scholarship and fellowship information (most for graduate study) may be obtained from the Honors Program (Honors College, Couch Center, 2nd Floor, East, 1524 Asp Avenue, Phone (405) 325-5291) or from the listed web sites. You can contact the Honors College or the scholarship program directly to inquire about deadlines for the next scholarship period.Harry S. Truman Scholarships
Truman websiteFor students who plan on government or public service careers. Students apply their junior year, or the year before they graduate, but the scholarship is for graduate school. The mission of the Truman Scholarship Foundation is: to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service; and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.
Marshall Scholarships
Marshall websiteThe Marshall Scholarships were instituted by the British Parliament on 31 July 1953 as a practical and enduring gesture of thanks on behalf of the British people for assistance received from the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War. They are funded by the Diplomatic Wing of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Scholarships are named after General George C Marshall, President Truman's 'Architect of Peace', whose personal support made the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan) possible and whose name has been associated with it ever since. The program has grown over the years from 12 awards in 1953 to up to 40 new awards a year today. Since its inception over a thousand Marshall Scholarships have been awarded to students at more than 250 US universities and colleges. The Honorary Patron of the Association of Marshall Scholars is HRH The Prince of Wales.
A Marshall Scholarship may be held at any one of more than a hundred universities and university-type institutions in Britain. Marshall Scholars are expected to stay in residence at their British university for two years and to take a degree. In a limited number of cases a Marshall Scholarship may be extended for a third year.
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs/Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowships
Pickering Undergraduate
Pickering GraduateProvides undergraduate and graduate funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women and members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply. The fellowship award includes tuition, room, board, and mandatory fees during the junior and senior years of college and during the first year of graduate study with reimbursement for books and one round-trip travel. The Fellow must commit to pursuing a graduate degree in international studies at one of the graduate schools identified by the WWNFF (Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation). Participating graduate schools provide financial support in the second year of graduate study based on need. Fellows meet annually in Washington, DC for a program orientation.
CORE CURRICULUM: By graduation, college course work must be completed in the following or the equivalent: English Composition, Western Civilization, U.S. Political Systems, Principles of Economics, U.S. History, Modern Non-Western History, Comparative Politics, International Trade or World Finance or Economic Development, and Geography.
MENTORING: Guidance from a Foreign Service Officer is provided during the graduate school segment of the program.
TESTING: Fellows must meet Department of State Foreign Service entry requirements.
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT: Each successful candidate is obligated to a minimum of four and one half years service in an appointment as a Foreign Service Officer. Candidates who do not successfully complete the Program and Foreign Service entry requirements may be subject to a reimbursement obligation to the Department of State.
The Graduate FAF Program provides fellowship funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply.
Goal: To attract outstanding students who will be in master's degree programs in public policy, international affairs, public administration, or academic fields such as business, economics, political science, sociology or foreign languages, who represent all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, and who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State....
Tuition, room, board, and mandatory fees are paid for the first year and second year of graduate study, with reimbursement for books and one round-trip travel. Graduate-level Fellows receive stipends during participation in one domestic summer internship between the first and second year of graduate school, and one summer overseas internship following the second year of graduate school. Guidance from a Foreign Service Officer is provided during graduate school. Fellows must meet Department of State Foreign Service entry requirements. Each successful candidate is obligated to a minimum of three years service in an appointment as a Foreign Service Officer Candidates who do not successfully complete the Program and Foreign Service entry requirements may be subject to a reimbursement obligation to the Department of State.
Rhodes Scholarships
Rhodes websiteFor students 18–24 years old who will receive a BA by the time they take up the scholarship. Enables study for two years at Oxford University, England. The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford. The first American Scholars were elected in 1904.
American Rhodes Scholars are selected through a decentralized process by which regional selection committees choose 32 Scholars each year from among those nominated by selection committees in each of the fifty states....In most years, a Rhodes Scholar is selected from an institution which has not formerly supplied a successful applicant.
Intellectual distinction is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for election to a Rhodes Scholarship. Selection committees are charged to seek excellence in qualities of mind and in qualities of person which, in combination, offer the promise of effective service to the world in the decades ahead. The Rhodes Scholarships, in short, are investments in individuals rather than in project proposals. Accordingly, applications are sought from talented students without restriction as to their field of academic specialization or career plans although the proposed course of study must be available at Oxford, and the applicant's undergraduate program must provide a sufficient basis for further study in the proposed field. Through the years, Rhodes Scholars have pursued studies in all of the varied fields available at the University of Oxford.
Rhodes Scholars are elected for two years of study at the University of Oxford, with the possibility of renewal for a third year. All educational costs, such as matriculation, tuition, laboratory and certain other fees, are paid on the Scholar's behalf by the Rhodes Trustees. Each Scholar receives in addition a maintenance allowance adequate to meet necessary expenses for term-time and vacations. The Rhodes Trustees cover the necessary costs of travel to and from Oxford, and upon application, may approve additional grants for research purposes or study-related travel.
