Multicultural student awards and scholarships
For undergraduate students
All Our Relations Scholarship
Amount: $1000
Deadline: Application packets must be postmarked by March
1, 2012
Award date: 2012-2013 academic year
Contact: Student Services, 612-625-3339,
cehdinfo@umn.edu
Criteria: This scholarship will be awarded to undergraduate students who have successfully completed their first semester in the college and who would enhance diversity within the University. A plus factor will be given to Native American students.
Application: Please review complete application details in the CEHD Undergraduate Scholarship Application [.pdf] before applying. Submit the completed application form and all supporting materials in one packet to CEHD Scholarship Committee, Student Services, 360 Education Sciences Building, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Application packets are also available from Student Services, 612-625-3339, email: cehdinfo@umn.edu.
Fred and Earline Estes Family Scholarship
Amount: $1000
Deadline: Application packets must be postmarked by March
1, 2012
Award date: 2012-2013 academic year
Contact: Student Services, 612-625-3339,
cehdinfo@umn.edu
Criteria: This scholarship was established to encourage and support low-income students who would enhance diversity within the University. A plus factor will be given to African-American students who are making academic progress in the college.
Application: Please review complete application details in the CEHD Undergraduate Scholarship Application [.pdf] before applying. Submit the completed application form and all supporting materials in one packet to CEHD Scholarship Committee, Student Services, 360 Education Sciences Building, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Application packets are also available from Student Services, 612-625-3339, email: cehdinfo@umn.edu.
Jim and Karyn Goldstein Scholarship
Amount: $1000
Deadline: Application packets must be postmarked by March
1, 2012
Award date: 2012-2013 academic year
Contact: Student Services, 612-625-3339,
cehdinfo@umn.edu
Criteria: This scholarship will be awarded to undergraduate students who have completed their first year in the college and are continuing their education towards a degree. Students registered with Disability Services are eligible.
Application: Please review complete application details in the CEHD Undergraduate Scholarship Application [.pdf] before applying. Submit the completed application form and all supporting materials in one packet to CEHD Scholarship Committee, Student Services, 360 Education Sciences Building, 56 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Application packets are also available from Student Services, 612-625-3339, email: cehdinfo@umn.edu.
For graduate and professional students
Common Ground Consortium (CGC) Awards
Amount: Tuition reimbursement and educational stipend
Contact: Venoreen Browne-Boatswain, Student Services graduate coordinator of multicultural programs and outreach, at 612-625-7511 or brow0791@umn.edu.
Criteria: Applicants must be students of culturally diverse backgrounds planning to graduate from one of several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the CGC consortium who wish to enroll in one of the College of Education and Human Development’s graduate programs.
Eligible programs of study include:
- master of education (M.Ed.)/professional studies
- master of arts (M.A.)
- doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.)
- doctor of education (Ed.D.)
- specialist certificate
Application: Application form
Application deadline is December 15. Learn more about Common Ground Consortium.
Holmes Scholar
Amount: Award can include financial support (i.e., fellowship, scholarship, tuition waiver, etc., full financial support to attend The Holmes Partnership Annual Conference (including appropriate land and air transportation, hotel accommodations, meals, and other related expenses), a stipend for professional development activities and materials, mentoring support.
Deadline: late spring
Award date: the following fall
Contact: Dr. Yolanda Majors, 612-626-6637,
ymajors@umn.edu, and the
Holmes Scholars
Program website
Criteria: Individuals selected as Holmes Scholars should be doctoral students or students pursuing a terminal degree in the field. Applicants must already have a GA position to apply for this award. These individuals should be nominated during their first year (preferably in their second semester) and begin their Scholar status at the beginning of the second year of their doctoral or terminal degree program.
- Are members of groups under-represented in the education professoriate or in the education field
- Intend to be or are engaged in teacher education (pre-service and/or in-service OR are engaged in fields/specializations with a clear school-based focus (e.g., school psychology, educational administration, educational technology)
- Demonstrate a commitment to equity and diversity
- Agree to work in Professional Development Schools or other school/university/community/business collaborative partnership arrangements
Application: Applicants should complete and submit the uniform Holmes Scholars Application form. Holmes Scholar Applications should be submitted to the Educator Development and Research Center, 104 Burton Hall, 178 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
In addition to the uniform Holmes Scholars Application, applicants should submit:
- Curriculum Vita
- A statement indicating their a) professional goals; b) commitment to education practice and improvement; and c) research agenda regarding equity and diversity
- A letter of nomination from a faculty member
Isabel Graham Giddings Scholarship
Amount: Up to three awards at $5,000 are available
Deadline: Awards will be given as part of the admissions
process into the M.Ed./initial licensure program, or by
application (see below) by February 1, 2012.
Award date: 2012-2013
Contact: Student Services,
612-625-3339, cehdinfo@umn.edu
Criteria: Female students entering M.Ed./initial licensure programs will be considered for this award as part of the admissions process or by application (see below). Upon the donor’s request, one scholarship will be awarded to an African-American female student, and one will be awarded to a female student (preferably from an underrepresented population). This award is granted to a student who shows professional promise.
