Global Sustainability Scholars RaMP-UP Fellows Program - direct application deadline
Eligible are US citizens who have have completed a bachelor’s degree focused on Biology or similar fields - for example, environmental sciences - within the past four years. If you are graduating in May 2024, you are eligible.
The Global Sustainability Scholars RaMP-UP Fellows Program offers a one-year paid research experience with Smithsonian Scientists and a cohort of peers in the Tropics. Come away with a robust research experience, scientific products, an international professional network, a peer network, and strong mentors to advocate for their careers.
A cohort of 10-12 RaMP-UP Fellows spend a year engaged in BioDiversity studies with Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Scientists. Embedded in the tropical...
Milkweed Fellowship in publishing - direct application deadline
Eligible are seniors and graduates eligible to work in the US for the 2 years of the fellowship. Those historically underrepresented among workers in book publishing—Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and those with disabilities—are warmly encouraged to apply.
The Milkweed Fellowship is grounded in our belief that books have the potential to change the way we see the world, and that equity is essential to a vibrant, diverse, and empowered literary ecosystem. This paid, one- to two-year immersion program is designed to offer the tools, experience, and exposure necessary to pursue a career in book publishing. Intended to provide an alternative route to leadership in an industry where the prerequisite to an entry-level position is typically an unpaid...
Wellesley's Samuel and Hilda Levitt Fellowship - campus application deadline
Students planning to enroll in a 360 course in the first semester of their senior year, who have the approval of their thesis advisor and department, are eligible to apply. Levitt Scholars are not eligible to apply for either a Daniels Fellowship or a Schiff Fellowship.
The Samuel and Hilda Levitt Fellowships are intended to support the thesis work of nine honors students, three each in the humanities, the social sciences and the sciences. Each fellowship consists of $3500 and is awarded in the spring of the recipient’s junior year, so that it can facilitate honors work, both during the summer preceding the senior year, if needed, and during the senior year. The fellowship is also intended to recognize students with a commitment to service.
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Prilla Smith Brackett Award Art Prize - deadline
Applicants must identify as female, live in the Greater Boston area, and be at a career stage beyond the first five years of professional practice.
The biennial Prilla Smith Brackett Award honors an outstanding female-identifying visual artist based in the Greater Boston area. Funded by Prilla Smith Brackett (Wellesley Class of 1964) and administered by the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. The $15,000 cash award will be given to the artist whose work demonstrates extraordinary artistic vision, talent, and skill.
The 2024 application portal will open on Wednesday, May 1 and close at 11:59pm on Sunday...
Brooke Owens Fellowship - expected direct application deadline
Eligible: anyone whose gender is underrepresented in aerospace (e.g. cisgender woman, a transgender woman, non-binary, agender, bigender, two-spirit, demigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, or another form of gender other than cisgender man) and who is currently pursuing a bachelors or associates degree as of October 2024, and will have at least one semester of study left after summer '24. International students with CPT are eligible!
Brooke Owens Fellowship offers paid internships and executive mentorship for exceptional undergraduates in aerospace! Work at the coolest companies, doing the most meaningful things; connect directly with the leaders of today's industry; build a network that will launch you to the career of your dreams.
Did you know? Shannon Kearney '18, Grace Jackson '22, and Paige Dean '23 won the Brooke Owens Fellowship!
Please note, this is an expected deadline. Check official website for details....
Daniels Fellowship - expected direct application deadline
Eligible: seniors in good standing at Wellesley.
Wellesley's Pamela Daniels ’59 Fellowship is a merit award intended to encourage the maverick spirit at Wellesley. It is meant to provide an opportunity for seniors to envision and carry out a piece of work that they would love to do before graduation—a work of imagination as well as intellect, a worthy and vivid dream project that explores who they are as well as what they know. The Daniels supports a senior project (that may be but is not required to be an honors thesis).
What would you love to do...
Gates Cambridge Scholarship - expected direct application deadline for US applicants
Eligible: seniors and graduates, in any discipline and from any country except the UK
Gates Cambridge Scholarships support graduate study in any discipline at the University of Cambridge. Details and application, plus helpful videos, via: www.gatescambridge.org.
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Jerome A. Schiff Fellowship - expected direct application deadline
Eligible: Wellesley students enrolled in a 360 in the fall or intending to enroll in a 360 in spring.
A generous gift from the Jerome A. Schiff Charitable Trust allows Wellesley to support students pursuing independent research projects through the senior Honors thesis program. The fellowships are awarded on the basis of merit, and the number of fellows each year is determined by available funding and the number of qualified applicants. **For details please see the Schiff website.
**Please note this is an expected deadline; please see the program website for updates and additional details.
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Churchill Scholarship - campus deadline
Eligible: graduating seniors and alumnae in STEM fields who are U.S. citizens.
The Churchill Scholarship provides funding to American students for a year of Master’s study in science, mathematics, and engineering at the University of Cambridge, based at Churchill College. The Scholarship was set up at the request of Sir Winston Churchill in order to fulfill his vision of US-UK scientific exchange with the goal of advancing science and technology on both sides of the Atlantic, helping to ensure our future prosperity and security. The Foundation currently offers up to 15 scholarships per year, and Wellesley is invited to nominate no more than 2 candidates annually....
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) - expected direct application deadline
Eligible: graduating seniors and recent grads who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, applying for or in one of the first two years of study in an eligible graduate program.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF GRFP) support up to three years of graduate study in the sciences and social sciences at a U.S. institution. Application Deadline(s) vary according to proposed field of study (& are 5 p.m. local time at applicant’s mailing address). Please note, this is the earliest of expected deadlines; see the program website for updates and details.
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