The Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards has several scholarship deadlines and scholarship-related events coming up during the month of January. Please share this information with students as widely as possible.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009: Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship Information Session, 4:00-5:00pm, MGH 120
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Program (http://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/cookegraduate) will award approximately 30 scholarships to college seniors or recent graduates (within the past 5 years) with excellent academic achievement and critical thinking ability, financial need, will to succeed, and a breadth of interests and activities. This scholarship provides up to $50,000 per year for up to 6 years of graduate study in any field. Each UW campus can nominate two students per year for this program. The Seattle campus application deadline is Jan. 22, 2009. Seattle campus applications can be submitted online at https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/scholarq/65161.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009: Beinecke Scholarship Campus Application Deadline
Juniors interested in pursuing graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences may be eligible to apply for the Beinecke Scholarship (https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/beinecke). This scholarship provides $34,000 for graduate study to juniors of exceptional ability and achievement and who have financial need. The UW is allowed to nominate one student per year to compete for this national award. Applications can be submitted online at https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/scholarq/65170.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009:
Scholarship 201 Workshop, Continuing Students — The Search for Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships, 1:30-2:20pm, MGH 120
This workshop provides assistance to continuing students looking to fund undergraduate academic years and graduate school. This will include information on discipline-specific scholarships, campus funding opportunities, scholarship search sites, and tips to develop competitive applications.
Thursday, January 15, 2009:
NSEP David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship Deadline
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin American, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. A federal service commitment is required.
Thursday, January 22, 2009:
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship Application Deadline
Wednesday, January 28, 2009:
UK & Ireland Scholarships Information Session, 3:00-3:50pm, MGH 120
The UK + Ireland Scholarship application process provides students with the opportunity to present their qualifications for the campus nomination for scholarships that support graduate studies at colleges and universities in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. These scholarships are the Churchill, Marshall, Mitchell and the Rhodes. The Gates Cambridge does not require a campus endorsement or nomination; however, notifying OMSFA of your intentions to apply allows us to connect you with resources and to support the development of a competitive application.
Students interested in any of these events or scholarships are welcome to contact the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards anytime at scholarq@u.washington.edu or exp.washington.edu/scholarships.
Thank you,
Robin Chang
Assistant Director
Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards
Center for Experiential Learning
University of Washington
120 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
Seattle, WA 98195-2803
206-543-2603 FAX: 206-616-4389
http://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/