International
students are not eligible for Federal Financial Aid. Students may contact
their academic department about graduate teaching and research assistantships.
Academic departments provide the appropriate forms to apply for these
positions.
FUNDING/INTERNSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
- Academy for Educational Development fellowships
& internships
www.aed.org/LeadershipandDemocracy/International/fellowship.cfm
- American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) Fellowships
Note: this site contains a variety of fellowships with varying
awards and eligibility requirements.
www.bu.edu/acor/fellowsh.htm
- American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS supports scholarship in the humanities and humanities-related
social sciences. The specifics of the competitions vary.
www.acls.org/fellows.htm
- American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) Scholarship
(Note: must reside in North America, i.e., Canada, Mexico, or
USA)
Award: $500-$3,000
asev.org/scholarship-program
- El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
in Mexico, the equivalent of the Nacional Science Foundation in the
U.S., provide graduate fellowships to Mexican graduate students, or
prospective graduate students, providing they meet the admissions
criteria established by Arizona State University (ASU) and the
application criteria established by CONACYT. For specific information
about the general requirements, please refer to the ASU and CONACYT
websites. Programs not currently funded by CONACYT fellowships include
Fine Arts, MBA programs and Law programs.
Award: Tuition and health insurance, as well as a monthly stipend throughout the
duration of the student's program.
www.asu.edu/opi/conacyt
- Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust (FIRST)
- Barbara Carlson Scholarship
- Dosatron International Scholarship
- Ed Markham International Scholarship
- J.K. Rathmell, Jr. Memorial for Work/Study Abroad
(Note: must be a citizen or resident of the U.S. or Canada or
be enrolled in an accredited educational institution in the
U.S. or Canada. The FIRST Scholarship Committee will decide
which scholarship(s) are most appropriate according to your
interests/aptitudes as indicated on the application.)
Award: $500-$2,000
www.firstinfloriculture.org
- Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada (GFOA): 2006
Daniel B. Goldberg Scholarship
is for a graduate student enrolled in full-time master's study
preparing for a career in state and local government finance and
expecting to be enrolled in the spring 2006 semester (including spring
2006 graduate).
Must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada.
Award: $10,000
www.gfoa.org/services/scholarships.shtml
- Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada (GFOA): 2006
Frank L. Greathouse Government Accounting Scholarship
is for graduate students enrolled in full-time study preparing for a
career in state and local government finance.
Must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada.
Award: $3,500
www.gfoa.org/services/scholarships.shtml
-
Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada: Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship
is for graduate students in public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political
science, economics or business administration (with a specific focus on government or
nonprofit management) who belong to one of the following groups (as defined by the U.S.
Census Bureau): Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino. The student may be a citizen or
permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada.
Award: $5,000
www.gfoa.org/services/scholarships.shtml
- Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada (GFOA): George A. Nielsen Public Investor Scholarship
is for a graduate student in public administration, finance, business
administration, or a related field with a career interest in the
efficient and productive investment of public funds.
Must be employed at least one year by a state, local government, or
other public entity and a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or
Canada.
Award: $5,000 (may be awarded as two $2,500 scholarships)
www.gfoa.org/services/scholarships.shtml
- Government
Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada (GFOA): Public
Employee Retirement Research and Administration Scholarship
is
for a graduate student in public administration, finance, business
administration, or social sciences preparing for a career in the field
of public-sector retirement benefits. Must be a citizen or permanent
resident of the U.S. or Canada.
Award: $4,000
www.gfoa.org/services/scholarships.shtml
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
are awarded for proposals from any of the natural and social
sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding
of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression,
and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can
increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of
violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Applicants
may be citizens of any country.
Award: $15,000
www.hfg.org
- International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons: Health
Career Scholarship
Award: $1,000
www.iokds.org/scholarship.html
- King Olav Norwegian-American Heritage Fund
Award: $500-$2,000
(612) 827-3611
- National Water Research Institute Fellowship Program
supports master's or doctoral graduate research related
to water resources. Research areas include, but are not limited
to, engineering sciences, physical and chemical sciences, biological
sciences, health sciences, political sciences, and planning
and public policy. There is no citizenship requirement but the
bulk of the research must be conducted in the U.S.
Award: Up to $10,000
www.nwri-usa.org
- Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/
- Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship
up to $23,000
- Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship
$10,000-$15,000
- Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship
$11,500
- Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program provides
undergraduate and graduate students (there are no citizenship
restrictions; international students and non-U.S. citizens are
encouraged to apply) currently enrolled in degree-seeking programs
with valuable educational experiences to promote scientific
excellence and achievement through hands-on learning with funding
to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for
purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete
a specific research project.
Award: $1,000 or less to students from all areas of the
sciences and engineering, up to $5,000 for astronomy, or up to $2,500 for vision-related
research
www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC) has many different funding opportunities for citizens
or permanent residents of Canada:
- Social Science Research Counsil (SSRC) International
Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF)
program supports full-time graduate students in the humanities and
social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United
States, regardless of citizenship, conducting dissertation research
outside the United States. Fellowship funds are provided by the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation (www.mellon.org). The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council (www.ssrc.org) in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies (www.acls.org).
Award: Approximately $20,000
www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf
- Transportation Clubs International
- Ginger and Fred Deines Canada Scholarship
Award: $1,500
(504) 243-9825
- Ginger and Fred Deines Mexico Scholarship
Award: $1,500
(504) 243-9825
www.transportationclubsinternational.com/scholarships.html
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org/education/er_internship.asp
- Six-Month Internship
Award: $11,000
Summer Internship for Graduate Students
Award: $3,500
- Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes
to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in
anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source
of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of
humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation.
Award: up to $25,000
www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232
- Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-Ph.D. Research Grants are available
for individual scholars without regard to nationality or institutional
affiliation holding a doctorate or equivalent in anthropology.
Grants are made to seed innovative approaches and ideas, to
cover specific expenses or phases of a project, and/or to encourage
aid from other funding agencies.
Award: up to $25,000
www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368389&attrib_id=13233
- Wenner-Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral
Fellowships support the write-up of already completed research. Scholars with a
Ph.D. in hand for no more than ten years (from the application deadline) are eligible to apply.
Award: up to $40,000
www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368531&attrib_id=13233
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Postdoctoral
Fellowship Program awards fellowships annually to individuals
with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social
sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues,
particularly those that help provide the essential background
against which current issues can be more thoroughly understood.
Most fellows serve for nine months, from September to May, although
a few fellowships are occasionally awarded for shorter periods.
Award: $26,000 to $85,000
www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Fellowships.welcome
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