Scholarships and Grants

• The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields.  The program is established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family.  Applications are available at the Office of Student Financing or at the reception desk.

• The Soroptimist International Fellowship
http://www.soroptimist-losangeles.com/
Soroptimist is an international volunteer service organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. The fellowship award in the amount of $3500 for a woman in Graduate Study during the 2007-2008 academic year. For more information, please visit their website at www.soroptimist-losangeles.com/.  Applications are available with the receptionist in the Student Affairs Building located at 160 E. Tenth Street/CGU.

• The CSU Forgivable Loan/Doctoral Incentive Program
www.calstate.edu\HR\FLP

• Dissertation Fellowships for the Social Sciences and Humanities
The Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies announce the 2006 competition of the International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Program.
PDF Application

• Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world.
Spencer Dissertation Instructions

• Presidential Management Fellows Program
Since 1977, the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program has attracted outstanding men and women to the Federal service. Our PMF have studied a wide variety of academic disciplines and are interested and committed to careers analyzing and managing public policies and programs.The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an active recruiter for the PMF Program. For the past several years, SSA has hired more than 245 PMF to work in field operations throughout the country and in Headquarters offices such as the Office of Disability, the Office of Budget, the Office of Systems, the Office of Policy, and the General Counsel.

• Fulbright Information 

• Fulbright Homepage click here 
• Is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
• Was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries."
• Awarded approximately six thousand grants in 2006, at a cost of more than $235 million, to U.S. students, teachers, professionals, and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research in more than 150 countries, and to their foreign counterparts to engage in similar activities in the United States.
• Receives its primary source of funding through an annual appropriation from Congress to the Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions in foreign countries, and in the United States, also contribute financially through cost-sharing and indirect support, e.g., through salary supplements, tuition waivers, and university housing.

• Southern California Monte Jade Science & Technology Foundation
The primary goal of this scholarship is to help foster leadership and entrepreneurship among students.

• Canadian Graduate Student Fellowship Program
The Graduate Student Fellowship Program promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs.  The grant is designed to give doctoral students an opportunity to conduct part of their research in Canada. More information is available in Student Services at the receptionist's desk or email AcademicRelations@CanadianEmbassy.org

• Lilly Reintegration Scholarship
The requirements are as follows:  Must be diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizophreniform, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder, currently receiving medical treatment for the disease, including medications and psychiatric follow-up, Actively involved in rehabilitative or reintegrative efforts, such as clubhouse membership, part-time work, volunteer efforts or school enrollment. http://www.cwu.edu/~scholar/outside/lillyreintegration.htm

•Scholarship for Women in Transportation
http://www.wtsinternational.org/Chapters.aspx?ID=7314