Undergraduate Scholarships & Fellowships
Vance L. Stickell Internship Program
Advertising
Advertising
Media
Creative
Public
Relations
College of Communication
Communication
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Relations
University of Texas
Texas Exes
General
Specific
Non-University
Nationally Competitive
Advertising
Selection for Department of Advertising scholarships is on the basis
of academic performance, leadership capability, career potential, and
financial need. An electronic application is now available.
Advertising
Austin Ad Club Endowed Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising major
Stipend: $1,000
Carroll Cartwright Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $3,000
Eleanor and Robert Pulver Endowed Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $1,000
GSD&M Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $2,000
John G. McGary Endowed Advertising Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $500
Morris Hite/Tracy Locke Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate and/or graduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $2,000
Norm Campbell Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising major
Stipend: $2,000
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Media
Sam W. Papert, Jr. Endowed Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Advertising major in media sales
Stipend: $1,000
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Creative
Richards Group Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Creative Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising major in the creative sequence
Stipend: $3,000
Frank Rizzo Advertising Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising major in the creative sequence
Stipend: $1,000
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Public
Relations
Carroll Cartwright Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $2,000
Eleanor and Robert Pulver Endowed Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $1,000
GSD&M Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $2,000
John G. McGary Endowed Advertising Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate advertising or PR major
Application Deadline: March 10
Stipend: $500
Morris Hite/Tracy Locke Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advertising
Eligibility: Undergraduate and/or graduate advertising or PR major
Stipend: $2,000
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College of Communication
Communication
Earl Campbell Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Communication
Eligibility: Demonstrated evidence of financial need.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
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Joanne Sharp and Jack R. Crosby Endowed Scholarship in Communication
Eligibility: Student of average academic merit (average GPA and SAT
scores) who shows promise of success in their chosen field and demonstrates
evidence of financial need.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
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John Tilford Jones, Jr. Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must demonstrate evidence of financial need.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
Roy D. Pena, Jr. Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate communications major
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
Times Mirror Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: Deserving students to increase employment opportunities
in the media
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: N/A
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Advertising
Richard M. & Helen DeVos Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate student majoring in advertising, Radio-TV-Film,
or Journalism
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $2,500
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Public
Relations
Sue Brant McBee Scholarship Award for Excellence
Eligibility: Juniors majoring in PR in the spring semester of their
junior (highest GPA); scholarship available during the senior year.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $1,000-2,000
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Ralph E. Frede Public Relations Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must be majoring in Public Relations.
Application Deadline: January 30
Stipend: $1,000-2,000
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University of Texas
Gloria J. Gonzales Endowed Scholarship
Eligibility: Full time student of Hispanic background who is a resident
of Tarrant Country in Texas. Preference given to residents of Fort Worth,
Texas, and to students majoring in Natural sciences.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: Intended to cover tuition and required fees.
Roy Crane Award in the Arts
Eligibility: Students who demonstrates unique, creative effort in the
performing, literary and visual arts. An undergraduate or graduate student
from any major area of study may compete for the award. The committee,
which selects the winner, will give no weight to any entrant's grade
point average or other academic achievement. The entrant's work may
be compared with similar forms of creativity, the award committee singles
out only one area of the arts for each year's competition. For 2004,
the visual arts will be considered for the award.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: $3,000
University Co op/George H. Mitchell Student Awards for Academic
Excellence
Eligibility: Undergraduate students who have achieved superior scholarly
or creative achievement. Five students will receive awards of $2,000
each, three will receive awards of $5,000 each, and one will be awarded
the grand prize of $20,000. The academic department of each honored
student will receive a concurrent award of half the value of each student's
award.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,000 (Five students), $5,000 (Three students) and $20,000
(one student)
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Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Eligibility: N/A
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: $2,500
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Texas Exes
General
Class of 1949 Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT student with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $700
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Geren Scholarship
Eligibility: Full time UT student with minimum 3.40 GPA who works at
least 20 hours/week during the academic year.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $1,800 $2,200
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Half-Century Longhorns Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March1
Stipend: $5,500/2 recipients
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Jacolyn Alexander Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,100
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James S. Mahon Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,100/1 recipient
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Jane Cook Barnhill Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving University of Texas students
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,600
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John D. and Louise Lambie Miller Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving students at The University of Texas at Austin
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $825
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Kathryn Spence Nance Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: UT women students who demonstrate high academic achievement,
show personal concern for others, and have specific financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,200
