The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of Directors of The Sperry and Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke.  The Board created an endowment to provide substantial scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise.

Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. 

2 years graduate study.

1. Intellectual ability

2. "Junior" standing

3. Plan to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences.

4. United States citizen or a United States national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

5. Have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during his or her undergraduate years.

Arts, humanities, social sciences

Only one student from Union is selected to apply each year. Submit your full application to Margaret Tongue by 12 noon on the local deadline (below) in order to be considered by the Union College post baccalaureate fellowships committee.

Margaret Tongue Becker Career Center, Room 102 [x8311]

• Junior

• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign
• Domestic

NSEP Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. interests, and  enable U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an international dimension to their education.  It is hoped that recipients of Boren Fellowships will comprise an ever-growing cadre of experts whose enriched educational and professional experiences will enable them to provide leadership and direction in our national commitment to economic growth, international peace and security, and the promotion of democracy abroad.

The maximum level of support for a combined overseas and domestic program is $30,000. A maximum of $12,000 per semester for up to two semesters ($24,000 total) is available for overseas study. A maximum of $12,000 is available for a program of domestic only study.

minimum of one semester and a maximum of two academic years

1. U.S. citizen

2. Either enrolled in or applying to a graduate degree program at an accredited U.S. college or university

3. Including a plan for language study in a modern language other than English in your application.

NSEP Boren Fellowship support may not be used for study of French or Spanish unless such language instruction is at an advanced level or combined with the study of applied science or engineering.

The NSEP service requirement stipulates that an award recipient work in the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, State, or the Intelligence Community. If, after making a full and good faith effort (according to conditions and rules established by NSEP), an award recipient demonstrates to NSEP that no appropriate position is available in one of these agencies, he or she may work in any U.S. federal department or agency. There is also an expectation that NSEP Boren Fellows will use the language or regional expertise acquired as a result of the award in their work for the U.S. government.

NSEP Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East). Study of the countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand is excluded.

Successful applications generally include a significant overseas component.

See website for list of preferred countries and languages.

Margaret Tongue Becker Career Center, Room 102 [x8311]

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign
• Domestic

Carnegie Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the Endowment's senior associates in Washington D.C.

$2,750 per month. A full benefits package is also provided.

1 year fellowship.

3.7 GPA and either U.S. Citizenship or eligibility to work in US.

Applications are judged on the quality of the written essay, related academic study and/or work experience, grades, recommendations, and personal interviews.
 

non-proliferation, democracy building, trade, US leadership, China-related issues and Russian/Eurasian studies.

Only two student from Union are selected to apply each year. Submit your full application to Margaret Tongue by 12 noon on the local deadline (above) in order to be considered by the Union College post baccalaureate fellowships committee.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Domestic

To enhance German Studies at American and Canadian universities and promote international academic relations and cooperation by offering mobility for students.

Monthly stipends range from € 795 to € 975 depending on the level of academic advancement. DAAD provides each scholarship recipient with a lump sum between € 520 and € 1,022.58, to defray travel expenses. DAAD pays the costs of health, accident and liability insurance with a German insurance company, less € 10.23 per month to be paid by the scholarship holder.

Up to 2 years.

Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens enrolled full-time in a degree program at an accredited US or Canadian university. Foreign nationals may be able to apply if they have been full-time graduate students at an accredited US or Canadian university for more than one academic year at the time of application.

Applicants must have a well-defined study or research project that makes a stay in the Federal Republic of Germany essential. All academic fields are welcome with the exception of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

Various deadlines.

Margaret Tongue

Becker Career Center, Room 102 [x8311]

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students whom demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and, a desire to enter the professoriate.

Annual stipend of $20,000 plus tuition

Three years funding, to be used within five years.

U.S. citizen or national. Member of the following groups: Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), Puerto Ricans.

Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs in selected academic disciplines. A comprehensive list of eligible fields of study is listed on the website.

Margaret Tongue Becker Career Center, Room 102 [x8311]

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences

• Domestic

The U.S. Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's and doctoral candidates, and developing professionals and artists opportunities for instructional experience, personal enrichment and an open exchange of ideas with citizens of other nations.

These grants generally provide round-trip transportation; book and research allowances; maintenance for the academic year, based on living costs in the host country; supplemental health and accident insurance; tuition, in some cases; and language or orientation courses, where appropriate.

approximately one year.

U.S. citizen

none.

proposals for graduate study, teaching assistantships and research are accepted.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign

Enables outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others.

Full coverage of costs of attending Cambridge University.

multi-year.

Admission to Cambridge University & under 30 years old.

Union College institutional endorsement.

None

Student must complete the full application to Cambridge along with the scholarship application. Only students admitted to Cambridge will then be considered for the scholarship.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign

The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.

Up to a maximum of $7,500 annually.

Junior-level scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of two years of scholarship support, and Senior-level scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of one year of scholarship support.

U.S. citizen, full-time matriculated sophomore or junior pursuing a degree at an accredited institution of higher education.

Union College highly recommends students with excellent GPAs and research experience apply.

Mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

Only four student from Union are selected to apply each year. Submit your full application to Margaret Tongue by 12 noon on the local deadline (above) in order to be considered by the Union College post baccalaureate fellowships committee.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships Union College Becker Hall, Room 102 Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Sophmore
• Junior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences

• Domestic

To support the graduate education of America's most promising technical talent, the Ph.D.-directed effort of the young men and women who can be expected to have the greatest impact on the application of the physical sciences to human problems during the next half-century.

