Scholarships » External Funding Sources
Types: Selected External Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants
BPW/NYS Grace LeGendre Endowment Funds, Inc.The Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund, Inc. offers several Grace LeGendre Fellowships for one academic year in the amount of $1000 to women who are registered in graduate studies and within two years of completing the degree program requirements at an accredited college or university in the state of New York.
For more information on this fellowship please visit
www.gracelegendre.org National Council of Jewish Women New York Section (NCJW New York Section) awards scholarships every year. Please visit their
website for updated information regarding available scholarships.
The Edna A. Lauterbach Scholarship for nurses in NYS
Money for New York State nurses!
This scholarship assists New York State nurses in furthering their education in pursuit of a career in home and community-based care. Applicants can apply for scholarships up to $2,000 that can be used for educational expenses including tuition, books, specialty training and education, and other related costs. Applications must be received by June 1. For more information please visit their
website.
Science & Math Teaching Fellowships
Canadian Studies Grant Opportunities
Please visit the Government of Canada
website for more information regarding available grant opportunities.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Program is predicated on the belief that “the security, stability, and economic vitality of the United States in a complex global era depend upon American experts in citizens knowledgeable about world regions, foreign languages, and international affairs, as well as upon a strong research base in these areas.”FLAS fellowships strengthen the nation’s ability to respond to security threats and to compete effectively in the modern world by promoting foreign language competence and area and international knowledge and by ensuring the continuance of area expertise in a variety of fields, including academe.
Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarship Program
Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarships are being offered to increase the number of educators and adjunct clinical faculty teaching nursing education in
New York State. Awards are made on a competitive basis to applicants who are registered professional nurses enrolling in graduate programs that will qualify them as nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty.
For more information please click
here.
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) FellowshipsThe National Academy of Education (NAEd) invites students to explore and apply to the fellowship programs available on their website:
www.naeducation.org
Math and Science Teaching Incentive Scholarship Application
New York State Math & Science Teaching Incentive Scholarships are being offered to increase the number of secondary school educators in the mathematics and science fields. This program provides awards to students attending school at the undergraduate and/or master’s degree level if they agree to teach secondary school math or science in New York State.
For more information click
here.
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New AmericansThe Fellowships are grants for up to two years of graduate study in the
United States . The recipients are chosen on a national competitive basis. Students already in graduate study are eligible, though not past their second year. Thirty Fellowships will be awarded each year. For more information on the fellowships offered by this organization please click here.
The Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Grant Program
The Coalition of Essential School announces the Theodore R. Sizer Dissertation Scholars Grant Program. The program's goals are:
- to stimulate research on CES schools and practice
- to increase our understanding of the effectiveness of the ten common principles and CES practice, and
- to encourage a new generation of scholars and educational researchers examining the CES philosophy.
Researchers of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information please visit their
website.
Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research GrantThe Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant was founded to aid doctoral students researching topics relevant to aging and lifelong and/or later-life learning. This $5,000 scholarship grant honors the work of K. Patricia Cross, PhD, former Elderhostel Board Member and Professor Emerita at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. We encourage graduate students whose doctoral research focuses on topics relevant to Elderhostel or lifelong/later-life learning to apply. This $5,000 grant may be used in any way that aids the recipient in either the completion or publication of their research and dissertation results.
For more information please visit our
website.
The Point FoundationThe Point Foundation offers financial assistance to undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students of distinction in all fields. Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.For more information please click
here.
Sinfonia Foundation Research Assistance Grants
Please visit their
website for more information.
AT&T Labs Fellowships and Grants
Fellowships are available to outstanding under-represented minority and women students who are U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents and who are pursuing Ph.D. studies in computer and communications-related fields.
For more information on available fellowships and grants please visit their
website.
Emerson Charitable TrustOffers grants for community funds, higher education, cultural programs, hospitals and health agencies, public policy organizations and youth agencies for the arts, education, federated giving programs, higher education, public policy and research, youth services. Types of support: employee matching gifts, employee-related scholarships, and general/operating support. Limitations: giving primarily in areas of company operations.
For more information click
here
The Magnet Schools Assistance Programprovides grants to eligible local educational agencies and consortia of such agencies to support magnet schools that are part of approved desegregation plans. Click
here for more information.
Edward G. Begle Grant for Classroom-Based ResearchThe purpose of this grant is support and encourage classroom-based research in precollege mathematics education in collaboration with college or university mathematics educators. The research must be a significant collaborative effort involving a college or university mathematics educator (a mathematics education researcher or a teacher of mathematics learning, teaching, or curriculum) and one or more grades PreK–6 classroom teachers.
Please visit the
website for more information.
