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National Scholarships and Fellowships

Scholarships

Students who wish to apply for the following national scholarships must be nominated by the Associate Dean of the Honors College:

Harry S. Truman National Scholarship

Award: Up to 80 awards of $30,000 nationwide for the senior year of college and two years of graduate study

  • Must be a junior at the time of application
  • Must plan a career in public service as defined by the Truman Foundation
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national
  • Must have extensive record of community service, leadership or participation in extra-curricular activities
  • Must have a minimum 3.4 cumulative GPA
  • Must seek nomination by the UTSA Truman faculty representative (up to four nominees per institution)
    • Application requirement: Contact the Associate Dean of the Honors College
    • Deadline for seeking nomination: Oct. 1

Marshall Scholarship

Award: Up to 40 awards nationwide for two years of post-graduate study in the United Kingdom

  • Must be a senior at the time of application
  • Must plan a career in higher education, commerce and industry, or the arts
  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Must have extensive record of service and leadership
  • Must have a minimum 3.7 cumulative GPA
  • Must seek nomination by the UTSA Marshall faculty representative
    • Application requirements: Contact the Associate Dean of the Honors College
    • Deadline for seeking nomination: Sept. 1

Rhodes Scholarship

Award: Up to 32 awards nationwide for two years of post-graduate study at Oxford University

  • Must be a senior at the time of application
  • Must be 18-24 years of age on Oct. 1 of the year of application
  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Must have extensive record of service and leadership
  • Must have a minimum 3.7 cumulative GPA
  • Must seek nomination by the UTSA Rhodes Scholarship faculty representative
    • Application requirements: Contact the Associate Dean of the Honors College
    • Deadline for seeking nomination: Sept. 1

Boren Scholarship and Fellowship

Award: Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad.

Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research.

  • The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the beginning of the 2008-2009 National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Scholarship and Fellowship competitions.
  • Created in 1991, NSEP awards undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to American students for study of world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East).
  • Information and the online applications for the scholarships and fellowships are available on the Institute of International Education's website: www.iie.org/nsep.
  • Application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is January 30
  • Application deadline for the Boren Scholarship is February 12

For more information please contact us at 1-800-618-NSEP or nsep@iie.org.

Fellowships

James Madison Memorial Fellowship

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, a federally endowed and privately funded program designed to strengthen instruction about the Constitution in the nation's schools, will award generous fellowships in 2004 for masters' degree level graduate study of the framing and history of the U.S. Constitution. College seniors and college graduates who intend to become secondary school teachers of American history, American government, or social studies are eligible for the fellowships.

Through a nationwide competition, James Madison Fellowships will be awarded to at least one legal resident of each state, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the other U.S. territories. After completing study under their fellowships, James Madison Fellows are required to teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7-12 for a minimum of one year for each academic year of graduate assistance they receive.

Fellowships carry a maximum stipend of $24,000 for up to two years of full-time study for college graduates, which is used to cover the costs of tuition, required books, and room and board.

Fellows must enroll in graduate programs leading to master's degrees in American history, political science, or education offered by any accredited U.S. university. Participation in an accredited four-week Summer Institute held at Georgetown University on the principles, framing, ratification, and implementation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is required of all fellows, normally during the summer after the commencement of study. Fellows' attendance at the Summer Institute is paid for by the Madison Foundation.

Detail about the program may be obtained on campus from The Honors College Office or from the James Madison Fellowship Program, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, Iowa 52243-4030; telephone 1-800-525-6928, 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., central time; e-mail madison@act.org. Application materials may be downloaded from the Foundation's website: www.jamesmadison.com.