Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

More than 50 astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs are helping the United States retain its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships for college students who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major. To date, the foundation has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships to 196 deserving students.  Candidates for Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholarships are nominated by department heads and faculty members at our cooperating educational institutions. Two nominees from each school are submitted to the ASF Scholarship Committee. Nominees must be at least third year college students, have excellent grades, and must have participated in lab and research work in their field. With this background, the student is fairly well committed to continuing on this course. The Scholarship Committee selects one student from each school and presents the candidates to the ASF Board of Directors for approval. In some cases, students have carried over their awards to a second or third year.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.

Over 1,200 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply.  Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. 25 Critical Need Language Supplements were offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients during the 2007-2008 academic year. There will be an increased number of Supplements this academic year.

The application deadline is in April for Fall and Academic-Year programs, and September for Spring study abroad programs.  Students who wish to apply for the Gilman Scholarship must work through the Study Abroad Office - contact Ms. Orie Varner via email at ovarner@ipomail.tamu.edu or by phone at (979) 845-0544.

Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows Program

Each year the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select eight to ten graduating seniors or recent graduates to serve as research fellows.  The Junior Fellows are matched with senior associates - academics, former government officials, lawyers and journalists from around the world - to work on a variety of international affairs issues.  Junior fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony, and organize briefings attended by scholars, activists, journalists, and government officials.  The one-year fellowships are full time and include a salary and benefits package.

Freeman-Asia Awards

The primary goal of Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA) is to increase the number of U.S. undergraduates who study in East and Southeast Asia, by providing them with the information and financial assistance they will need. The award is need-based and profides funding to assist the recipient with the cost of the study abroad program and related expenses such as airfare, additional living costs, books, etc.  Grants range from $3,000 to $7,000.

The application deadline is in April for Fall and Academic-Year programs, and September for Spring study abroad programs.  Students who wish to apply for the Gilman Scholarship must work through the Study Abroad Office - contact Ms. Orie Varner via email at ovarner@ipomail.tamu.edu or by phone at (979) 845-0544.

NSEP David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Scholarships offer a unique opportunity for U.S. undergraduates to study abroad. NSEP awards scholarships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests.

NSEP focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. It draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including: sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. Boren Scholarships are intended to provide support to U.S. undergraduates who will pursue the study of languages and cultures currently underrepresented in study abroad and critical to U.S. national security and the program emphasizes the importance of language study as a major component of the student's study abroad program. Study of a foreign language appropriate to the identified country must be an integral part of each proposal.

Presidential Fellows Program

For more than 35 years, Center for the Study of the Presidency has offered 85 students from across the nation the opportunity to participate in this unique opportunity.  Fellows come to Washington to learn about leadership and governance, to share their outstanding research and scholarship, to develop as future leaders of character, and to be inspired to careers in public service. The program is a non-resident educational initiative that offers a year-long opportunity to study the U.S. Presidency, the public policymaking process, and our Chief Executive's relations with Congress, allies, the media, and the American public.  Fellows attend two conferences each academic year during the fall and spring. At these policy workshops, Fellows discuss national issues with scholars and are briefed by senior government officials and nationally recognized public policy experts.  Fellows are also required to research, write, and present an original paper on an issue of the modern Presidency. Students have online access to the Center's award-winning Presidential Studies Quarterly and are eligible to participate in two essay contests and compete for publication in our annual anthology of the best Center Fellows' Papers.

Rhodes Scholarships

Awards thirty-two scholarships to study at Oxford University for two years.   Pays the tuition of one of Oxford 's colleges and a living allowance. Applicants must have "proven intellectual and academic achievement of a high standard" and "show integrity of character, interest in and respect for their fellow beings, the ability to lead, and the energy to use their talents to the full."

Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarships

Offers American students of exceptional ability, enrolled at one of the institutions participating in the program, the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics, and the sciences at Cambridge , one of the world's great universities. The Scholarships also provide the opportunity to experience life in Britain, to forge friendships with British students and those from many other lands who are enrolled at Cambridge, to see something of Britain and lands beyond, to see the United States from a new perspective and to gain personal insights about oneself that come from living abroad and adjusting to new challenges.