Top scholarships for graduate students with upcoming deadlines
Fastweb's $1,000 National Scholarship Month Sweepstakes
National Scholarship Month is a great time to set yourself new application goals. Use November to explore scholarship opportunities and to get serious about applying for them. Let us know how many scholarships you'll be applying for by picking the answer that fits you. Every answer's correct! To enter you must be a Fastweb member. Answer a multiple-choice question—there's no wrong answer—and submit your entries daily through November 30, 2024. Deadline: 11/30/24Award Amount: $1,000
Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge
Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals, on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow. Deadline: 11/30/24Award Amount: $2,500
Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship
The Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship is available to college juniors, seniors, and graduate students who are pursuing a career in international journalism. You must submit a cover letter, a resume, and a work sample to be considered for this award. Deadline: 12/1/24Award Amount: $3,000 - $4,000
NACBS Graduate Student Paper Prize
The NACBS Graduate Student Paper Prize is awarded annually for the best paper read at the North American Conference on British Studies annual conference by a graduate student. All students currently enrolled in graduate programs who read papers at the annual conference and have not yet received their PhD are eligible to submit their paper for consideration. Deadline: 12/1/24Award Amount: $500
David M. Dolan Scholarship
The David M. Dolan Scholarship is available to graduate students who are conducting graduate research in statistics, mathematical modeling, data analysis, and/or quantitative decision support that advances understanding and management of Great Lakes ecosystems. Deadline: 12/1/24Award Amount: $3,000
MdNect Medical Student Scholarship
The MdNect Medical Student Scholarship is open to medical students attending a USA - accredited medical school. Deadline: 12/15/24Award Amount: $2,500 - $5,000
Fall 2024 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes
The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the current drawing. Deadline: 12/31/24Award Amount: $1,000
Live Más Scholarship
The Live Más Scholarship is available to innovators, creators, and dreamers between the ages of 16 and 26. To be considered, you must create and submit a film, animation, or a simple testimonial of up to two minutes in length that tells the story of your life's passion. Deadline: 1/8/25Award Amount: Varies
Union Plus Scholarship
The Union Plus Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students. You must be a current or retired member of a participating union, or the spouse or dependent child of a member to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 1/31/25Award Amount: $500 - $4,000
NAJA Graduate Scholarship Program
The NAJA Graduate Scholarship is available to students who are pursuing studies in a field which addresses the special needs of children and youth. You must be a resident of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, or Tennessee to be eligible for this award. Deadline: 2/1/25Award Amount: Varies
William L. Wilson and Diane C. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science
The William L. Wilson and Diane C. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science is available to students pursuing a master's degree. To be considered, you must submit a 1,000 - word proposal narrative on a research topic focused on karst science, broadly defined, including subfields of geochemistry, geology, geophysics, or hydrology. Deadline: 2/15/25Award Amount: $2,500
"Unboxing Your Life" Video Scholarship
The "Unboxing Your Life" Video Scholarship is available to high school seniors, undergraduate, and graduate students. To be considered for this award, you must create a five - minute video based on the following prompt: "This Is Who I Am: Unboxing My Life." Deadline: 3/1/25Award Amount: $3,000
Melanie Foundation Scholarship
The Melanie Foundation Scholarship is available to students who are pursuing a doctoral or master's degree in the mental health field. To be considered, you must demonstrate past involvement in extracurricular, volunteer, research, and / or career - related activities. Deadline: 3/5/25Award Amount: $2,500
Frame My Future Scholarship Contest
The Frame My Future Scholarship Contest is open to full - time undergraduate and graduate students. To enter, you must create and upload a 30 - second video from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube showing how you plan to "Frame Your Future" and why you will frame your degree. Deadline: 3/15/25Award Amount: $2,000
Richard A. Freund International Scholarship
The Richard A. Freund International Scholarship is available to graduate students who are studying the theory and application of quality control, quality assurance, quality improvement, and total quality management within engineering, statistics, management, or behavioral foundations. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.25 to be considered for this award. Deadline: 4/1/25Award Amount: $5,000
Siebel Scholars Program
The Siebel Scholars Program is open to the most talented students at the world's leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science. Deadline: VariesAward Amount: $35,000 Find more scholarship matches specific to your field of study, grad-school year, and more by creating a free Fastweb profile. Many college graduate students secure fellowships or assistantships as a method of paying for their advanced degree. Grad students apply for an assistantship or fellowship at the program department level, or college level (for instance the College of Science and Technology at XYZ University). Both opportunities help students fund a graduate-level degree while providing practical field experience. Jump to Top Scholarships for Graduate Students
What is a graduate assistantship?
Like work-study programs, an assistantship provides money and/or tuition reimbursement to help grad students pay for college. However, a graduate assistantship program includes work tied directly to your graduate degree or area of interest. A graduate student working an assistantship will, in most cases, be working for the college or university they're attending. Assistantships are considered part-time paid work.What is a graduate fellowship?
A graduate student fellowship earns a stipend, or payment, and/or a tuition waiver as they work on a grad-level research project related to their field of study. Many grad students select a faculty member to work alongside on the assigned research project; this is often called their faculty adviser. Fellowship funding could be provided by private organizations or through universities. Even after securing a fellowship or assistantship, graduate students still find a financial gap exists as they plan to pay for their master's degree.I'm a Graduate Student. Is it too late to apply for scholarships?
There are many scholarship opportunities for graduate students. A first-, second-, third- and even, fourth-year grad student has access to scholarships to help them pay for an advanced degree. Some colleges offer graduate school scholarships specific to graduate programs, too.What's the easiest scholarships grad students can apply for?
Between research, thesis proposals, lectures, and reading, students pursuing a master or doctorate degree are busy! Grad students are in survival mode. Yet these advanced-level college students are searching for ways to pay for graduate school so that funding their degree doesn't feel like a full-time job. Fastweb's Featured Scholarships are some of the easiest scholarships grad students can apply for. In addition to graduate fellowships and assistantships and/or student loans, there are other forms of financial aid available for grad students. Scholarships are a form of financial aid you're not required to pay back!You Might Also Like
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