Guide for External Scholarships
Are you thinking of attending graduate school after Franklin College? Are you looking for some financial assistance in order to attend?
External scholarships are available to current FC students who would like to pursue graduate study or research at some of world’s finest universities. Each scholarship is highly competitive and requires careful preparation, good counseling and a lot of hard work with faculty mentors for success. Franklin College will nominate students for each scholarship and give them full support with the application process.
Students
- If you are interested in applying for an external scholarship, check the table below for applicable scholarships.
- Please contact Dr. Hisaya Kitaoka, campus representative for external scholarships.
- Submit all required application materials to Dr. Kitaoka by the campus deadline, which is normally set two months prior to the application deadline for the scholarship.
- Dr. Susan Crisafulli will work with you on finalizing application materials by the application deadline.
Faculty
- If you wish to nominate a student for an external scholarship, please contact Dr. Hisaya Kitaoka.
- Make sure the student submits all required application materials to Dr. Kitaoka by the campus deadline.
Dr. Susan Crisafulli (Application and Interview Consultant)
Assistant Professor of English
Ex. 8240
Scrisafulli@franklincollege.edu
Dr. Hisaya Kitaoka (Campus representative)
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ex. 8689
Hkitaoka@franklincollege.edu
Do not hesitate to ask either Dr. Crisafulli or Dr. Kitaoka if you have any questions. We are looking forward to working with you.
Scholarship |
Class Level | Course of Study | Location | Application Deadline | FC Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNCF-MERCK | Junior | Science | All | Dec/1/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| Thomas R. Pickering | Junior | Arts, Humanities, Social Science | All | Feb/8/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| Rotary Foundation |
Junior Senior |
All | Overseas | Depends on local Rotary club | N/A |
| Richard Vandivier |
Sophomore Junior Senior Recent Graduate |
Any | Franklin College | Mar/19/'12 | N/A |
| Rhodes | Senior | All | University of Oxford | Oct/4/'12 | Jul/27/'12 |
| PPIA Fellowship | Junior | All | U.S. | Nov/1/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| Paul & Daisy Soros | Senior | Any | All | Nov/1/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| NSF Graduate Research | Senior | Science, technology, Engineering, Math | All | Nov/18/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| NPSC Fellowship | Senior | Science, Mathematics, Engineering | U.S. | Nov/30/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars | Senior | Science (biomedical) | Univ. of Oxford or Univ. of Cambridge | Jan/3/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| NIH Graduate Partnerships Program |
Senior Recent Graduate |
Biomedical, Bio-behavioral, Social Science Health-related | Institutional Partnerships Universities mainly in the U.S. | Depends on institutional partnershiops universities. Mostly, in December 2012 | Sep/15/'12 |
| NDSEG Fellowship | Senior | Engineering, Science | U.S. | Dec/17/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| NASA – Graduate Program |
Junior Senior |
Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics | U.S. | Jan/17/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| Morris K. Udall |
Sophomore Junior |
Engineering, Science, Education, Business, Economics, Health, Justice | U.S. | Mar/5/'13 | Jan/3/'13 |
| Medical Scientist Training | Senior | Natural Science | U.S. | N/A | N/A |
| Marshall | Senior | Any | U.K. | Oct/1/'12 | Jul/27/'12 |
| Josephine de Kármán Fellowship | Senior | All | U.S. | Jan/31/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| John Jay Fellowship | Senior | Religion, law, education, International affairs, Social Service, Journalism | John Jay Institute | Mar/11/'12 (Fall), Sep/30/'12 (Spring) | Jan/31/'12 (Fall), Jul/27/'12 (Spring) |
| James Madison | Senior | Arts, Humanities, Social Science | U.S. | Mar/1/'12 | Jan/31/'12 |
| Jacob K. Javits Fellowship | Senior | Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences | All | Sep/30/'12 | Jul/27/'12 |
| Harry S. Truman | Junior | Any | All | Feb/7/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| George J. Mitchell | Senior | Any | Ireland, Northern Ireland | Oct/5/'12 | Jul/27/'12 |
| Gates Cambridge | Senior | All subjects available at Cambridge | University of Cambridge | Oct/15/'12 | Jul/27/'12 |
| Fulbright Student Program | Senior | All fields | Overseas | Oct/17/'12 | Jul/27/'12 |
| Fulbright Foreign Student | N/A | Dependent on your home country | All | N/A | N/A |
| Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral | Senior | Humanities, Fine Arts, Social/Natural/comp. Sci. Economics | All | Nov/1/'12 | Sep/15/'12 |
| EPA-NNEMS |
Senior Recent Graduate |
Related to environmental protection | U.S. | Mar/4/'12 | Jan/31/'12 |
| DHS Undergraduate | Sophomore | Science, Technology, Math | U.S. | Jan/5/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| DHS Graduate | N/A | N/A (Not been offered) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| David L. Boren |
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Recent Graduate |
All | Overseas | Feb/9/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| Carnegie-Junior Fellowship |
Senior Recent Graduate |
Arts, Humanities, Engineering, Science, Social Science | U.S. | Jan/15/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| Branigin Law |
Sophomore Junior Senior |
Law | U.S. | Apr/6/'12 | N/A |
| Barry M. Goldwater |
Sophomore Junior |
Math, Natural Sciences, Engineering | U.S. | Jan/27/'13 | Nov/14/'12 |
| ABA Opportunity Scholarship | Senior | Law | U.S. | Mar/1/'12 | Jan/31/'12 |
