National Fellowships

A German government program, DAAD has dozens of available grants (examples below) to enable North American undergraduate and graduate students to study in Germany — from 3-week summer internships to a full year of study/research. These are available to students in all fields, including the natural sciences. 

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Provides funding for intensive overseas summer language institutes in 14 critical foreign languages: Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu (beginning, advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels); Arabic and Persian......

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Provides full tuition plus living stipend, travel allowance, and potential additional research funding toward one year of graduate study in the physical or natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

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Provides up to $42,000 annual funding for graduate study in international affairs, plus mentoring and professional development help to prepare Fellows to enter the US Foreign Service.

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A $35,000 award for the senior undergraduate year and graduate study in a field in which a student demonstrates unusual ability and promise. An initial grant of $5,000 is followed by a $15,000 stipend during each of the first two years of graduate study.

• Read more about Beinecke Scholarship

A funded life sciences summer research opportunity for undergraduate students. No prior research experience is necessary to apply for the Amgen Scholarship program.

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Provides up to $25,000 to fund undergraduate study abroad programs in Boren-preferred countries and languages.

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Provides a paid one-year fellowship at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC, where fellows will serve as research assistants to senior fellows on matters relating to the current work of the foundation.

• Read more about Carnegie Endowment for International Peace James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program

A list of scholarship opportunities to which our office devotes significant attention and for which Colgate has formalized application processes.

Many of the opportunities on this page require the student to be nominated by Colgate. 

There are numerous awards open to underclassmen and those looking for post-baccalaureate experiences. It is possible, and often desirable, to apply for multiple scholarships during your college years and beyond.

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