New York Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
The New York Tuition Assistance Program awards funds to residents of New York State who are attending an approved postsecondary institution in New York full-time. To be considered for this award, you must be charged at least $200 for tuition per year and be in good academic standing. This award is based on financial need and type of postsecondary institution in which you are enrolled. This award is renewable, provided you meet certain criteria. Students who want to be considered for TAP must file a FAFSA, giving the federal government permission to release information to New York State. The Teachers College TAP code number: 5021.
Please visit the Higher Education Services Corporation
website.
Dale Seymour Scholarships, Grades K-12 Teachers The purpose of this grant is to provide financial support for improving teachers’ understanding of mathematics by completing graduate course work in mathematics. For more information please visit this
website
National Science Teachers Association
Please visit their
website for information.
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Information on graduate fellowship and post-doctoral fellowships in educational research are available on the
website.
Spencer Dissertation Fellowships Please click
here for information.
NSF Graduate Fellowships Please visit their
website for more information.
Ford Foundation Minority Doctoral Fellowships Through its Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. For more information click
here.
International Predissertation Fellowships (Social Science Research Council) To encourage social science students early in their graduate careers, especially in economics, political science, and sociology, to develop internationally oriented research careers that focus on Africa, China, Latin America, the Near and Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. For more information please click
here.
Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic StudiesThe Mellon Fellowships are designed to help exceptionally promising students prepare for careers of teaching and scholarship in humanistic disciplines. The Mellon Fellowship is a competitive merit award for first-year doctoral students. Fellows may take their award to any accredited graduate program in the
United States or
Canada . Open to seniors or recent graduates who wish to begin their graduate work in preparation for a career of teaching and scholarship. For more information please click here.
Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship
The Jeanne S. Chall Research Fellowship is a $6,000 grant established to encourage and support reading research by promising scholars. The special emphasis of the Fellowship is to support research efforts in the following areas: beginning reading (theory, research, and practice that improves the effectiveness of learning to read); readability (methods of predicting the difficulty of texts); reading difficulty (diagnosis, treatment, and prevention); stages of reading development; the relation of vocabulary to reading; and diagnosing and teaching adults with limited reading ability.
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Reading education, Reading disabilities
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$6000
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International Reading Association
800 Barksdale Road
PO Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
Phone: 302-731-1600, ext. 226. Fax: 302-731-1057
gkeating@reading.org
[Website]
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Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships
Teacher Fellowships are available to women K-12 public school teachers as individuals or as lead members of teams. Teams may be composed of teachers and administrators, including men and women. Funds support the development of innovative curriculum projects designed to encourage girls' interest and achievement in math, science, and/or technology. The fellowship supports professional development for teachers; educational opportunities for girls; and advancement of gender equity in the classroom, school, and district. Applicants must be committed to teaching for three years including the fellowship year.
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The fellowship is open to all public school, K-12 women teachers who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
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AAUW Educational Foundation
Department 60
2201 N. Dodge St.
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Phone: (319)337-1716 ext. 60
Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowship
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Gates Millennium Scholar Program
The Foundation seeks to increase the number of African-Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Americans, and Hispanic Americans enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
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Eligibility
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African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific American or Hispanic citizens/permanent residents of the United States
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Award Value
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variable
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The Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the largest Hispanic scholarship-granting organization in the nation. HSF recognizes and rewards outstanding Hispanic students in higher education throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
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Eligibility
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U.S. citizen or permanent resident of Hispanic background
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Award Value
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variable
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National AMBUCS Scholarships for Therapists
Graduate students who wish to pursue degrees in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, or hearing audiology.
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Eligibility
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physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, or hearing audiology
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Award Value
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variable
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New York State Tuition Aid - BOCES ITI-BE
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Eligibility
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Bilingual Education/TESOL
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Award Value
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$300 per credit (up to 15 credits)
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Lynn or Cheryl at (631) 286-6551
Director: Dr. Maria Eugenia Valverde
Eastern Suffolk BOCES ITI-BE
350 Martha Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713
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Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Scholarship
ELA scholarships are available only to women graduate students with physical disablities who are enrolled in a college or university in the United States . The student must also (1) be active in a local, state, or national disablity organization - either in person or electronically - which is providing services and/or advocacy for people with disabilities. (2) The student must be willing, as an ELA Scholar, to network with the ELA Board of Directors and the current and alumni scholarship recipients on their listserv. This will enhance the ELA's support base in professional and political arenas. (3) The student must be willing to update ELA with an annual letter on her progress in her academic and working career.
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Eligibility
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Women graduate students with physical disabilites
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Award Value
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$1000-$2000
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Aid Types: External Scholarship Search Services
- ExPAN Scholarship Search from the College Board
- FastWeb from the Student Services Corporation
- Mach 25 from CollegeNet
- Sallie Mae College Aid Sources for Higher Education (CASHE)
- www.scholarships.com
- www.fastaid.com
- www.fastweb.com
