South Norfolk (MA) County Association for Retarded Citizens awards scholarships of $500 each to college juniors or seniors, or graduate students with a Major in Special Education or a related field only.
More information at: http://www.sncarc.org/scholarship.htm
The scholarship is a one year, non-renewable reward for full-time students who are Rhode Island residents entering their first year of law school. Scholarship awards shall be exclusively for tuition and related expenses for persons who enroll as full-time students in programs leading to the award of the L.L.B. or J.D. degree offered by law schools located in one of the United States or District of Columbia and accredited by the American Bar Association.
For more information and application, visit: http://www.ribar.com/foundation/scholarships.asp or call the RI Bar Foundation office at 401.421.6541
Students interested in a career in the radio and/or television industry, who plan to pursue a full-time education in over-the-air broadcast journalism at an accredited two- or four-year school, and are permanent Massachusetts residents, are encouraged to apply. It is not necessary to attend school in the state to be eligible. $2,000 scholarships are available.
Recipients will be selected based on factors such as financial need, academic merit, community service, extra-curricular activities, and work experience. Highest priority will be given to students with the most limited financial resources.
View past recipients of this scholarship at: http://www.massbroadcasters.org/students/index.cfm
For application and more information, contact the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA) at 43 Riverside Ave., PMB 401, Medford, MA 02155, or call: 800.471.1875
The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is intended to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to the scholarship recipients. The Fund will award $5,000 annually to each recipient attending an ABA-accredited law school. To be eligible, an applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.; an entering first-year law student; and, at the time of submission of the application, have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 grading scale).
More information and application at: http://www.abanet.org/fje/
AJC’s Goldman Fellowship Program is open to undergraduates in their junior and senior years, and graduate and professional school students from a broad range of backgrounds. This international, nine-week, paid internship offers opportunities in the fields of: Domestic and Legal Policy; Human Rights Advocacy; International Policy and Diplomacy; Interreligious/Interethnic Relations; and Media Relations. Fellows engage in high-level advocacy, research, and programming, work in mentored relationships with senior staff, and take part in conferences and meetings. Fellows are sent to American Jewish Committee locations throughout the United States and abroad, depending on their skills and the needs of the office. Fellows receive a stipend of $3,000 plus major travel expenses. Candidates should have a passion for making a difference, an interest in American Jewish identity, analytic ability, and motivation.
More information and the application is at: http://www.ajc.org/fellowship
2009-2010 Named Energy Fellowships for new graduate students beginning their studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in fall 2009. MIT Energy Fellowships support several dozen first-year doctoral students interested in pursuing graduate research opportunities in energy across a wide array of disciplines. More information about the Society of Energy Fellows at MIT is available at http://web.mit.edu/mitei/education/fellowships/
Prospective graduate students should apply through the normal admissions process to the academic departments in which the graduate degree will be pursued.
More information at: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/
See the MIT Web site for graduate school application deadlines.
