The Judson Bemis Scholarship, first awarded in 1985, offers awards to graduate students who earned a bachelor's degree from a predominantly African-American college or university such as Fisk University or Hampton University. Students enrolled in either the Graduate School of Education, the Medical School or the Harvard Divinity School are eligible for this scholarship.
Since 1909, the James A. Rumrill Scholarships provide awards to graduate students who earned their bachelor's degree in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida or Kentucky.
Starting in 2008, the John U. Monro Fellowship Fund for Public Service began offering scholarships to graduate students interested in a career in public service. The fund gives a nod to students of the School of Public Health or the Harvard Divinity School before considering other students.
Graduate students in the natural sciences can earn merit fellowships in the natural science programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Established in 1989, the Stolper Scholarship applies to students studying German subjects in either the Harvard Law School or the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The Alwin M. Pappenheimer Fund, founded in 1957, offers scholarships to graduate students in music or medicine fields.
The Bourne Scholarship highlights another type of graduate scholarship awarded through the university: scholarships awarded based on last name or birthplace. The award goes to students who have the last name of Hudson or Baxendale, who are descendants of Alan Bedford Hudson, or who are from Bourne or Brockton, Massachusetts. The scholarship was first awarded in 1928.