Institute for Humane Studies

The Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships up to $12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad. Last year IHS awarded more than 100 scholarships to outstanding undergraduates, graduate students, law students, and professional students who are interested in the classical liberal tradition. Awards are worth up to $1,000.

• Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students.
• Deadline: December 31, 2008
• Website: http://www.TheIHS.org
• Contact: George Mason University
  Institute for Humane Studies
  3301 N. Fairfax Drive Suite 440
  Arlington VA 22201
  703.993.4880
  800.697.8799
  fax: 703.993.4890

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship

The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students is offered by the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, introducing students of color to philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations through a summer internship in Washington DC. Based on educational level, financial need, and time commitment, recipients will be awarded between $2,500 and $5,000.

• Eligibility: Applicants must be US citizens who demonstrate financial need, have outstanding research, writing, and communication skills, and have backgrounds in the social sciences or humanities. Applicants must also be racial minorities who are able to to participate in a 10-12 week internship at the Washington, DC office of the Aspen institute and pay for their own travel and housing expenses.
• Deadline: December 15, 2007 for the Spring 2008 program, March 15, 2008 for the Summer 2008 program, or July 15, 2008 for the Fall 2008 program.
• Website: http://www.apsanet.org/content_11389. cfm
• Contact:
  The Aspen Institute
  One Dupont Circle, Suite 700
  Washington, DC, 20036
  hearstinfo@aspeninstitute.org

Claremont National Scholars Program

The Claremont National Scholars program is offered by Claremont Graduate University for doctoral students who are pursuing interdisciplinary studies. The program encourages students to transcend disciplinary boundaries while working towards a Ph.D in any of the subjects offered by Claremont Graduate University's graduate schools, including Arts and Humanities, Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Community and Global Health, Educational Studies, Information Systems and Technology, Management, Mathematical Sciences, Politics and Economics, and Religion.

The program awards full tuition and a $20,000 annual stipend to several students who have achieved at about the summa cum laude level.

• Eligibility: Candidates should have or expect to have a bachelor's or master's degree from a US college or university by Fall of the year that they enter the program. Candidates should also have achieved a high level of academic success, particularly in regards to interdisciplinary research.
• Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by December 1, 2008 in order to begin full-time doctoral study in Fall of 2009.
• Website: http://www.cgu.edu/pages/3707.asp
• Contact: (909) 621-8069 or scholars@cgu.edu

Asian Cultural Council

The Asian Cultural Council's Residency program in Asia assists individual American artists, scholars, and professionals undertaking research, teaching, and creative residencies at cultural and educational institutions in East and Southeast Asia. Projects supported in the ACC Residency Program demonstrate close collaboration in design and execution between the visiting American specialist and the host organization and produce tangible results such as publication, course development, or the creation of new artistic work. The program helps to foster the growth of Asian cultural studies in the U.S. and of American cultural studies in Asia, as well as to stimulate long-term relationships in the arts and humanities between American individuals and institutions and their colleagues in Asia.

• Eligibility: Scholars, specialists, artists, and graduate students who are U.S. citizens are eligible.
• Deadline: Applications must be requested by October 15, 2008, and turned in by November 15, 2008
• Website: http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/applications.html
• Contact: Asian Cultural Council
  6 West 48th Street, 12th Floor
  New York, New York, 10036-1802
  Tel: (212) 843-0403
  Fax: (212) 843-0343
  acc@accny.org