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- The Graduate School maintains an extensive listing of funding opportunities, many of which are relevant to study/research abroad.
Programs that Require a Campus Review
- The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers opportunities for recent graduates, postgraduate candidates, and developing professionals and artists to conduct career-launching study and research abroad. Campus deadline is September 18, 2007. Contact the MU Fellowships Office for information about the campus review process.
- The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers numerous scholarships for graduating seniors, advanced graduate students and Ph.D. candidates of high academic caliber who propose to study and/or conduct research at a German institution of higher education. Selection is based on academic excellence; proposed study plan and its feasibility. MU may nominate an applicant to receive priority consideration. Deadlines vary by program.
- Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. At least forty Scholars are selected each year to study either at graduate or occasionally undergraduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. Each scholarship is held for two years. The national program deadline is October 5, 2005. Contact Dr. Ted Tarkow, Arts & Science Dean's Office, 882-4421 for further information and campus deadline.
- Rhodes scholarships fund two years of study at one of the colleges of Oxford University. Thirty-two scholarships are available annually for outstanding students who are US citizens, under age 24 and unmarried. The national program deadline is October 3, 2005. Contact Dr. Ted Tarkow, Arts & Science Dean's Office, 882-4421 for further information and campus deadline.
Programs that do not Require Campus Review
- American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants: A number of fellowships (up to $18,000) and grants (normally $3,000) are available for individuals interested in pursuing research or study in one or more Scandinavian countries for up to a year. Applications are due November 1.
- Chateaubriand Fellowship: This program, offered by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States, allows around 20 American students - PhD Candidates or Post docs - to conduct research in a French laboratory (public or private) for a 6 to 12 month period. Several of these fellowships are co-sponsored by French companies. Applications are due December 31.
- Gates Cambridge Scholarships: This program provides scholars the opportunity to pursue either a second Bachelor degree as an affiliated student, one-year of postgraduate courses, or research leading to a PhD at the University of Cambridge. Candidates must have outstanding academic merit, leadership potential, commitment to serving their communities, and must have gained admission to the University of Cambridge. The application deadline is November 1.
- Humboldt Foundation Scholarships: The Foundation's German Chancellor Scholarship program awards up to ten scholarships per year for research in Germany to outstanding prospective leaders (under 35 years of age) from the U.S.A. The program includes an intensive German language course, seminars, study tours and possibly internships. The award covers a living allowance, travel expenses and the cost of the language course, seminars, study tours and meetings. Applications must be postmarked by October 31.
- The Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho or MEXT) sponsors the Monbukagakusho Scholarship to enable foreign students from 110 countries to study Japanese language and culture at the undergraduate level, to train in methods of teaching Japanese as a foreign language, and to research a broad range of topics at the graduate level in Japanese universities.
- Rome Prize Fellowships: The American Academy in Rome offers a number of fellowships for study in classical studies, art history, painting, sculpture, architecture, musical composition, and literature. Applications are due in mid-November. Contact the American Academy in Rome, 41 East 65 Street, New York, NY 10021-6508.
- Rotary Foundation Scholarships: Each year Rotary Clubs, seeking to promote understanding between countries with Rotary Clubs, offer graduate and undergraduate scholarships for one academic year. Undergraduates must be between 18 and 24, and unmarried. Graduate candidates must be between 18 and 28. Relatives of Rotarians are ineligible. The scholarship includes round-trip air fare, registration, tuition, fees, books, room and board, and limited educational travel. Contact a local Rotary Club, either in your home town or Columbia (for Columbia call Prof. Mel Platt at 882-2606), to determine the local application deadline.
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