Departmental Recommendations

Academic departments and programs recommend the following grants and scholarships in their fields (see the respective program director or chairperson for more information):

Arabic

Jacob Javits Fellowship
www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/

Biology

National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&from=fund

National Institutes of Health (NIH) research opportunities:
www.training.nih.gov/student/index.asp

Department of Energy (DOE) research internship opportunities:
www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ERULF/about.html

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
www.epa.gov/careers/gradopp.html

Geology

Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (GREF) - Department of Energy
www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/GREF/index.html

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) - Department of Energy
www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/SURE/index.html

German

German Academic Exchange Service
www.daad.org
(see their scholarship database)

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX)
www.cdsintl.org/cbyx/
For business, engineering, technical fields to study and intern in Germany for one year.

Japanese

Japan Foundation
www.jfny.org

Blakemore Foundation
www.blakemorefoundation.org

Inter-University Center
www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC

Political Science

The Howard Penniman Scholarship for Graduate Study in Political Science is awarded by Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science honor society.
www.apsanet.org

The Minority Fellows Program for students embarking on a graduate degree in Political Science.
www.apsanet.org

The Minority Fellows Program for undergraduate students: The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute mentors minority students interested in Political Science as an academic career.
www.apsanet.org

Religion

Wexner Foundation - Wexner Fellows / Davidson Scholars
For leadership education and scholarship in Jewish Studies
www.wexnerfoundation.org

Speech Language and Hearing Science

Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) and Progressus Therapy Scholarship  for SLP services to children in school settings ($3,000.):
www.progressustherapy.com/?page=CAPCSDScholarship

Teach NYC - Graduate Scholarship Program:
www.teachnycprograms.net/getpage.php?page_id=59