The Beinecke Scholarship

Beinecke Scholars receive $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 graduated study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies. To be eligible to receive a Beinecke Scholarship, a student must be a college junior, a citizen of the United States and have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during his or her undergraduate years.

 

Key Eligibility Requirements:

• Demonstrated superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise during his or her undergraduate career.
• Be a college junior pursuing a bachelor's degree during the 2013-2014 academic year. "Junior" means a student who plans to continue full-time undergraduate study and who expects to receive a baccalaureate degree between December 2014 and August 2015.
• Plan to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Students in the social sciences who plan to pursue graduate study in neuroscience should not apply for a Beinecke Scholarship.
• Be a United States citizen or a United States national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during his or her undergraduate years.

IU Deadline: January 17, 2014   (Note: applicants must be nominated by IU; applications must be submitted to Elaine Hehner, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University, 811 E. 7^th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 by January 17, 2014).

General information: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/beinecke/

Application materials: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/beinecke/forms.html