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Grants & Scholarships
Presidential Freedom Scholarship ProgramThrough the program, each high school in the country may select up to two students - juniors or seniors - to receive a $1,000 scholarship in recognition of outstanding leadership in service to their community. With funds appropriated by Congress, the Corporation for National and Community Service provides $500 for each scholarship, which must be matched with $500 secured by the participating school from the community.
The Truman Scholarship
The Truman Scholarship is a $30,000 merit-based grant awarded to undergraduate students, who wish financial support to attend graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government.
Echoing Green Fellowship
The Fellowship includes a two-year $60,000 stipend ($30,000 per year), health care benefits, on-line connectivity, access to a network of social entrepreneurs, training and technical assistance. The stipend serves as seed money to start a new public service organization or an independent project. Applicants must make a full-time commitment to the development of their project (minimum of 35 hours per week) and must commit to lead the project for a minimum of two consecutive years.
Asha Jaini Emerging Leader Scholarship
This scholarship is intended to give an emerging leader the opportunity to build skills and develop her or his commitment to public service and the Asian Pacific American community. While the other stipends are more heavily weighted toward demonstrated leadership, this award intends to recognize leadership potential and utilize the Washington Leadership Program, a Washington D.C. internship experience and shared learning with other CAPAL scholars in nurturing and developing an emerging student leader. Strong applicants in this category will be able to articulate why they think of themselves as emerging leaders, their ambitions for the future and how a CAPAL summer experience will benefit those ambitions and their local community.
Scholarship America - Dollars for Scholars Program
Dollars for Scholars, a program of Scholarship America, is a national network of over 1,100 grassroots community-based, volunteer- driven scholarship foundations in cities, towns and neighborhoods throughout the United States. In 2001, Dollars for Scholars chapters, located in 40 states plus the District of Columbia, raised more than $44.2 million, awarded more than $22.6 million in scholarships to more than 28,400 students, and invested the remainder primarily in endowment funds for future scholarships.
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship was established in 1987 to provide college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a small group of outstanding individuals to spend six months in Washington. Supported by a monthly stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time project assistants at the participating organization of their choice. In the Program's first sixteen years, eighty-six Fellowships have been awarded.
Capital Fellows Program
Fellows work for 11 months, receive health benefits and a monthly stipend of $1882 and are considered employees of CSUS. They work as full-time members of a legislative, executive, or judicial branch office, and are typically given assignments with a significant amount of responsibility and challenges. Fellows also enroll as graduate students at CSUS and receive 12 graduate credits from the CSUS Government Department or Public Policy and Administration Program. Fellows receive an outstanding opportunity to engage in public service and prepare for future careers, while actively contributing to the development and implementation of public policy in California.
The Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs
A 9 month program that offers month long internships in government, business, labor, nonprofit, media and political organizations. Applicants pay a $3500 fee, and then receive a stipend and seminars. Applicants should be between 21 - 45 and be committed to public service. Individuals serve in Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, and San Francisco.
Design Corp's Fellowship
A fully funded one year program open to any student currently enrolled in an accredited architectural program and who will have completed at least least on year's study prior to the start of their fellowship. The program seeks to offer quality, affordable design service to the many nonprofits who don't currently have it available.
Eureka Fellows
Eureka Communities believes that community building is an essential tool for overcoming persistent poverty, and that the leaders of nonprofit organizations are the key to building strong communities. Eureka's Fellowship program is rooted in the belief that peer-to-peer learning is the most effective way to train and support nonprofit leaders.
Hearst Minority Fellowship
A fully funded ten month fellowship sponsored by the Hearst Foundation intended to promote the inclusion of under- represented groups in organized philanthropy. Participants matriculate at Indiana University to receive an MA in Philanthropic Studies or the MPA in Nonprofit Management. Applicants must be a member of an under represented groups, have a BA, and be accepted into the MA or MPA program.
UC Davis Scholarship Office
The University of California, Davis administers over two hundred scholarship funds which benefit undergraduate students. These scholarships are provided through the generosity of alumni and friends of UC Davis; corporations, businesses, professional associations; and the University itself. For your convenience, a description of each fund is included. The funds are organized by categories and by alphabetical listing for those categories with more than two funds listed.