Honors and Merit Awards

SPONSOR: The Sperry Fund

AWARD DESCRIPTION: Opportunity for juniors (rising seniors), the Beinecke Scholarship supports graduate education in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduate study as soon as possible following graduation from college and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Early December

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides funding for research or teaching English abroad for a semester or year after the completion of undergraduate studies.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

HU DEADLINE: Mid-September

SPONSOR: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/Gates Cambridge Trust

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Gates Cambridge Scholarships are prestigious, highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. The program aims to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

SPONSOR: Columbia University, School of Professional Studies

AWARD DESCRIPTION: High-achieving undergraduate seniors selected by partner HBCUs are eligible for fellowships granting full tuition and housing for a range of master’s programs at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies.

For nomination information, contact Dr. Kanika Magee, Howard University School of Business at kanika.magee@howard.edu.

HU Deadline: Varies

SPONSOR: The Hertz Foundation

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit (not need) and consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.

ELIGIBILITY

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

SPONSOR: Stanford University

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program is designed to build a multidisciplinary community of Stanford graduate students dedicated to finding creative solutions to the world's greatest challenges.

ELIGIBILITY

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

SPONSOR: The Henry Luce Foundation

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The program provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia for 15-18 Luce Scholars each year, and welcomes applications from college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals in a variety of fields who have had limited exposure to Asia. 

ELIGIBILITY

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

SPONSOR: The Marshall Commission

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Marshall Scholarship provides funding for 1-2 years of postgraduate studies at a British university.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Beginning of September

SPONSOR: US-Ireland Alliance

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Mitchell Scholarship Program provides funding for a year of postgraduate studies at an Irish university.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Early September

SPONSOR: National Science Foundation

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The NSF-GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution. 

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

SPONSOR: The Rhodes Trust

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Rhodes Scholarship provides funding for a Master’s Degree at Oxford University in the UK.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Beginning of September

SPONSOR: Endowment funded by Chairman, CEO, and Co-founder of Blackstone, Stephen A. Schwarzman

AWARD DESCRIPTION: Enrolling the inaugural class in 2016, the Schwarzman Scholarship will give the world’s best and brightest students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills through a one-year master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing – one of China’s most prestigious universities.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Beginning of September

SPONSOR: Paul & Daisy Soros Program

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship provides up to two years of funding for graduate school for new naturalized U.S. citizens.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

SPONSOR: Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 for graduate study. Scholars also receive priority admission and supplemental financial aid at some premier graduate institutions, leadership training, career and graduate school counseling, and special internship opportunities within the federal government. Recipients must be U.S. citizens, have outstanding leadership potential and communication skills, be in the top quarter of their class, and be committed to careers in government or the non-profit sector.

ELIGIBILITY

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Mid-November

SPONSOR: Graham School of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of Chicago

AWARD DESCRIPTION: Invitation for recent Howard University graduates or current seniors, for an exploratory academic year (similar to a Post-Baccalaureate program) of research, course exploration and advising.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

SPONSOR: Educational Testing Service (ETS)

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The ETS Presidential Scholarship is a merit-based, one-year, full-tuition scholarship for HBCU Students.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

HU DEADLINE: Mid-March

SPONSOR: Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Barry Goldwater Scholarship provides up to $7,500 annually for qualified undergraduate expenses, including tuition, room, and board for rising juniors and seniors who demonstrate the potential for excellence in a research career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

HU DEADLINE: Early December

SPONSOR: Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Udall Scholarship expects to award 50 scholarships of up to $5000 and 50 honorable mentions to sophomore and junior level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: March

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State and Howard University, Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy.

For more information, please contact Olubunmi Akinnusotu at olubunmi.akinnusotu@howard.edu.

HU DEADLINE: Early September

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State and Howard University Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Payne Fellowship seeks to attract outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. The program provides up to $90,000 in benefits over two years for graduate school, internships, and professional development activities provide a unique pathway to the USAID Foreign Service.

For more information, please contact Maria Vivas-House at maria.vivashouse@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Mid-October

SPONSOR: Public Policy and International Affairs Program

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The PPIA program provides summer institute training and facilitates ongoing professional development.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

HU DEADLINE: November

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State and the Howard University Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program provides academic and professional preparation for outstanding candidates to enter the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service, representing America’s interests abroad. Pickering Fellows are undergraduate and graduate students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy.

For more information, please contact Dr. Lily López-McGee at lily.lopezmcgee@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Early September

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Defense

AWARD DESCRIPTION: Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu. 

HU DEADLINE: Mid-January

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers intensive summer language institutes in thirteen critical foreign languages.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

SPONSOR: Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Organization

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship is an ongoing effort to make study abroad accessible to students from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study and intern abroad programs worldwide.

For more information, please contact Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.

HU DEADLINE: PROGRAM DEADLINE: Spring: Early October 
Fall/AY: Early March 
 

SPONSOR: The English Speaking Union of the United States

AWARD DESCRIPTION: The Luard Morse Scholarship provides up to $25,000 towards a semester of study at an English University to deserving students attending United Negro College Fund institutions, or Hampton and Howard Universities. The scholarship is open to sophomore students in all disciplines and has been awarded to students majoring in economics, philosophy, finance, mathematics, liberal arts, and the sciences.

Theon Gruber-Ford at theon.t.gruber@howard.edu.