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Nationally Competitive Scholarships

What does 'nationally competitive' mean?

When we say that a scholarship is 'nationally competitive' we mean that applicants from all across the United States are applying for the award. Often, this indicates an increased level of competitiveness over awards that may be sponsored by local entities such as the State of Illinois or a Chicago based organization. In addition, these awards are generally viewed as the hardest to win, and therefore, may require a substantial amount of preparatory work. While many perceive that these awards generally go to students attending elite private institutions, this is not the case. UIC and many other state universities have candidates who win these pretigious awards on a regular basis. Please see our Award Winners page for recent scholarship recipients from UIC.

 

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Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows Program - international affairs, one year research fellowship in Washington, DC at the Carnegie Endowment

DAAD - study abroad in Germany

Fulbright - study abroad

Gates-Cambridge - study abroad for graduate students at Cambridge University

Glamour - for outstanding female undergraduate juniors

Goldwater - science, math and engineering

Jack Kent Cooke - general excellence

Javits - arts, social sciences, humanities

Madison - social science or history education

Marshall - study abroad at a British university

Merage-immigrant students studying business, the arts, science, education or public service

Mitchell - study abroad at an Irish university

National Institutes of Health Graduate Partnerships Program - PhD, biomedical sciences

NSEP Undergraduate - study abroad outside western Europe

NSEP Graduate - study aboad outside Western Europe

NDSEG - science, math, and engineering

NSF - physical and life sciences, mathematics, engineering, and social sciences

Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS) in UK - funding to do postgraduate research in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales

Phi Kappa Phi- graduate fellowship, various fields

Rhodes- study abroad at Oxford University

Rotary - study abroad

Soros - graduate study (immigrants or first generation students)

Truman - public service related career plans

Udall - environment, public policy

 

 

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