Public Service and Leadership Scholarships

Undergraduate Students

Americorps

• There are plenty of funding options available, visit the website below for each individual area.

AMERICORPS

All Star's Project

• All Star's project is a non-profit organization that strives to transform lives of youth and poor communities using the developmental power of performance. Go to the website above to get involved. 

ALL STAR'S PROJECT

Asian Pacific Education

• Open to all undergraduate students studying abroad in an eligible country.
• Applicants must be studying any "General Study" (art, international business or international study foreign languages for STA Travel Scholarship.
• Deadline: April (Fall), August (Spring), December (Summer)
• The award for Asia Pacific Education varies (e.g., $500 vs. $2000). Supports study in Asia-Pacific countries.

ASIAN PACIFIC EDUCATION

Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship

• Open to all undergraduate students.
• Usual application deadline: January.
• The award for Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship is 11 month fellowship, starts out in Washington D.C., then fellows have the chance to go anywhere in the U.S.

BILL EMERSON NATIONAL HUNGER FELLOWSHIP

Carnegie Junior Fellows

• Open to graduate students – apply as a senior who has not begun graduate students.
• Applicants field of study should be in social sciences and other – work in areas such as non-proliferation, democracy, trade, Asian affairs.
• Application deadline: January 15.
• The award Carnegie Junior Fellows is one year of work as a research assistant with a senior Carnegie Fellow, paying $33,000 plus benefit

CARNEGIE JUNIOR FELLOWS

The William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship

• Open to students who have completed at least one year of full-time study.
• Applicants can be studying any field, but with interest in study at the American University in Dubai.
• Deadline: March 15 (Fall), October 15 (Spring), February 15 (Summer)
• The award for the William Jefferson Clinton scholarship is tuition for one term plus on-campus housing at the American University in Dubai.

THE WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON SCHOLARSHIP

Critical Language Scholarship for Intensive Summer Institutes

• Open to graduate and undergraduate students.
• Applicants can be studying any field.
• Usual application deadline: November.
• The award for Critical Language Scholarship for Intensive Summer Institutes is travel, study, and all program expenses for summer institute language study in countries where “target languages” are spoken.

CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR INTENSIVE SUMMER INSTITUTES

DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

• Open to undergraduate students (sophomore or juniors) or graduate students (seniors who are prospective graduate students)
• Applicants can be studying any field, but with clear research plan to be conducted in Germany.
• Usual application deadline: January.
• The award for German Academic Exchange Service is 4-10 months of undergraduate study or research in Germany; one year of graduate study in Germany, plus travel costs and health insurance (international).

DAAD gERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE

Gilman International Scholarship Program

• Open to undergraduate students with financial need who will be studying abroad during the academic year.
• Applicants can be studying any field.
• Deadline: Depends on timing of study abroad experience. 
• The award for Gilman International Scholarship Program is up to $5,000 for study abroad (must be a minimum of four weeks), with amount contingent on amount of Pell grant eligibility (international).

GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Humanity in Action Fellowship

• Open to undergraduates and new graduates (sophomores to recent graduates).
• The award for Humanity in Action Fellowship is a funded travel experience in one of a number of cities, where students focus on intensive, collaborative study of a human rights issue related to minority groups, the Holocaust, and WWII; requires subsequent completion of an action project.

HUMANITY IN ACTION FELLOWSHIP

Samual Huntington Public Service Award

• Open to undergrads, seniors.
• Award for Samual Huntington Public Service Award is $15,000 stipends to graduating seniors pursuing one year of public service anywhere in the world.  

SAMUAL HUNTINGTON PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

National Security Education Program - Undergraduate (David L. Boren)

• Open to undergraduates; includes special application track for ROTC students. 
• Applicants can be studying any field, but language must be the study abroad focus. Post-graduate requirement to seek employment at an appropriate U.S. governmental agency.
• Usual application deadline: February.
• The award for National Security Education Program is to study abroad in an area of critical U.S. interest; up to $20,000 for an academic year or $8,000 for a summer (international).

NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM - UNDERGRADUATE (DAVID L. BOREN)

NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate

• Open to all undergraduate students.
• Applicants can be studying any field.
• Usual application deadline: January.
• The award for NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate is up to $9,500 per academic year to support their studies, as well as a paid summer internship opportunities at NOAA facilities across the US. 

NOAA ERNEST F. HOLLINGS UNDERGRADUATE

Public Policy and International Affairs Program Fellowship Program

• Open to undergraduate juniors committed to completing an MA/MS in public and/or international affairs at one of the PPIA Consortium graduate schools.
• Applicants can be studying any field.
• Usual application deadline: November.
• The award for Public Policy and International Affairs Program Fellowship Program is at least $5,000 toward MA/MS tuition, stipend, eligibility for internships and other professional development opportunities.

PUBLIC POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Rotary Peace Fellowships

• Open to students pursuing graduate degrees or certificates in designated institutions
• Applicants must study in peace or conflict resolution-releated fields.
• Usual application deadline: May.
• The award for Rotary Peace Fellowships is Full funding for graduate degree or certificate at designated institution.

ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIPS

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

• Open to undergraduate juniors.
• Applicants must study in docial sciences and other – careers in government, non-profits, public service.
• Ususal application deadline: February, with an earlier UND deadline.
• The award for Truman is up to $30,000 in graduate school funding.

Harry s. tRUMAn scholarship

Morris K. Udall

• Open to all undergraduate students.
• Applicants can be studying any field.
• Usual application deadline: March.
• The award for Udall is up to $7,000 for academic funding.

Morris k. uDALL