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The American Research Center in Egypt
ARCE administers research fellowships for students enrolled in doctoral programs. Fellowships are awarded for periods ranging from 3-12 months, depending on the funding source.
The following funding sources are available for the 2010-2011 academic year:
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA)
Funds 6-7 fellowships available to predoctoral candidates in the all-but-dissertation stage at the beginning of their tenure, and to postdoctoral scholars. These fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens. The ECA also funds the ARCE Scholar-in-Residence Program for senior scholars, which was established to promote collegiality at the Center. Term: 3-12 months.
The National Endowment for the Humanities
Funds 2-4 fellowships for postdoctoral scholars and non-degree seeking professionals. The Scholar-in-Residence is normally an NEH-funded fellow. These fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens. Term: 4-12 months.
The William P. McHugh Memorial Fund
The William P. McHugh Memorial Fund provides the McHugh Award, a special grant of $600 given to a pre-doctoral ARCE Fellow to encourage the study of Egyptian geo-archaeology and prehistory. Term: Concurrent with an ECA award.
Information and the online application is available at www.arce.org/fellowships/funded. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2010.
Krell Institute
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) Program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory.
Benefits:
• Yearly stipend of $32,400
• Payment of all tuition and fees
• $1,000 yearly academic allowance
This program is open only to U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens studying at a U.S. university who are exceptional senior undergraduates or are in their first or second year of graduate study.
The application is available at www.krellinst.org/ssgf. The deadline to apply is January 12, 2010.
Iris-Samuel Rothman Scholarship
This scholarship, in honor of a promising young man who died at age 22, is for a young man who has lost his mother, and either has lost his father, or does not have a father available to him. It is for college bound high school students, undergraduates, graduates, or post graduates seeking further education, wanting to do volunteer work, seeking employment or starting a business. The amount is variable depending on the qualification of the applicant. $1,000-$10,000. Scholarships are awarded year round.
Male students wishing to get more information and to apply for this scholarship should go to the following website:
www.iris-samuelrothmanscholarship.org/
MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation
The Health Professions Scholarships are available to students pursuing or advancing their degree in a wide range of nursing, medical, and clinical professions. Eligible applicants must live or work at least fifteen hours per week in one of the twenty-five towns in the MetroWest service area. Scholarships are awarded for tuition and fees up to a maximum of $2,000 per academic year.
For more information about appying for a scholarship, visit www.mchcf.org. There is no deadline for submission. Applications are reviewed as they are received.
Sallie Mae Fund
The Sallie Mae Fund's Unmet Need Scholarship Program provides a last-dollar resource for families with a combined income of less than $30,000. Students must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) to be eligible to apply. Scholarship awards range from $1,000 to $3,800.
The First in Family Scholarship Program was developed in partnership with the Hispanic College Fund and provides scholarships ranging from $500-$5,000 to undergraduate Hispanic Americans who are the first in their family to attend college.
The American Dream Scholarship Program, a partnership with the United Negro College Fund, awards college scholarship s raniging from $500-$5,000 to African-American students with demonstrated financial need.
For more details on The Sallie Mae Funds scholarship programs and to apply, please visit www.salliemaefund.org.
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