Website: http://faa.illinois.edu/files/KateNealKinleyApplication09-10.pdf

Kinley application deadline: December 3, 2009

Important Notes: This award is administered by the Urbana-Champaign campus: DO NOT contact OSSP for more information regarding the fellowship.

Eligibility: Open to graduate students whose principal or major studies have been in architecture, fine arts or planning. There is no age limit, but all factors being equal, applicants 25 or younger will receive preference. The candidate may undertake no regular remunerative employment during the award tenure.

Description: Three Kinley Fellowships are awarded to college graduates who have majored in art, architecture (design or history), music, theatre or urban planning and who plans to pursue advanced study in the U.S. or abroad. Study may be at an approved institution, with an approved teacher or independent.

The amounts of the awards are as follows: $9,000 for art, architecture, dance, or urban and regional planning; $20,000 for instrumental or vocal music, history, art, or dance; and $20,000 in any field of music. One or two alternate awards may also be granted.

Send applications to: please see website listed above; do not send to the Office of Special Scholarship Programs

Eligibility: U.S. citizens who will be seniors or are recent graduates of an accredited U.S. college or university in the fall of 2010.
Deadline: Dec. 4, 2009.
Funds: $7,500.
Contact: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; (650) 854-9400.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is accepting applications for the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program, one that awards $7,500 to U.S. citizens who will be seniors or are recent graduates of an accredited U.S. college or university in the fall of 2010. The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program takes college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, DC. There, they will be placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, mainly the ones that affect racial and ethnic minority and underserved communities. The deadline to apply for this scholars program is Dec. 4, 2009. The $7,500 that the award winner receives includes $2,000 stipend upon successful completion of the program, expenses, and transportation. If you have any questions about the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program, contact the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation at (650) 854-9400.

For more information, visit http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/bjscholars/#.

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world. Students are encouraged to write thought-provoking personal essays that raise questions, single out issues and are rational arguments for ethical action.

This year's Suggested Topics are as follows:

• What does your own experience tell you about the relationship between politics and ethics and, in particular, what could be done to make politics more ethical?
• Articulate with clarity an ethical issue you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself.
• Carefully examine the ethical aspects or implications of a major literary work, a film or a significant piece of art.
• Clearly analyze the relationship between religion and ethics in today's world.
• How does a recent political or cultural event shed light on the ethics of rebellion/revolution?

Full-time undergraduate juniors and seniors at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the US are welcome to enter the Essay Contest.

All submissions to the essay contest are judged anonymously. A distinguished committee reviews the essays and a jury that includes Elie Wiesel chooses the winners. Please note that no manuscripts will be returned and essays may not be submitted elsewhere until the awards have been announced. Winning essays become the property of The Elie Wiesel Foundation and may not be reproduced elsewhere without written permission.

For additional information, please visit http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org.

The annual Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is made possible through the generosity of E. Billi Ivry & The Thaler Family.

Deadline to apply: January 8, 2010

The Dept. of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship includes 12 weeks of research experience at either Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab or Sandia National Laboratories. Must be pursuing a Ph.D. in physics, nuclear science or properties of materials.  Renewable up to four years.  $32,400 yearly stipend. Apply online at www.krellinst.org/ssgf
Deadline:  January 12, 2010.

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship is a competitive national program that provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest organization focusing on international security issues.  The program has awarded 120 fellowships since its inception in 1987.  The fellowship is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall.  It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington.  The Scoville Fellowship does not award grant or scholarship money to students.  

Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and advocacy in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.  They have written fact sheets, letters to the editor, articles, briefing books and reports, organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as experts by the media.  Many former Scoville Fellows work for U.S. and international NGOs, the Federal Government, and academia, or attend graduate school in political science or international relations, following their fellowships. 

Those who are interested in peace and security issues please visit our website at www.scoville.org.  The Scoville Fellowship is a small organization and we lack the resources to send staff to college career fairs and to post jobs on individual university websites.  Although the majority of Scoville Fellows received college degrees in political science, government, international relations, or history, we do not require any specific major.  There is no application form; the application requirements are listed on the website, as are links to the websites of each of the twenty-four participating organizations and information on the work of current and former Scoville Fellows.  Applications must be submitted via email. Application deadline is January 15 for the Summer/Fall 2010 Fellowship.  

All U.S. citizens, and foreign nationals residing in the United States, are eligible to apply; non-U.S. citizens living outside of the United States are not.   

Public Health Fellowship:   One or two year Fellowships with the Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory which trains you to support public health initiatives and conduct high priority infectious disease research in public health laboratories.  They take 45 people each year.  Deadline is February 12, 2010.  For the application visit:  www.aphl.org/fellowships

Public Service

A prize of two thousand dollars will be awarded to one or more college or university students involved in public service. The award is meant to enable the student to gain practical experience in public service by taking a no-pay or low-pay job or internship during a summer or other term. Preference will be given applicants who have already found such a position, but who require additional funds.

Website: http://www.jwsaxefund.org/index.php

Deadline to apply: March 15, 2010

Columbia University Publishing Course, Deadline to apply is March 22, 2010.  Brochures are available in Career Services.  More information at www.jrn.columbia.edu/publishing
Telephone: 212.854.1898.  Email:  publishing@jm.columbia.edu