Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships

1. Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships • Scholarships Information Session • August 28, 2013

2. Why Should I Be Interested in a Nationally Competitive Scholarship? • The benefits of winning a scholarship are considerable, even beyond the obvious financial reward • The process can open doors to further opportunities • Acquisition and honing of life skills • Learning and Networking opportunities • Sometimes, you win a scholarship.

3. General Criteria • Evidence of Excellence: • >3.70 GPA • Scholarly Potential • Leadership • Service • Program of Study

4. What are Nationally Competitive Scholarships? Post-Graduate: Undergraduate: • Rhodes Scholarship • Marshall Scholarship • Mitchell Scholarship • Fulbright Grants • Gates Cambridge Scholarship • Goldwater Scholarship • Truman Scholarship • Udall Scholarship • Boren Scholarship

5. Rhodes Scholarshipwww.rhodesscholar.org • 32 American Rhodes Scholars are chosen each year for 2 years of study at Oxford University • Important dates (2013): • Sept 11 – selection interviews • Sept 23 – campus deadline • Oct 1 – national deadline

6. Marshall Scholarshipwww.marshallscholarship.org • Up to 40 awarded each year for one to two years of study at any British university • Important dates (2013): • Sept 11 – selection interviews • Sept 23 – campus deadline • Oct 1 – national deadline

7. Mitchell Scholarshipwww.us-irelandalliance.org • Up to 12 awarded each year for a year of graduate study at any Irish university • Important dates (2013): • Sept 11 – selection interviews • Sept 23 – campus deadline • Oct 1 – national deadline Ivanley Noisette, Mitchell Scholar, 2011-12

8. Gates Cambridge Scholarshipwww.gatesscholar.org Application Deadline – October 16 • One to three years towards a post-graduate degree at the University of Cambridge. • To apply for the Gates Cambridge, you must apply to Cambridge directly. The scholarship application is part of the main application.

9. Fulbright Grantshttp://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html • More than 1,500 grants awarded to American students each year • Fellowships for US students; funds a year abroad -- studying, teaching English, or conducting research

10. Fulbright Grantshttp://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html • Important Dates (2013): • Campus interviews – Sept 18 • Campus deadline – Oct 7 • National deadline – Oct 15 • N.B. Because the national deadline is during Fall Break, all materials – including letters of recommendation – must be in by Oct 7. Shreya Trivedi, Fulbright ETA in South Korea, 2010-2011

11. Goldwater Scholarshiphttp://www.act.org/goldwater/ • Nov 1 – campus selection interviews • Jan 24 – national deadline Ian Dardani, 2012 Goldwater Scholar Joana Petrescu, 2013 Goldwater Scholar

12. Truman Scholarshipwww.truman.gov • Nov 8 – campus selection interviews • Feb 4 – national deadline Jessica Wamala 2012 Truman Scholar Stefan Johnson 2013 Truman Scholar

13. Udall Scholarshipwww.udall.gov • For students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care • Expects to fund 80 scholarships • Awards up to $5,000 • Important dates (2013): • Nov 15 – campus selection interviews • Mar 1 – national deadline Adrienne Donaghue, Villanova Udall Scholar, 2010

14. Boren Scholarshiphttp://www.borenawards.org/boren_scholarship • Established in 1991; “For US students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to US interests and underrepresented in study abroad” • Up to $20,000 for full year study abroad program • Service commitment required of Boren award recipients • Important dates • Feb 13 – national deadline

15. Other Post-Graduate Fellowships and Grants • Soros – November 8, 2013 • National Science Foundation – Nov. 4-8, by discipline (http://nsfgrfp.org ) • NDSEG – December (http://ndseg.asee.org/ ) • Hertz – November 1 (http://www.hertzfoundation.org/ ) • SMART-December 16, 2013 (http://smart.asee.org/about )

16. Other Notable Scholarships and Fellowships-Undergraduate • Hollings(for sophomores in STEM, Science Education or Science Policy) – February 2014 (http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html ) • SMART-December 2013 (http://smart.asee.org/about ) • Critical Language Scholarship – Nov 15, 2013 (http://www.clscholarship.org/)

17. Other Notable Scholarships and Fellowships-Undergraduate • Research • Villanova Undergraduate Research Program: http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/undergrad/curf/undergrad_research/fellows.html • NSF REU’s: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp • DAAD Rise: http://www.daad.de/rise/en/index.html

18. Application Process • CURF office • “brain storm” • resume – critical path • General meeting • Preliminary application • On-campus interviews

19. National Competitions Ways to improve your chances with nationally competitive scholarships • Develop oral communication/articulation skills • - Take a speech communication class • - Read avidly to improve vocabulary • Cultivate your knowledge of current affairs - local, state, federal, & world. • - Read daily national newspapers and journals • - Participate in current event discussion & debates

20. Interested? • Please contact the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships: Garey Hall 38 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 Jane Morris, 610-519-5928, jane.morris@villanova.edu Hanna Lee, 610-519-8852, hanna.lee@villanova.edu • Find us online: On Villanova’s Website On Facebook