National and International Fellowships and Scholarships
Welcome to the Mercer University homepage
for prestigious National and International Fellowships and Scholarships.
Several of the opportunities listed and described are designated for undergraduate
students, but most support graduate level work.
Mercer University encourages outstanding students to explore and apply for highly competitive, merit-based national and international scholarships and fellowships. All of the scholarships and fellowships included in the Web site are externally funded, and many have a maximum number of campus nominees. All have an extensive application process. Accordingly, students must begin preparation early and work closely with the designated faculty representative for the program of interest. The faculty representatives are available to discuss the application process and the qualifications for the programs as early as a student's first year at the University. E-mail contact information for each faculty representative is provided with each program description.
If you are interested in one of the opportunities, please review the information provided in this Web site as well as the official Web site of the program of interest to determine whether the credentials you bring to the application process match the stated criteria. Please note that many of the applications require nomination by Mercer University.
Undergraduate
Goldwater (pursuit of careers in mathematics,
natural sciences, engineering) - tuition, fees, books, room and board
up to $7,500 annually - Usual deadline - February
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial
(one or two academic years of full-time study at institutions abroad-must
have completed at least two years of college course work) Deadline of
March or July of year prior to study abroad-initial application through
local Rotary Club
Udall (protecting environmental resources) - up to $5,000 annually - Usual deadline - March
Truman (record of community service/interest in government/public service) - $26,000 for graduate study in US or abroad - Usual deadline - February
Graduate
Cooke (academic ability and achievement/participation in arts and humanities/public service/unmet financial need) - tuition and most expenses for up to six years of graduate study - Usual deadline - April
Ford Diversity (career in teaching and research at college or university level)- stipends and funds toward tuition for up to three years - Usual deadline - November
Fulbright (funding for graduate study, advanced research, or teaching) - Usual deadline - October
Gates Cambridge (all subjects offered at Cambridge/academic achievement/acceptance to Cambridge)- tuition and other expenses for graduate study at Cambridge - Usual deadline - November
Javits (superior ability and exceptional promise) - funding for 1 to 4 years of graduate study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in designated fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences - Usual deadline - March
Madison (for practicing teachers or those planning to become a teachers of American history, government, social studies) - up to $12,000 toward tuition and expenses for one or two years of graduate study - Usual deadline - March
Marshall (academic ability and achievement) - tuition and other expenses for two years at any University in the UK - Usual deadline - October
Mellon (future scholar-teachers who will teach one of the humanities at the University or College level) - one year of graduate school fees - Usual deadline - November
Mitchell (for students with superior academic
achievement, leadership, and public service)-Provides funding for one year
of graduate study at universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland -
Final deadline- October.
National Science
Foundation ($30,000 plus $10,500 cost-of-education
allowance per year for graduate research fellowships in science, mathematics,
and engineering for graduate study leading to a research-based master's
or doctoral degree in mathematical, physical, biological, engineering,
behavioral and social sciences, history of science, and science education)-Usual
deadline-November
Phi Kappa Phi (members of Phi Kappa Phi/academic achievement/campus and community involvement/graduate test scores and graduate plans)- $2,000 to $5,000 for graduate studies in any area - Usual deadline - February
Rhodes (literary and scholastic achievement/physical vigor as demonstrated by fondness and participation in informal or organized sports/character/concern for others) - Funding for two or more years of graduate study at Oxford - Usual deadline - October
Rotary Foundation (for Master's degree program at a Rotary Center for International Studies-bachelor's degree, relevant work experience, leadership, proficiency in a second language, commitment to peace)-Usual deadline - 18 months prior to study period-Initial application through local Rotary Club