Annual stipend of $31,000 plus tuition.

Up to five years.

Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency.

The Hertz Foundation permits its Fellows to hold tenure of their Fellowships only at selected schools.  A list of tenable schools is available at the Foundation's web site.

Applied physical sciences.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences

• Domestic

The program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated (1) superior academic ability and achievement; (2) exceptional promise; and (3) financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal or highest degree in the selected field of study. The Department of Education awards fellowships in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Annual stipend of $30,000 plus tuition.

Up to four years.

U.S. citizen or national, permanent resident of the U.S., or citizen of any one of the Freely Associated States.

Arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Complete GRE scores must be submitted as part of the application. This generally means that you must take the GRE before August 1 in order to be certain  that your scores will be available for the application.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign
• Domestic

To honor James Madison's legacy and Madisonian principles by providing support for graduate study that focuses on the United States Constitution.

Up to $24,000 pro-rated over the period of study.

Up to 2 academic years.

U.S. citizen or U.S. national who is currently a teacher, or plans to become a teacher, of American history, American government, or social studies at the secondary school level (grades 7-12).

American history, American government, and/or social studies.

After earning a master's degree, each James Madison Fellow must teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7-12 for no less than one year for each full academic year of study under the fellowship.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Social Sciences

• Domestic

To express Britain’s enduring gratitude to the American people for the Marshall Plan. Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom.

University fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States and, where applicable, a contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse.

Up to 2 years.

U.S. citizen who holds a first degree from an accredited four- year college or university in the United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7.

Union College institutional endorsement.

None.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign

The Mitchell Scholarships are to enable American citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 to study at universities on the island of Ireland, and are intended to familiarize and engage the next generation of America's leaders with the island of Ireland.

tuition and housing for one year along with international travel and a living expenses stipend.

One year.

U.S. citizen, age 18 but not yet 30 on October 1, 2006

Union College institutional endorsement.

None.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign

To ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, mathematics, and engineering in the United States and to reinforce its diversity.

Annual stipend of $27,500, and an annual cost-of-education allowance of $10,500.

Three years.

U.S. citizen or national, or permanent resident alien of the United States.

Union College highly recommends students with excellent GPAs and research experience apply.

Mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and research-based PhD degrees in science education.

Students are requested to provide a copy of their application to the contact address below but must submit the application on their own.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences

• Foreign
• Domestic

The program seeks to recruit talented students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy. The goal is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State.

The fellowship award includes tuition, room, board, and mandatory fees during the junior and senior years of college and during the first year of graduate study with reimbursement for books and round-trip travel.

Three years.

U.S. Citizen

The Fellow must commit to pursuing a graduate degree in international studies at one of the graduate schools identified by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

international studies

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Sophmore
• Senior

• Social Sciences

• Foreign
• Domestic

Bring able students from throughout the English-speaking world and beyond to study at Oxford University to aid in the promotion of international understanding and peace.

All educational costs, such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory and certain other fees.

Two years with the possibility of renewal for a third year.

U.S. citizen

at least 18 but not yet 24 years of age.

3.7 GPA

Four standards by which prospective Rhodes Scholars should be judged:

(1) literary and scholastic attainments;

(2) energy to use one’s talents to the full;

(3) truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship;

(4) moral force of character and instincts to lead, and to take an interest in one’s fellow beings.

Union College institutional endorsement is required.

None.

Rhodes Scholarships are available for citizens of some other countries. Please see the website for a list of participating countries.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign

To provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields.

A maintenance grant of $20,000, and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the U.S. graduate program attended.

Up to two years.

Any student who (1) is a resident alien; i.e., holds a Green Card or, (2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen or (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens, has a bachelor's degree or is in her/his final year of undergraduate study, and not older than thirty years of age as of the application deadline.

None.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign
• Domestic

To find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service; and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.

$30,000.

Up to one year.

U.S. citizen or national.  Be in the upper quarter of junior class.

Union College institutional endorsement.

public service.

Public service requirement of 3 years following graduation.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Junior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign
• Domestic

To increase awareness of the nation's natural resources.

Up to $5,000.

One year

U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident alien, matriculated as a sophomore or junior at accredited institution of higher education.

demonstrated commitment to the environment.

Union College institutional endorsement required.

none.

Margaret Tongue

Director, Office of Postgraduate Fellowships

Union College

Becker Hall, Room 102

Schenectady NY 12308

Phone: 518 388 8311

Fax: 518 388 6544

Email: tonguem@union.edu

• Sophmore
• Junior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Domestic

To give college graduates of unusual promise the freedom to engage in a year of independent study and travel abroad following their graduation.

$25,000 ($31,000 for Fellows accompanied by a spouse or dependent child).

one year.

Graduating senior at a participating institution (college or university).

Union College institutional endorsement

None.

Only four student from Union are selected to apply each year. Submit your full application to Joyce Madancy by 12 noon on the local deadline (above) in order to be considered by the Union College Watson committee.

Prof. Joyce Madancy

History Department.

• Senior

• Engineering
• Physical and Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities and the Arts

• Foreign