National Prestigious Scholarships
Students with a 3.6 GPA or higher may be eligible to apply for national prestigious scholarships. Please read the eligibility requirements carefully for each scholarship. The opportunities listed below require a Hunter College nomination. Additional information on other national prestigious scholarship opportunities is available on the Student Services website.
Rhodes Scholarships
A Rhodes scholarship covers tuition and living expenses for two years of study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Students may work toward a master's degree or a second bachelor's degree. Seniors with a minimum of 3.8 GPA are encouraged to apply. U.S. or Canadian citizens are eligible. Applicants must be nominated by Hunter and submit a preliminary application by September 16, 2009.
Marshall Scholarship
A Marshall scholarship covers tuition and living expenses for graduate study at universities in the United Kingdom. Students may apply for either 2-year or 1-year master's degree programs. Seniors with a minimum 3.7 GPA are encouraged to apply. U.S. citizenship is required. Applicants must be nominated by Hunter and submit a preliminary application by September 16, 2009.
George J. Mitchell Scholarship
A Mitchell scholarship provides funding for one year of graduate study at universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Seniors with a minimum 3.8 GPA are encouraged to apply. U.S. citizenship is required. Applicants must be nominated by Hunter and submit a preliminary applications by September 16, 2009.
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
The Goldwater Scholarship provides $7500 to support juniors and seniors planning to pursue undergraduate research projects in the natural sciences and Mathematics. To apply current sophomores and juniors must be nominated by a Hunter faculty member and have a minimum 3.0 GPA and an interest in conducting research at Hunter and in graduate school . Faculty nomination letters are due by November 30 to: Robert Greenberg, Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Email submission is preferred: robert.greenberg@hunter.cuny.edu
The Harry S. Truman scholarship
The Harry S Truman Scholarship is awarded to juniors headed for careers in public service . Scholars selected as juniors are eligible to receive a total of $30,000 for graduate studies. Applicants must have a strong academic and service record and plan to pursue a graduate program geared toward public service. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, with a GPA of 3.60 or higher.
The Truman Foundation gives priority to students planning on master's and doctorate programs inpublic administration,public policy analysis, public health, international relations, government, economics, social services delivery, education and human resource development, and conservation and environmental protection. Students who plan to pursue medical or law degrees must make a convincing case that they do so for purposes of public service.
For more information visit http://www.truman.gov/. Preliminary application should include a policy statement and the essay questions from the application and 3 letters of recommendation. Deadline to be considered for campus nomination is January 4, 2010; send e-copies of application materials to Robert Greenberg at robert.greenberg@hunter.cuny.edu.
Luce Scholars Program
A Luce Scholars Program award provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia from late June until mid-July of the following year. Seniors with a minimum GPA of 3.7 are encouraged to apply. Only students who have not reached their 30th birthday by September 1st of the year they would enter the program, and who have not had significant exposure to East and Southeast Asia or who have made Asian studies an area of academic concentration, are eligible. Applicants must be nominated by Hunter and submit a preliminary application by October 26, 2009.
To set up an appointment to discuss the national prestigious scholarships requiring a Hunter nomination, please contact Kristin Wilson or call: 212.396.6034
Featured Student
Christine Curella (BA '08) was named a 2007 Truman Scholar, a prestigious national award that recognizes students for their outstanding public service contributions.
Curella, an alumna of the Macaulay Honors College who majored in urban studies, spent a semester studying urban planning in Argentina, China and India. She has interned for New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of City Planning, and served as co-chair of Relay for Life, a City University of New York effort to raise funds for cancer research. In 2003, she was named a “Rising Star” by Women’s Day Magazine in its “Women Who Inspire Us” section.
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation honors the winning students by providing them with $30,000 for graduate school. Truman scholars also receive priority for both admission and supplemental financial aid at some of the country’s top graduate schools.