Scholarships and Internships

This is a list of available scholarships and internships for WGSS majors and minors. This is by no means an exhaustive list but will help give undergraduate or graduating students a good place to begin.

Purdue University, Clare Frances De Cleene Scholarship

In honor of her mother Irene Lucille McKloskey De Cleene.  Applications being considered year-round for both undergraduate and graduate students

Clare Frances De Cleene Scholarship Application

Purdue University, John Clarence De Cleene Scholarship

In Honor of his Mother Irene Lucille McKloskey De Cleene.  This scholarship is available for both undergraduate and graduate students by submitting the application form.

John Clarence De Cleene Scholarship Application

Beinecke Scholarship for Graduate Study 

The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 to provide substantial scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Preference is given to candidates for whom the awarding of a scholarship would significantly increase the likelihood of the student’s being able to attend graduate school. Since 1975, the program has selected more than 500 college juniors from more than 100 different undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any accredited university.

Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. There are no geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships, and research grants. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduate study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completing undergraduate studies.

Students interested should apply through Purdue’s National and International Scholarships Office: http://www.purdue.edu/niso/scholarship/majorlist/beinecke.html

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Whatever the answer to essential questions of society and individual human beings may be, education is surely its major component. But what would education be without its ethical dimension? Many of us believe them to be inseparable. That is why this Prize in Ethics Essay Contest was established in 1989 by our Foundation. Thousands of students from hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation have participated. Through their writing, they explored their concerns and beliefs, their fears and their hopes. While we suggest relevant topics each year, applicants are encouraged to choose any subject they feel strongly about, provided it is related to the domain of ethics. 

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers opportunities for students to study, research, or teach abroad while promoting cultural exchange and mutual understanding.There are two major types of Fulbright awards for U.S. students:

1) Open Study/ Research Awards- Applicants for study/research awards design their own projects and will typically work with advisers at foreign universities or other institutes of higher education. The study/research awards are available in approximately 140 countries. Program requirements vary by country, so the applicants' first step is to familiarize themselves with the program summary for the host country.

2) English Teaching Assistant Awards- The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant programs place grantees in schools overseas to supplement local English language instruction and to provide a native speaker presence in the classrooms.

Students interested should apply through Purdue’s National and International Scholarships Office: http://www.purdue.edu/niso/scholarship/majorlist/fulbright.html

Gilman Scholarship to Study Abroad  

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. undergraduates of limited financial means to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing internships abroad in any discipline. Such international exchange is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.The program encourages students to choose non-traditional study and intern destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe, and supports students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad. Students who receive the Gilman Scholarship may also be eligible to receive an additional Critical Need Language Award from the Gilman Scholarship Program.

Students interested should apply through Purdue’s National and International Scholarships Office: http://www.purdue.edu/niso/scholarship/majorlist/gilman.html

Harry S. Truman Scholarship 

Truman scholars are movers and shakers, agents of change, students who are committed to changing the world and serving the public. The Truman Foundation awards 60-65 scholarships annually to college juniors who wish to pursue graduate school in preparation for careers in public service. The scholarship includes up to $30,000 toward graduate studies, leadership training, and a 10-week Washington, D.C. Summer Institute following graduation. The Foundation defines public service as government employment at any level, uniformed services, public interest organizations, nongovernmental research and/or education organizations, public and private schools, and public service-oriented nonprofit organizations - in short, those organizations and agencies whose primary purposes are to help needy or disadvantaged persons or to protect the environment.

Students interested should apply through Purdue’s National and International Scholarships Office: http://www.purdue.edu/niso/scholarship/majorlist/truman.html

Udall Scholarships  

The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation annually awards approximately 50 scholarships of up to $7,500 each to sophomore and junior students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, economics, and other related fields; or Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy or Native American health care.

Students interested should apply through Purdue’s National and International Scholarships Office: http://www.purdue.edu/niso/scholarship/majorlist/udall.html

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Junior Fellows Program  

Each year, through the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 15 one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees nominated by several hundred participating universities and colleges. James C. Gaither Junior Fellows work as research assistants to Carnegie’s senior scholars. Students interested in this fellowship should apply through Purdue’s National and International Scholarships Office.

Echoing Green Global Fellowship 

Echoing Green supports bold leaders from all over the world who see possibility in the face of the most existential challenges of our day. Together, we strive to build a world that has yet to exist: a future free from racism and its far-reaching consequences where all people can thrive.

This Fellowship is for people whose enterprises are at an early stage and who are experts on the challenge they’ve chosen to confront. We seek leaders who who bring deep knowledge and passion to designing solutions with and for their communities. Fellows are lifelong members of Echoing Green’s community and work across issue areas to advance equity, including education, climate justice, human rights, health, and more.