Fulbright Graduate Student Awards
Fulbright websiteSponsor approximately 650 awards for overseas study annually. Post Baccalaureate (B.A./B.S.) Fellowships: IIE (Institute of International Education) has worked with the U.S. Government on behalf of the Fulbright Student Program since it began in 1946. Annual competition for awards to graduating seniors, young professionals, artists and graduate students to over 140 countries.
The U. S. Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master’s and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Most grantees plan their own programs. Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination. Recent projects have involved cancer research in the UK, free market development in Mauritius, women’s rights in Chile and contemporary artistic expression in India. Along with opportunities for intellectual, professional, and artistic growth, the Fulbright Program offers invaluable opportunities to meet and work with people of the host country, sharing daily life as well as professional and creative insights. The program promotes cross-cultural interaction and mutual understanding on a person-to-person basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom. The best way to appreciate others’ viewpoints, their beliefs, the way they think, and the way they do things, is to interact with them directly on an individual basis—work with them, live with them, teach with them, learn with them, and learn from them.
Information may be obtained from the Department of Anthropology (Professor Karl Rambo, DAHT, Room 515, Phone (405) 325-1999, E-mail: krambo@ou.edu or Professor Patricia Gilman, DAHT, Room 522, Phone (405) 325-2490, E-mail: pgilman@.ou.edu).
David L. Boren National Security Education Scholarships
NSEP websiteScholarships assist U. S. undergraduates to acquire skills and experience in less-commonly studied languages and cultures. NSEP was designed to provide American undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation. As a student of another culture and language you will begin to acquire the international competence you need to communicate effectively across borders, understand other perspectives and analyze increasingly fluid economic and political realities.
Your future and our country’s prospects are shaped by decisions you make now. As you play a larger leadership role through career activities and wider participation in the life of our society after graduation, your experience abroad will build your professional strength, resourcefulness and ability to contribute and compete. At the same time, you will benefit your country’s national security and economic well-being.
NSEP was established by the National Security Education Act of 1991, which created the National Security Education Board, the National Security Education Program, and a trust fund in the U.S. Treasury to provide resources for scholarships, fellowships and grants. It is guided by a mission that seeks to lead in development of the national capacity to educate U.S. citizens, understand foreign cultures, strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness, and enhance international cooperation and security.
The National Security Education Act of 1991 was authored by, Senator David L. Boren from Oklahoma. Senator Boren is a strong supporter of international education, and is now President of The University of Oklahoma.
Information may be obtained from the Office of International Relations (Dr. Millie Audas, Director, Old Science Hall, Room #211, Phone (405) 325-1607, e-mail: maudas@ou.edu).
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
Rotary website (Ambassadorial Scholarships)Rotary provides several different kinds of scholarships for study abroad. Students must be sponsored by a local Rotary Club. Each club sets its own application deadline in accordance with the district deadline. In general, you must apply more than a year in advance of the date you wish to commence your studies.
The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program is Ambassadorial Scholarships. Since 1947 more than 30,000 men and women from 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. More than 1,100 scholarships were awarded for study in 2002-03. Through grants totaling approximately US $26 million, recipients from some 69 countries studied in more than 64 nations.
The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to greater understanding of their host countries.
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Soros websiteEndowed to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields—for up to two years of graduate study in the United States) Resident aliens (hold a Green Card), naturalized U. S. citizens, or children of two parents who are both naturalized citizens are eligible.
Paul and Daisy Soros, Hungarian immigrants and American philanthropists, established their fellowship program for New Americans in December 1997 with a charitable trust of fifty million dollars. Their reasons for doing so were several. They wished to "give back" to the country that had afforded them and their children such great opportunities and felt a fellowship program was an appropriate vehicle. They also felt that assisting young New Americans at a critical point in their education was an unmet need. Finally, they wished to signal all Americans that the contributions of New Americans to the quality of life in this country have been manifold.
Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarships
Udall websiteFor college sophomores or juniors who have outstanding potential and study the environment and related fields, or Native Americans and Alaska Natives who are college sophomores or juniors, have outstanding potential, and who study fields related to health care of tribal public policy. The Foundation also funds internships for Native American students and PhD dissertation fellowships.
Institute for Humane Studies Fellowships
IHS websiteThe Institute for Humane Studies offers Humane Studies Fellowships up to $12,000 for undergraduate and graduate study in the United States or abroad. Last year IHS awarded more than 120 scholarships. Call 1-800-697-8799 or go to the website for more information.
George J. Mitchell Scholarships
Mitchell websiteThe US-Ireland Alliance sponsors a competitive, national scholarship for graduate study by American citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 at institutions of higher learning on the island of Ireland. Named to honor the former U.S. Senator's pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, the George J. Mitchell Scholarships are intended to familiarize and connect the next generation of American leadership with the island of Ireland. These Scholarships support one year of graduate study in any discipline offered at an institution of higher learning in Ireland or Northern Ireland. The Mitchell Scholarship provides tuition, housing, a living expenses stipend, and international travel. Normally, 12 Scholarships are awarded each year. Mitchell Scholars must exhibit superior levels of academic achievement, leadership and community service. For more information, contact the director at (703) 841-5843 or hartman@us-irelandalliance.org.
