Opportunities

Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards & Grants

• The Leadership Alliance is an academic consortium of 31 institutions of higher learning, including leading research and teaching college and universities. The mission of the Leadership Alliance is to develop underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models in academia, business and the public sector.

• The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) aims to reduce over time the critical under-representation on school faculties of certain minority groups, as well as to address the attendant educational consequences of these disparities. Providing positive role models to youth, the Institute serves the related goals of supporting school and campus environments.

• The American Political Science Association sponsors the Minority Student Fellows Program for African American, Latino, and Native American political science students entering graduate school.

• The National Science Foundation provides Graduate Research Fellowships, including Minority Graduate Research Fellowships.

• The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) have established Doctoral Scholars Programs and the Compact for Faculty Diversity Program to prepare new minority faculty. Contact WICHE at kentpepion@wiche.edu, or the NEBHE at jmoody@mecn.mass.edu, or the SREB at ansley.abraham@sreb.edu.

• The Ford Foundation funds fellowships for minorities for study in research-based doctoral programs, providing a substantial stipend for three years. infofell@nas.edu.

• The American Indian Graduate School administers graduate fellowships for American Indian and Alaska Native students from federally-recognized tribes.

• The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) was funded in 1975 to help Hispanic-American college students complete their education. The scholarships are available on a competitive basis to community college, undergraduate four-year college, and graduate students of Hispanic background. Awards generally range from $1000 to $3000. Email info@hsf.net.

• Ford Motor Company Fellows Program is designed for Latino Graduate/Professional School students who are seeking to become familiarized with the congressional legislative process. Questions call Artie Blanco 323-720-1932.

• Shell Legislative Internship Program (SLIP) is designed for college juniors and seniors who are seeking to become familiarized with municipal or state legislative processes.

• The American Sociological Association Minority Fellowships Program is for students beginning or continuing study in sociology.

• The National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Fellowships in the Physical Sciences awards fellowships for graduate study at a participating NPSC institution.

• The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Predoctoral Fellowship Program is for study in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

• The Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) Ph.D. Program in Science awards fellowships for graduate study in science or engineering at participating institutions. Email gem.1@nd.edu.

• The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program supports students in the applied physical sciences. Candidates may be seniors or students who have already commenced graduate study. Email askhertz@aol.com.

• The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences is intended for students at or near the beginning of their graduate study in the biological sciences.

• The Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG) is intended for US citizens at or near the beginning of graduate study for doctoral degrees in science and engineering. Email ndseg@aroemh1.army.mil.

• The National Forum for Black Public Administrators is awarding a $5,000 scholarship to an African-American graduate or undergraduate student (junior) interested in pursuing a career in public service. Applications must be postmarked by February 21 and sent to: NFBPA Programs, 777 North Capitol Street, NE – Suite 807, Washington, DC 20002. Please contact twellons@nfbpa.org with any questions.

• American Association of University Women A myriad of awards and grants for undergraduate, graduate and professional women.

• The Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Call for Papers

• Call for Papers listserv from the University of Pennsylvania

• Ellipsis… is a journal for the publication of undergraduate research and inquiries in the Humanities.

• NeoAmericanist: an inter-disciplinary online journal for the study of America.

Internship Opportunities

• New York Foundation for the Arts (Job listings, specify “internship”)
• Time and Space Limited (Theater/Media/Arts venue in Hudson, NY)
• TransArt (African American History/Art organization in Kingston, NY)
• List of Summer internships in Biology
• Internships in Publishing/Magazine industry
• American Mathematical Society (list of internships in mathematics)
• Bard CDO’s list of volunteer opportunities
• CollegeCentral – Bard