Archive for the 'MAs Eligible' Category

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Graduate Scholarship

Deadline: December 15
Length: N/A; $1,000-5,000
Comments: Must be US citizen or permanent resident of “Hispanic heritage”; must “[b]e pursuing first undergraduate or graduate degree’; must fill out FAFSA
URL: http://www.hsf.net/Scholarships.aspx?id=460

National Organization of Italian American Women Scholarships

Deadline: Feb 20 in 2009 (2010-11 announcement not yet posted)
Length: N/A ($2,000)
Comments: Must have “[o]ne parent of Italian American descent”
URL: http://noiaw.org/pages/scholarships/scholarships.php

SRAS Research Abroad Grants Russia and Central Asia

Deadline: September 17
Length: Up to one year
Comments: For research in Russia and Central Asia; must be enrolled in required RSL, FSA, or DE program
URL: http://www.sras.org/research_grants_russia

Sorrento Lingue Scholarship

Deadline: February 27 in 2009 (2010-11 announcement not yet made)
Length: 6 months
Comments: For “Italian language and culture study in Sorrento, Italy”; must be US citizen; “Basic knowledge of the Italian language preferred”; must have at least one Italian or Italian American grandparent
URL: http://www.osia.org/public/scholarships/study_special.asp

National Sporting Library Daniels Fellowship

Deadline: February 1
Length: Up to 12 months
Comments: For research on “horse and field sports”; eligible fields include history, literature, journalism, art history, anthropology, area studies, and history of sport; “Legal U.S. citizens and residents may apply for fellowships for periods of 12 months or less”
URL: http://www.nsl.org/fellowship.html

University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: October 1 in 2008 (2010-11 announcement not yet made)
Length: 1 year
Comments: Goal of “increasing the representation of underrepresented groups in their academic field of study”; “applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents…the Ph.D. (or comparable terminal degree in professional and artistic fields) must have been awarded within three years prior to the fellowship [...]

Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture Graduate Research and Travel Grants

Deadline: April 15
Length: Short-term
Comments: “Activities that will be considered for funding include, but are not limited to, travel-related expenses (transportation and lodging) associated with field or primary archival research, transcription costs, duplication services, or the acquisition of data sets for quantitative analysis. Preference will be given to dissertation-related research, however,other projects will also be considered.”
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Posey Foundation Art Scholarships

Deadline: March 1
Length: 1 year
Comments: For “graduate level art students majoring in traditional figurative painting or sculpture; the institution at which the graduate student wishes to study should be known for teaching traditional painting or sculpture”
URL: https://www.wachovia.com/foundation/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2379def612a1d110VgnVCM100000127d6fa2RCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellowship Programs

Deadline: Two-phase: March 20 and May 1
Length: One summer, one academic year
Comments: For intermediate and advanced Arabic study in Cairo and Damascus
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa/programs/

Canadian Federation of University Women Fellowships

Deadline: November 1
Length: Varies
Comments: For Female Canadian citizens or landed immigrants enrolled in PhD and MA programs
URL: http://www.cfuw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=7&id=85&Itemid=88