American Graduate Fellowships

The American Graduate Fellowships are intended to:

• directly support the advanced education of a few stellar graduates of small colleges;
• encourage the best students at small colleges to apply for graduate work in the humanities at top-tier private research institutions; and
• signal to the leading graduate programs that small colleges remain a rich source of talented doctoral students.

Awards:

Up to $50,000 for each American Graduate Fellow during his or her initial year of graduate study, including tuition, fees, and a stipend for living expenses and research costs.  Fellowships will normally be renewable for a second academic year (in the same field of study and the same institution), on the condition of satisfactory performance during the first year.


Eligibility:

• graduating seniors or recent graduates of an eligible undergraduate institution.
• Student must intend to enter a doctoral program during the subsequent academic year.
• Must be a citizen of the United States.
• Eligibile fields of study are history, philosophy, literature and languages, and fine arts. 
• May only be used to support doctoral study at one of 23 said institutions, which represent many of the finest independent research universities in the English-speaking world (see website for a list of institutions).

Application:

• Available for the 2007-2008 competition starting April 15, 2007, applications may be downloaded from the web site.
• The deadline for receiving completed appications was October 15, 2007. NOTE: This scholarship is no longer available
  • An application form with biographical and contact information
  • A breif statement about the applicant's future graduate study plans
  • An original essay of no more than 1,250 words on a set topic designed to demonstrate the applicant's aptitude for scholarly work at the graduate level
  • A list of graduate programs to which the applicant has applied
  • GRE Scores
  • Official transcript(s)
  • Letters of support from two faculty members in the proposed field of graduate study.
  • Recommendation from the academic dean of the applicant's current undergraduate institution

Please note:

It is very important to refer to the web site listed below for specific and complete information regarding this scholarship.

Web site: www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/americangrad.asp