AAG's New Home

Welcome to the new resource for Lewis & Clark's Academic Awards & Grants Program! Here you will find information on the various fellowship and scholarship opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students.

As we are currently transitioning from the previous LC webpage, you will need to navigate between both pages in order to find some information. However, once transitioning is complete, http://academicawardsgrants.blogspot.com will serve as the resource for detailed information about these fellowships and scholarships.

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Tamara Ko

Friday, June 19, 2009

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarships

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides scholarships to low-income undergraduate seniors or recent graduates in order to pursue graduate degrees. Approximately 35 will be chosen(out of roughly 1,000 nominated each year) to receive an award of up to $50,000 per year for up to six years of study.

Students may not directly apply. Instead, faculty representatives may nominate up to two students each year. Nominees will be judged based on criteria such as academic achievement, critical thinking ability, financial need, and breadth of activities.

  • Eligibility: Nominees must be either college seniors or recent graduates who demonstrate financial need that has not been met. Must have been accepted into a full-time graduate degree program at an accredited university to begin studies in fall of the year in which the enter the program. Nominees must have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale.
  • Deadline: Not yet finalized
  • Faculty Representative:
  • Website: http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org
  • Contact: 1-800-498-6478 or use the provided email form.

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