This program prepares participants for doctoral studies through research and other scholarly activities. Participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have demonstrated strong academic potential.
Eligibility: Students who qualify for McNair must be enrolled in a degree-granting program at an eligible institution. In all projects, at least two-thirds of the participants must be from low-income, potential first-generation college students. The remaining participants may be from groups that are underrepresented in graduate education.
Career Planning Center
Career Planning Process
Career Planning Process
Diversity Resources
Fellowships for Minorities
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Selected Professions Group Fellowships
Offers funding to women from ethnic minority groups that have been historically underrepresented in designated fields (business administration, law, and medicine).
Eligibility: Applicants must be entering their final year of study in one of the above-listed fields in September. Must be a woman from an ethnic minority group. Deadline: mid-Dec. (except MBA); early Feb. for MBA grads only.
American Bar Foundation
Summer Research Fellowships in Law and Social Science for Minority Undergraduate Students
The American Bar Foundation sponsors a program of summer research fellowships to interest minority undergraduate students in pursuing graduate studies in the social sciences. The summer program is designed to introduce students to the rewards and demands of a research-oriented career in the field of law and social science.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible are American citizens and lawful permanent residents including, but not limited to, persons who are African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, or Puerto Rican, as well as other individuals who will add diversity to the field of law and social science. Applications will be considered only from sophomores and juniors, that is, students who have completed at least the sophomore year and who have not received a bachelor's degree by the time the fellowship begins. Applicants must have a Grade Point Average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) and be moving toward an academic major in the social sciences or humanities.
American Geological Institute
Since 1972, the American Geological Institute has administered the Minority Participation Program Geoscience Student Scholarships. The goal for this program is to develop the professional corps of underrepresented ethnic-minority students in the geosciences. Recipients of AGI Geoscience Student Scholarships are provided with small financial awards and matched with a mentor from the geoscience community to foster whole professional development of the awardee. Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, each award will consist of both scholarship support as well as support for professional development experiences for successful candidates. Professional development experiences that qualify include field camp, professional society memberships, and/or travel and registration to a professional meeting of one of AGI’s member societies.
If you are enrolled in an earth science education or geoscience degree program and would like to apply, please review the qualifications and procedures outlined on the Application Form.
American Library Association
Spectrum Scholarships:
Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program is ALA's national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession while serving as a model for ways to bring attention to larger diversity issues in the future.
Spectrum's major drive is to recruit applicants and award scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students. Spectrum provides a one-year $5,000 scholarship and over $1,500 in professional development opportunities to eligible students planning to attend an ALA-accredited graduate program in library and information studies or an ALA-recognized NCATE School Library Media program.
The American Political Science Association (APSA)
The APSA Minority Fellows Program, which was established in 1969 as an effort to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline, has designated more than 300 fellows and contributed to the successful completion of doctoral political science programs for over 70 individuals. The Association has refocused and increased its efforts to assist minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating not only on the recruitment of minorities, but also on the retention of these groups within the profession.
American Psychological Association
Minority Fellowship Program in Psychology
Offers fellowships to ethnic minority students interested in obtaining a doctorate in psychology or neuroscience; provides training in neurosciences, clinical skills, and research.
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; must be accepted and enrolled in a full-time doctoral program; must be a member of an ethnic minority group (including but not limited to African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders). Deadline: mid-January.
Arena StageAllen Lee Hughes Fellows Program
The Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program was established to increase participation of people of color in professional theater. One of the first theater-run apprenticeships in the country dedicated exclusively to providing the highest standard of training to minorities, it is an attempt to break the cycle of exclusion and disengagement that has created a severe shortage of trained minority arts administrators, artisans and technicians.
Fellowships require a 40-44 week commitment and are available to work with seasoned professionals in the areas of artistic and technical production, arts administration and Community Engagement. Arena Stage will provide a modest stipend. Arena Stage may also assist in locating housing, but housing and transportation is ultimately the responsibility of the Fellow.
Candidates are highly motivated individuals who must possess at least an undergraduate degree and have arts-related experience and training. Most importantly, Fellows should have a passion for the exploration of the human condition through the dramatic forms.
Asian Cultural Council
Asian Cultural Council Fellowships
Supports cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the United States and the countries of Asia, and has been affiliated with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund since 1991. Fellowships to individuals constitute the central feature of the ACC's grant program, the emphasis being awards to artists, scholars, and specialists from Asia for research, study, and creative work in the United States. Some grants are also made to Americans pursuing similar activities in Asia and to educational and cultural institutions engaged in projects of special significance to Asian-American exchange. In addition, the Council awards a small number of grants in support of regional cultural exchange within East and Southeast Asia.
Eligibility: No restriction placed on academic level of applicant; recipients selected on the basis of the quality of proposal. Deadline: Completed application must be submitted at least six months prior to planned project implementation. Deadline: early February and early August.
Mailing Address: 1290 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 TEL: 212-373-4300
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc.
Public Policy Fellowship Program
Every year, the nine-month Fellowship Program (late August to late May) offers up to 20 talented Latinos from across the country the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice with the General Public Policy Fellowship. Fellows have the opportunity to work in such areas as international affairs, economic development, education policy, housing, or local government. CHCI also aims to develop leaders in areas of health and corporate America with the Sodexho, Inc. Public Health Fellowship and the Corporate Fellowship (placement must be in a public affairs office of a corporation).
Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
Minority MBA Fellowships
Provides fellowship support to talented African, Hispanic, and Native Americans enrolled in MBA programs at member universities of the Consortium which includes Indiana University, The University of Michigan, New York University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Rochester, University of Southern California, The University of Texas at Austin, Washington University in St. Louis, and University of Wisconsin.
Eligibility: Must be a member of an ethnic minority group; must attend or plan to attend a consortium-affiliated university in an MBA program. Deadline: early February.
The Ford Foundation
Pre-Doctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities Awards made to African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders for study in research-based doctoral programs in the behavioral and social sciences, humanities, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, and biological sciences, or for interdisciplinary programs comprised of two or more eligible disciplines.
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Deadlines: early November for predoctoral & dissertation fellowships; early January for postdoctoral fellowships.
Diversifying Faculty in Illinois (DFI)
Provides financial assistance to African American, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans who wish to pursue graduate or professional degrees at Illinois institutions and who intend to seek faculty or staff positions at Illinois colleges or universities upon completion of their studies.
Eligibility: Must be a member of an ethnic minority group; must attend an Illinois institution and plan to work at one after graduation. Deadline: mid-February.
Munson Institute - Mystic Seaport Museum
Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship Fellowships are offered to encourage research that considers the participation of Native Americans and African Americans in the maritime activities of southeastern New England. Research is to be carried out at the Mystic Seaport Museum as well as neighboring institutions.
Eligibility: Applicants must submit a full description of the proposed project, a preliminary bibliography, brief project budget, full resume, and references in order to be considered for the fellowship.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Multiple fellowships available for advanced study and support to underrepresented groups.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Women's and Ethnic Minority Enhancement Programs Post-Graduate Scholarships
Designed to support qualified ethnic minority and women candidates in intercollegiate athletics to increase the pool of and opportunities for women and ethnic minorities in this area.
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. citizen; must be a woman or a member of an ethnic minority group; must be entering first term of post-graduate studies in a sports administration or related program at an NCAA member institution.
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering, Inc.
Graduate Minority GEM Fellowships
Offers graduate fellowships for MS, PhD Engineering, and PhD Science degrees to African, Hispanic, and Native Americans.
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. citizen; must be an undergraduate junior, a graduating senior, or a BA/BS holder. Deadline: early December
National Physical Science Consortium for Minorities and Women
NPSC offers a unique graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and related engineering fields. It is open to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented minorities and women. An NPSC Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, depending on the employer who sponsors the fellowship, with the possibility of continuation for several more years providing all the conditions of the fellowship continue to be met. The maximum duration is six years, in which case the overall value (stipend, tuition, fees, summer salary for two summers) of an NPSC fellowship typically well exceeds $200,000.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Environmental Restoration/Waste Management Minority Fellowship Program
Offers fellowships for graduate study in various engineering and scientific fields related to environmental restoration and the safe handling and disposal of hazardous, mixed, and radioactive wastes.
Eligibility: Master's or doctoral students.
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Graduate Fellowships
This fellowship opportunity is for graduate students who are holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents. The program will support up to thirty students for up to two years of graduate school in any subject, throughout the United States. Students already in graduate study are eligible, though not past their second year.
Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program
Sycracuse University
Newhouse School of Public Communications
Offers a master's level combination fellowship and internship program in newspaper journalism for members of under-represented groups. Includes free tuition for sixteen months and a monthly stipend.
Eligibility: Be a U.S. citizen and a member of an underrepresented group. Open to students who have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0. but have not majored in journalism on the undergraduate level. Must have taken the GRE prior to mid January.
United States Department of Defense
Graduate Fellowship Program
Designed to increase the number of U.S. citizens educated in disciplines of science and engineering by awarding three types of fellowships to recent outstanding undergraduates: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships; The Navy's Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship Program; and the Air Force Laboratory Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. (Ten percent of the fellowships will be awarded to members of ethnic minority groups).
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. citizen; must hold a BA/BS and be entering a relevant graduate program.
U.S. Department of Energy Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)
The SOARS undergraduate program is conducted June through August. It is focused on increasing the number of traditionally underrepresented groups in atmospheric and related sciences. The program was established by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in partnership with the National Science Foundation. SOARS is co-sponsored by UCAR, DOE, the National Aeronautics & Space Administration, and the Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
Eligibility: applicant must have completed the sophomore year by June of the first year of application; a GPA of 3.0 or higher; plan a career in global change sciences; be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Leo L. Beranek Fellowship for Newsreporting - WCVB-TV Boston
WCVB-TV Boston, an ABC affiliate, will conduct an on-the-job training propgram in broadcast journalism for those who are minorities or disadvantaged by economic social conditions and encouncter substantial difficulty in gaining access to broadcast careers as a result. The goal of the program is the development of writing, editing, producing, and reporting skills. One person will be selected each year for a salaried, nine-month fellowships which begins in September.
Eligibility: Applicants must have at least a BA degree and proven interest in broadcast journalism demonstrated through past internships and extracurricular activities associated with the communications and journalism field. A transcript and three letters of recommendation are required as well as a statement outlining future career objectives and detailing why the applicant would deserve the fellowship.