UNDERGRAD SCHOLARSHIPS
From UCSC’s Undergraduate Honors and Awards Coordinator, Marlene Robinson, comes the following list of external scholarships for undergraduates. If you are interested in applying, contact Marlene at marobins@ucsc.edu.
The National Security Education Program‘s David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships provide support for study abroad in selected countries. (Study in Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand is excluded.) Recipients will be selected on the basis of merit, with consideration of: academic record, commitment to international education, language interest and aptitude, and the quality and appropriateness of the proposed program and its relevance to the National Security Education Program. This scholarship carries with it a service requirement.
Campus application deadline: January 11, 2008
Award amount: The maximum award is $8,000 for a summer, $10,000 for a semester, or $20,000 for a full academic year.
The Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation allows juniors to pursue a public service project during their senior year by providing $10,000 for educational expenses. The project may be a new undertaking or an extension of the recipient’s current activities. UCSC nominates students for the Strauss Award. To qualify, Students must: (i) have one full year remaining until graduation; (ii) have a GPA in the upper 1/3 of his/her class, and (iii) must plan to devote a significant part of their lives to public service.
Campus application deadline: January 25, 2008
Award amount: $10,000 for educational expenses
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships are graduate scholarships that aim to help students with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need reach their full potential through education. To be eligible, each candidate must: (i) be a current student at an accredited US college or university with senior status by December 31, 2007, or be a recent graduate (since spring 2003); (ii) have a cumulative college grade point average of 3.5 or better; (iii) plan to begin a full-time graduate degree program in Fall 2008 (at any accredited graduate school in the US or abroad).
Campus Application deadline: February 15, 2008
Award amount: Educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, and other required fees for the length of the approved graduate degree program, up to six years. Maximum award amount is $50,000.