Application: Please review complete application details on the CEHD M.Ed./Initial Licensure Program Academic Scholarships Application Form [PDF] [Word] before applying. Submit the completed application form according to the instructions on the form, or to CEHD Scholarship Committee, Student Services, 360 Education Sciences Building, 56 East River Road Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Multicultural Teacher Development Project (MTDP) Award
The Multicultural Teacher Development Project (MTDP) has been temporarily
suspended as we review the program. If you have questions about scholarships,
please contact Mary Ellen Shaw at shawx001@umn.edu or visit the M.Ed. scholarships
page for additional scholarship options.
Additional scholarship resources
AIGC Fellowship for Native American Graduate Students
Amount: This program funds graduate education for American Indian and Alaska Native college graduates. The funding amount is based on your unmet need as determined by your financial aid office. AIGC does not fund for the full amount of your unmet need.
Contact: American Indian Graduate Center
Application: Applications are available from January through the end of May every academic year.
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation (ELA) Scholarship
Amount: $500 to $2,000
Contact: ELA Foundation Scholarships
Description: The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation (ELA) Scholarship is available to women with physical disabilities currently enrolled or actively applying to a graduate program in an accredited college or university in the United States. You must be active in a local, state or national disability organization to qualify. In addition to the application, you must provide documentation/verification of your disability, two letters of recommendation, your college/university transcript and an essay. Deadline is June 1. Additional requirements can be found on the website.
Gates Millennium Scholars Program
Amount: Up to four years of full financial support
Award date: Scholars will be notified of their awards in May
Contact: Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Additional information is also available through the United Negro College Fund, the American Indian College Fund, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
KarMel Scholarship
Amount: $300-400
Contact: KarMel Scholarship
Description: The KarMel Scholarship is available to high school seniors and undergraduate and graduate students who are attending or planning to attend a college, university or vocational/trade school in the United States. You must submit an artistic or written themed work that expresses your views on the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender topic to be eligible for this award. However, you do not need to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender to apply. Deadline is March 31.
Minnesota Indian Scholarship
Amount: The award amount is based on need up to $3,300 per
year for undergraduate students, and up to $6,600 for graduate students.
Deadline: The priority deadline is July 1.
Contact: Get Ready for College
Criteria: Applicants must have one-fourth or more Indian ancestry, be a resident of Minnesota and a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, a high school graduate or have a GED certificate, able to benefit from an advanced education, accepted by an approved college, university, or vocational school in Minnesota, and eligible to receive Pell or State Grant funds.
Application: Interested students should complete the FAFSA. Eligible students should also complete an application for tribal education funds. See Get Ready for College's website for more details.
Page Foundation
Amount: Scholarships range from $1,000 to $2,500 per school year depending on school expenses and individual needs and are granted for one school year at a time, although students may reapply each year.
Contact: Visit the Page Education Foundation or send a query email to: info@page-ed.org.
Criteria: The Page Foundation offers scholarships to students of color (African-American, Asian American, Hispanic, Native-American, etc.) who show a financial need and demonstrate a positive attitude toward education and community. Recipients of the Page Foundation Scholarships are required to fulfill a service-to-children contract that brings them into contact with kindergarten through eighth grade students of color. Projects vary from tutoring at elementary, middle or junior high schools or reading to young children, to being a big buddy, mentor, etc. However, there must be an academic focus to the service project. Page Scholars are expected to spend two hours each week of the school year on the service project totaling fifty hours per year.
Pfund
Amount: $1,000-3,500
Contact: PFund Scholarships
To be eligible for a scholarship from PFund you must be:
- GLBT or from a GLBT family
- A legal resident of the state of Minnesota or attending a qualified Minnesota academic institution
- Enrolled in a GED or post-secondary program for the following fall academic term
- Not a former PFund scholarship winner
Point Foundation Scholarship
Description: The Point Foundation Scholarship is available to students attending, or planning to attend, an institute of higher education who are underprivileged and/or have been socially marginalized -- principally by reason of sexual orientation. You must demonstrate proven leadership skills, excellent scholastic achievements and desire to make a difference in the world. You must also submit two to three letters of recommendation and a copy of your current transcript with your application to be eligible for this award. All applicants are evaluated on the totality of their situation including, academic accomplishments, financial, emotional and social need, extracurricular activities, personal circumstances and goals for the future. Deadline is March 1.
Contact: The Point Foundation
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Description: The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans provides grants for up to two years of graduate study in the United States in any professional field (e.g., engineering, medicine, law, social work, etc.) or scholarly discipline in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The fine and performing arts are included. For the purpose of this application a New American is defined as: 1) a resident alien (i.e., holds a Green Card); or 2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen; or 3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. The applicant must either have a bachelor's degree or be in her/his final year of undergraduate study. Those who have a bachelor's degree may already be pursuing graduate study and may receive fellowship support to continue that study. Individuals who are in the third, or subsequent, year of study in the same graduate program are not, however, eligible for the competition.
Contact: The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships
U of M GLBT & GLBT-Family Student Scholarship Fund
Awarded each spring. Contact GLBT Programs Office for information.
Contact: GLBT Programs Office
See also
Additional awards
- College awards and scholarships:
- U of M awards
- Scholarships and awards through private foundations
Additional resources for locating awards
- Graduate School Fellowships Office
- Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence
- Office for
Equity and Diversity
This office also coordinates the Jackie Robinson, Kirby Puckett, and Ethel Curry scholarships available for multicultural students. For more information on those three scholarships, go to the Admissions Office website. - National funding opportunities and fellowships, identified by the Graduate School Diversity Office
Revised February 2009
