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Scholarship and Fellowship OpportuntiesFor seniors: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program - Each year the Endowment offers 8-10 one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees from close to 300 colleges. Carnegie Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the Endowment's senior associates. Institutional nomination is required. Interested students should contact Academic Programs during the fall term in order to meet the January 15th application deadline. Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship - The Cooke Foundation has suspended this scholarship. Fulbright Grants - enable students to combine study with an independent research project in a particular foreign country following graduation. Knowledge of the host country's language is usually required. Open to seniors and recent graduates who are not enrolled in graduate school. Campus application deadline: Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Jacob Javits Fellowship - The Jacobs K. Javits Program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability--selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise--to undertake the study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences. Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens or nationals, permanent residents of the U.S., or citizens of any one of the Freely Associated States. No institutional nomination if required. The deadline for applications is typically in early October. Marshall Scholarships - Marshall Scholarships allow students to study for a degree, at either the undergraduate or graduate level, at any British university. Students who wish to apply for a Marshall must complete a declaration of interest , available in the Academic Programs Office, by September 7 . A draft of the application essay is due September 21, 2009. National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships - NSF administers a program of fellowships for graduate study in the natural and social sciences, mathematics and engineering. The GRE exam is required. (Note: These fellowships do not require that you be nominated by Macalester.) Contact the Chemistry Department for further information. Rhodes Scholarships - Rhodes Scholarships enable students to study at Oxford University following their graduation from Macalester. Students who wish to apply for a Rhodes must complete a declaration of interest , available in the Academic Programs Office, by September 7 . A draft of the application essay is due September 21, 2009 . Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships - The Ambassadorial Scholarships program offers full support (up to US $23,000) for an entire academic year of study at a foreign institution, and is intended to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. Please note that the lead time for Rotary Fellowships is quite long. The competition which closes on April 1, 2010 is for grants that will be actually awarded for the 2011-2012 academic year. Soros Fellowship - The Soros Fellowship provides opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. Grants are for up to two years of graduate study in the United States. Institutional nomination is not required. The application and selection process will take place in the late fall and winter, and Fellows will be expected to begin their graduate study no later than the following September. Watson Fellowships - Watson Fellowships enable students to spend a year abroad engaged in an independent study project immediately following their graduation from Macalester. Macalester may nominate four seniors, who then have an interview with a Watson Foundation representative. This competition is open to non-U.S. citizens. Campus application deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2009.
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