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Lester D. and Lena Mae Farley Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Available annually to current UT students who are native
Texans with demonstrated financial need and a satisfactory academic
record
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,600
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Life Member Scholarship
Eligibility: deserving UT students with financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $3,800/2 recipients
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Ray Fisher Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: UT sophomore with demonstrated scholastic ability and financial
need. Letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $9,000/ 4 recipients
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Marjorie Fisken Warren and J. Ed Warren Scholarship
Eligibility: Enthusiastic and highly motivated current student of The
University of Texas with demonstrated loyalty to UT Austin
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,300
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Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Domaschk and Mr. and Mrs. D.D. Wheat Memorial
Scholarship
Eligibility: Current UT students who have satisfactory academic records
and need financial assistance
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,000
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Schutze Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT student who demonstrates financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $500
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Stanley and Anoinette Tartaglia Post Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving UT students who are United States citizens and
have
financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,300
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Virginia Smith Steffler Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Current UT student with an overall balance of extracurricular
activities, academic record, community service, and service to the University
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,800
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Alfred Heidenheimer Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving entering student who demonstrates financial need,
with first preference given to graduates of Anson High School and second
preference given to students from Jones County
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,500
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Alpha Phi Omega Scholarship
Eligibility: Continuing University of Texas student who demonstrates
the ideals of leadership, friendship, and service through extracurricular
activity, minimum of 2.5 GPA
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,200
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Bernice Milburn Moore Scholarship
Eligibility: Woman student, over the age of 25, who returns to the University
to renew, replenish or enrich the quality of her education.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $900
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Dale Miller Government Intern Scholarship
Eligibility: UT students who secure summer government internships in
a capacity that is relevant to their fields of study
Application Deadline: April 15
Stipend: $1,700
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Emma Martha and Heinz Ulrich Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving undergraduates with financial need are eligible
to receive
this award upon recommendation from the University Student Group at
St. Austin's Catholic Church and from the Baptist Student Union.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,500/2 recipients
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Evelyn and Hugh Revely Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate minority students with financial need who
have completed at least one year of studies at UT with an overall GPA
of at least 2.50.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $2,200 $2,700
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Henry Benjamin Decherd and Isabelle Thomason Decherd Scholarship
Eligibility: Sophomore African American student at the University of
Texas at
Austin with a 2.5 or higher GPA that has participated in two or more
extracurricular activities and demonstrates good character.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,000
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Hispanic Texas Exes/University Co-Op Scholarship
Eligibility: Deserving Hispanic students at The University of Texas
at Austin
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,000
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John G. Evelyn and Hugh Revely Scholarship
Eligibility: Minority students with financial need who have completed
at
least one year of studies at U.T. with an overall GPA of at least 2.50.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,200 $2,700
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Lowell H. Lebermann/Silver Spurs Scholarship
Eligibility: Outstanding sophomore male UT student. The student should
have
completed 30 hours with no less than two semesters at UT. The student
must also demonstrate responsible leadership, outstanding scholarship,
campus involvement, and service
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $500
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Marence Daniel IMD' Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: African American male sophomores, juniors or seniors with
minimum 2.5 GPA, who have demonstrated leadership, community service
and/ or volunteer activities, scholastic competence, achievement in
varsity or intramural sports and personal honor.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $1,000
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Margaret C. Berry Scholarship
Eligibility: Outstanding sophomore woman with achievements in scholastics,
extracurricular activities, and service to the University and community.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,100
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Marian and Dick Dozier Scholarship
Eligibility: Qualifying employee or the son or daughter of an employee
of Austaco, Inc. (d.b.a. Taco Bell or Pizza Hut) who has financial need
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $2,000-$3,000/1-4 recipients
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Margaret Nosek Scholarship
Eligibility: students who will be at the senior, master, or doctoral
level in the next academic year. They must certify that they have a
disability that causes a significant functional limitation in one or
more major life activities. Applicants must provide evidence of ambition
to pursue a career in research in any academic area.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,600-1,800
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MBNA Scholarship
Eligibility: Current UT students whose parent or parents are Life Members
or
dues-paying members of The Texas Exes
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $600
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Melih and Selma Selvili Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Turkish international student, preferably an undergraduate,
with
outstanding academic credentials
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $900-1,000
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Ray Fisher Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: UT sophomore with demonstrated scholastic ability and financial
need. Letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $9,000/ 4 recipients
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Salvador and Viola Luna Endowed Scholarship
Eligibility: Hispanic students from Houston or Harris County who have
demonstrated scholarship, leadership and financial need.
