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Office of Prestigious Scholarships• we serve

– current Hunter undergraduates– recent Hunter undergrad alum

(who may be grad students)– graduate students

(in select competitions)• our team

– Judith Friedlander– Jessica Hammerman– Jennie LaMonte

• your resources– huntercollegeprestigiousscholarships.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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• scholarships & fellowshipsawards from [external] funding sources that are tenable in the US & abroad

• supportresearch, travel, work & practical experience, and study

• for those who are doing well academically, participating in research/experiential learning, active in their communities, and who have records of success/accomplishment

• when & howPrepare now. Everyday. Starting today.

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Study in the UK & Ireland• Undergraduate

– Fulbright Summer Institutes• universities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

• Post-Baccalaureate– Gates Cambridge gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk

• University of Cambridge– Marshall (British) marshallscholarship.org

• universities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales– Mitchell mitchellscholars.org

• colleges and universities on the island of Ireland– Rhodes rhodesscholar.org

• University of Oxford

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Selected post-bacc fellowships to consider

Apply as seniors or alum• Churchill Foundation Scholarship www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org

• one year in STEM at Churchill College, University of Cambridge (MACAULEY ONLY)• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award www.jkcf.org

• up to $50,000 annually• Fulbright www.fulbrightonline.org

• one year internationally• Hertz Foundation awards www.hertzfoundation.org

• cash stipend & education allowance• Luce Scholarship www.hluce.org

• one year experiential-learning placement in Asia• NYC Urban Fellows Program http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/work/urbanfellows

• nine-month fellowship including experiential-learning placement & intensive seminars• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp

• cash stipend & education allowance• Soros www.pdsoros.org

• up to $90,000 to support graduate or professional study

Selected undergraduate awards requiring nomination or certification by Hunter

– See OPS site for internal deadlines

– Boren Scholarship www.borenawards.org • awarded to currently matriculating undergraduates (two deadlines annually)• preference for critical language study in specific countries• post-bacc service requirement

– Gilman Scholarship www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program • supports undergraduate international study or internships of at least four weeks in duration• scholars must also be receiving Pell grants

– Goldwater Scholarship www.act.org/goldwater• awarded to sophomores and juniors• supports study in STEM

-- Udall Scholarship www.udall.gov• awarded to sophomores and juniors engaging environmental issues or involved in health or tribal policy• open to students in any field of study

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Please check the OPS site for further resources. Over $1.5B is available annually in grants & aid.

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Additional post-bacc fellowships to considerApply as juniors (require Hunter nomination)

• Beinecke Scholarship www.beineckescholarship.org• supports graduate study up to $34,000 tenable in US & abroad• focus on social sciences, arts & humanities

• Truman Scholarship www.truman.gov• TSLW (junior year), summer institute (summer after graduation)• up to $30,000 for graduate or professional study

Next Steps• complete (& update annually) your personal

profile, a baseline for strategic planning• engage in daily preparation:

pursue excellence– Read (be omnivorous)!

• current books, fiction & non-fiction• journals (appropriate to your field)• newspapers

– NY Times op-ed pages, NYT Sunday Review• periodicals

– The Economist, The New Yorker– hone communication skills– participate in lectures & conferences– exercise creative involvement– contribute service

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• attend OPS & other Hunter info sessions regarding topics such as:– building a mentoring team– developing transferrable skills– picking the right programs

• fellowship competitions & courses of study

– selecting strong references– preparing successful applications

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• keep addressing the three big questions:

– Why me?– why this?

(the “so what?” question)– Why now?

(in context of self & field)

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establish a gDrive folder to share with us at friedla@hunter.cuny.edu

use huntercollegeprestigiousscholarships.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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