Aimed at helping promising undergraduate humanities students succeed at the graduate level, the American Graduate Fellowship, sponsored by the Wichita Falls Community Trust, provides two students with full funding for graduate study at prestigious universities. These students receive $50,000, renewable for a second year, to pursue their Ph.D.s at their choice of 23 universities in the United States and Europe. Eligible students must be pursuing graduate work in the humanities and will have graduated from a small liberal arts college in the United States.
American Graduate Fellowship
Council of Independent Colleges
One Dupont Circle, N.W.
Suite 320
Washington, DC 20036-1142
202-466-7230
cic.edu
The American Association of University Women provides several different kinds of fellowships and scholarships for women pursuing graduate work. Each year, the AAUW awards around 40 dissertation fellowships of $20,000 to women in the last year of their doctorate to allow them the funding to complete their studies. In addition, they provide postdoctoral fellowships of $30,000 to around 10 students to allow them to take time for research after having completed their graduate studies. Finally, the organization awards several publication grants to support women who need funding for a short time. In total, the organization awards over $1.2 million in funding to women in graduate and post-doctoral studies.
American Association of University Women
1111 Sixteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-785-7700
aauw.org
American students who wish to pursue graduate work in the United Kingdom have several different options for full funding. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship provides international students with full tuition and living expenses for the length of a graduate degree at the University of Cambridge, while the Rhodes Scholarship does the same for the University of Oxford. Marshall Scholarships do not put limits on where students can study, as long as it is within the U.K., though most recipients end up choosing to study at Cambridge, Oxford or the London School of Economics. Finally, a Fulbright research grant to England can provide students with funding for one year of studies but usually cannot be extended for the length of a full doctorate.
Gates Cambridge Trust
3e King's Parade
Cambridge CB2 1SJ
United Kingdom
011-44-1223-338467
gatesscholar.org
Rhodes Scholarships
8229 Boone Blvd., Suite 240
Vienna, VA 22182
rhodesscholar.org
Marshall Scholarship
Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9HF
United Kingdon
011-44-207-380-6700
marshallscholarship.org
Fulbright Grants
IIE/Headquarters
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580
212-984-5330
us.fulbrightonline.org