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $1,000
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Steven Wade Elms Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Current or entering student, with first preference given
to those from the Midland-Odessa area, who have made significant contributions
to The University of Texas and/or to the community through charitable
and volunteer activities. Applicants should exemplify leadership, entrepreneurship,
ambition, and strong ties to family and friends. Financial need will
also be considered, and recipients may reapply.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,000
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Texas Caissons Scholarship
Eligibility: Outstanding students enrolled in UT's Army ROTC program.
Recipients must be recommended by UT's Army Professor of Military Science.
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,500/2 recipients
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Texas Exes Student Chapter Scholarship
Eligibility: Current undergraduates with a minimum 3.0 grade point average
who have demonstrated leadership and involvement on the UT campus
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $1,500
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Zekiye and Hilmi Selvili Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Turkish international student, preferably an undergraduate,
with
outstanding academic credentials
Application Deadline: March 1
Stipend: $900-1,000
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Non-University
African American Staff Advocating Progress Scholarship
Eligibility: African American descent, underclassman at UT and US citizen
Application Deadline: November
Stipend: $ 1000
ANA Multiculatual Excellence Scholarship
Eligibility: College junior who is a qualified American citizen with
proven Latino heritage and at least one grandparents of Latino heritage.
Student must be a AAAA MAIP (Multicultural Advertising Intern Program)
Hispanic Intern in good standing and have a minimum of 3.0 on a 4.0
scale (or equivalent). An essay of 250-500 words on the following topic
“What prompted you to pursue a career in advertising or marketing?
What will you draw upon from your education, internship or life lessons
that will enable you make a difference in advertising or marketing communications?”
must be submitted.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: $2,000
Bill Bernbach Minority Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must be second year minority student studying art
direction and copywriting who demonstrates financial need and must be
a citizen or permanent residents of the U.S.
Application Deadline: June
Stipend: $5,000-10,000
Blacknews.com Scholarship
Application Deadline: July 15
Stipend: $1,000
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Coca Cola Scholarship
Eligibility: Student who demonstrates academic excellence and community
involvement
Application Deadline: October 31
Stipend: $20,000 National Scholar; $4,000 Regional Scholar
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Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators Scholarship
Eligibility: Communication industry major who is a minority student
and whose family resides in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Deadline: February 1
Stipend: $500-2,000
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Forbes Media Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must be a master’s student in advertising
with a concentration in media who demonstrates financial need, career
commitment, leadership skills, and strategic thinking. Must be a citizen
or permanent residents of the U.S.
Application Deadline: June
Stipend: $5,000
Gates Millennium Scholarship
Eligibility: African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian
Pacific and Hispanic high school, undergraduate or graduate students.
Citizens or permanent residents of the US. Minimum 3.30 GPA. Demonstrated
financial need and leadership. Nomination by teachers, principals, professors,
deans, program directors, or other individuals from educational organizations
acting in their own capacities
Application Deadline: February
Stipend: Cover tuition and Fees, Varies
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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
Eligibility: Junior in the Fall preceding the application date with
a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Criteria include academic achievement
and intelligence, financial need, will to succeed, leadership and public
service; critical thinking ability, potential to make a significant
contribution to field of study and/ or society, and appreciation for
participation in the arts and humanities
Application Deadline: January
Stipend: $30,000/ Year
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John Mack Carter Scholarship
Eligibility: Women pursing a master’s degree in advertising with
a concentration in media who demonstrate financial need, career commitment,
leadership skills, and strategic thinking. Must be citizens or permanent
residents of the U. S.
Application Deadline: Dec. 8
Stipend: $5,000
Leonard Perryman Communication Scholarship for Minority Students
Eligibility: Minority junior/senior majoring in religious journalism
and mass
Communication
Application Deadline: Early March
Stipend: $2, 500
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NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program
NASA is seeking undergraduate students from diverse communities who
are interested in a challenging research experience at a NASA center.
10 week summer sessions and 15 week fall session will be available.
Aligned with NASA's research and development mission, the USRP program
provides students with a technical mentor and excellent hands on experience.
Classified as a rising junior or senior after spring 2003 semester;
eligible fields of study are academic majors or demonstrated coursework
or concentration in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or physical/
life science; demonstrated strong interest/ commitment to one of the
above career fields or disciplines (e.g. science/ math/ engineering
fairs, clubs or awards; tutoring/ mentoring; internships or other related
experience).
