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Scholarship/Fellowship listings

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MOST WELL-KNOWN SCHOLARSHPS NATIONALLY.  THEIR APPLICATIONS REQUIRE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT, TIME, AND PREPARATION.

Scholarship/Fellowship 

Field/Description

Jack Kent Cooke
www.jackkentcookefoundation.org

All fields

Davies-Jackson
www.cic.edu/caphe/assistance/davies.asp

Students among the first to graduate from college. For study in England

Fulbright
www.iie.org/Fulbright 

All fields.  Study abroad

Gates Cambridge
www.gatesscholar.org

All fields.  For study at University of Cambridge

Goldwater
www.act.org/goldwater 

Mathematics, Engineering, or Natural Sciences

Madison
www.jamesmadison.com

American History, Government, Social Studies (secondary school teaching)  

Marshall
www.marshallscholarship.org

All fields.  For study in United Kingdom

Mellon
www.woodrow.org/mellon

Humanities and planning to teach

National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov/funding 

History of science, the philosophy of science, and mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, behavioral, and social sciences

Rhodes
www.rhodesscholar.org

All fields.  For study at Oxford University

Rotary
www.rotary.org/foundation

All fields.  For study abroad in exchange for service as ambassadors of peace

Truman
www.truman.gov

Fields in the public sector.  Award process begins in student's junior and senior year


Some scholarships require institutional endorsement or have multiple deadlines.  It is advisable that applicants should contact campus representatives at least 6 months in advance of deadlines to be competitive.