOCIETY OF PHI KAPPA PHI annually awards fifty-seven Fellowships of $5,000 each and three at $15,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. Each Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from among its local applicants to compete for the Society-wide awards. Begin application in the fall of the SENIOR YEAR.
http://www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Awards/Fellowship.html
Scholarship Advisor – Alison Gregory
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 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 in the U.S. and abroad. 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.
GRFP Fellows receive three years of support, a $30,000 annual stipend and $10,500 allowance for the cost of education, a $1,000 one-time allowance for international travel, and TeraGrid Supercomputer access. Applications are due in November typically and last year there were 1,236 recipients.
http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Scholarship Advisor – Charles Mahler