Application Deadline: January
Stipend: $5001 week, plus round trip travel allowance
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NIH Undergraduate Scholarship
Eligibility: Full time student with disadvantaged background and 3.5
GPA or in top 5% of his class, who plans study/ career in health related
research
Application Deadline: Late February 2000
Stipend: Up to $20,000/ year, summer research and employment after graduation
at NIH
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Ornelas Associates Minority Scholarship
Eligibility: Student must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree
and be a qualified American citizen who has proven Latino heritage with
at least one grandparent of Latino heritage. Student must be a AAAA
MAIP (Multicultural Advertising Intern Program) Hispanic Intern in good
standing. An essay of 250-500 words on the following topic “As
a Latino I value ganas (passion), adelante (progress), Latino pride
and diversity by…” must be submitted.
Application Deadline: June
Stipend: $5,000
Patrick Charnon Scholarship
Eligibility: Full time undergraduates who value tolerance, compassion
and respect for all people in their communities and have demonstrated
their commitments to these values by their actions. Must submit a transcript,
3 letters of recommendation, and 500-1000 word essay explaining what
you'd like to do during your undergraduate program and what you'd like
to accomplish.
Application Deadline: April 15
Stipend: Min $1,500
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Peter Agris Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Students of Greek ancestry who are pursuing either graduate
or undergraduate studies in journalism or communications, who are active
in their church and community, maintain at least a 3.0 average, and
show some financial need.
Application Deadline: March 31
Stipend: $5,000
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State Farm Insurance American Indian Scholarship
Eligibility: American Indian student in education
Application Deadline: NA
Stipend: Varies
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State Farm Insurance Hispanic Scholarship
Eligibility: Hispanic student
Application Deadline: October 5
Stipend: $2,500
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United Negro College Fund, Inc.
Eligibility: African American and Hispanic juniors/ seniors majoring
in public affairs.
Minimum of 3.0 GPA.
Application Deadline: December
Stipend: Scholarship and paid summer internship – varies
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United Negro College Fund Merck Undergraduate Science Research
Scholarship
Eligibility: African American (Black, non-Hispanic) Junior who will
be a degree candidate in the 2003-2004acadeic year; life or physical
science major interested in biomedical research (first professional
and engineering majors are not eligible); minimum GPA 3.3; committed
to two 1-12 week summer internships at a Merck research facility; US
citizen or permanent resident
Application Deadline: December 2003
Stipend: $25,000, two summer internships stipends totaling a minimum
of $10,000
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Young Women’s Alliance Foundation Scholarship
Eligibility: Young Women who are U.S. citizens under the age of 40.
Applicants should be juniors, seniors, or graduate students attending
a college in a Central Texas. Recipients are chosen based on financial
need, commitment to community service, and academic achievement.
Application Deadline: April 23
Stipend: $2,500
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Nationally Competitive
Students do not apply directly for the scholarships listed below.
Instead, they must be nominated by U.T. Preliminary applications must
be submitted to Professor Larry Carver, Associate Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts, early in the Fall semester. In addition to completing
the scholarship application, students are interviewed by a faculty panel
prior to nomination. For more information, contact Dean Carver at carver@mail.utexas.edu
or 471-3458/471-4991.
Gate/Cambridge Scholarship
Eligibility: Student who has been admitted to Cambridge through the
University’s normal academic procedures.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: £1,600
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Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
Eligibility: Undergraduate students about to enter graduate school and
graduate students who have not yet completed their first year of graduate
study and who intend to pursue a doctoral or master's degree, if the
master's degree is the terminal or highest degree awarded in an approved
field. Student must be plan to enroll in graduate school in the fall
of year received and must be U.S. citizen.
Application Deadline: N/A
Stipend: N/A
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Marshall Scholarship
Eligibility: Open only to United States citizens who (by the time they
take up their Scholarship) hold a first degree from an accredited four-year
college or university in the United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7.
To qualify for awards tenable from October 2004, candidates must have
graduated from their undergraduate college or university after April
2001.
Application Deadline: Mid-October
Stipend: N/A
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Mitchell Scholarship
Eligibility: First-year doctoral student pursuing advanced study in
the disciplines of the humanities.
Application Deadline: December 8
Stipend: $17,500
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Rhodes Scholarship
Eligibility: Students pursuing studies in any disciplines offered at
the University of Oxford.
Application Deadline: October 6
Stipend: All educational costs such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory,
and certain other fees as well as expenses for term-time and vacations
for two years of study
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Truman Scholarship
Eligibility: Undergraduate students who wish financial support to attend
graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government,
the non-profit sector or elsewhere in public service
Application Deadline: November 17
Stipend: $30,000
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