Outside Scholarships and Other Helpful Links
Please review the
Tufts Outside Aid Policy to learn how
receiving outside scholarships may effect your
financial aid. It is advantageous to
apply for outside scholarship sufficient to replace
the loan and work portions of your aid award in
order to graduate debt-free.
Opportunities at Tufts
Undergraduate Education
- Various deadlines
Summer Scholars - March deadline
Summer Internships - March deadline
Outside Scholarships
Our office occasionally receives scholarship
offers from private organizations and donors. As
this information is received, it is posted below.
You may go directly to the linked websites provided,
or to the office of Student Financial Services, if
noted, to get the relevant application. Please note
that this page is updated only as information is
received.
>>
Gilman International Scholarship Program for
Pell recipients who will study abroad. Deadlines
vary.
>> WIIT
(Women in International Trade) Scholarship. $1500
scholarships awarded to
female undergraduate and graduate college students with
demonstrated interest in international development,
international relations, international trade
international economics or international business. Deadline:
March 15, 2013 (for Summer or Fall 2013
assistance) and July 15, 2013 (for Spring
2014 assistance).
>>
Orazio DiMauro Foundation Scholarship. $2000 and
$3500 scholarships for students majoring in
engineering or attending medical school during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Students must be a resident of the great Bridgeport,
CT
area, which includes Trumbull, Monroe, Easton,
Fairfield, Shelton, Stratford, and demonstrates
financial need. Applications for
this scholarship can be secured from the
Orazio
DiMauro Foundation
or by
email at
ifidi@aol.com.
Deadline: March 31
>>
New England Employee Benefits Council.
Scholarships for full and part-time undergraduate
and graduate students interested in a career in a
benefits-related area (eg Human Resources, Health
Care Program Design, Retirement Strategies, Legal
Aspects of Employee Benefits). Awards up to $5000.
Deadline: April 1st
>> Society
for Professional Journalists (CT Chapter).
Scholarships for
Connecticut residents
pursuing a career in journalism. You must be an
undergraduate junior or senior beginning in the Fall
semester of 2013. Scholarships range from $500 to
$2500. (1)
$5000 Grand Prize, (4) $2,500 Second Prizes, and
(35) $1,000 Third Prizes.
Deadline: April 8
>> Dr.
Alma S. Adams Scholarship. Two $5000
scholarships will be awarded to students committed
to reducing tobacco use through community service
for an underserved community and through the use of
visual arts. for students
who demonstrate the difference they have made in
their communities though volunteering.
Deadline: April 30
>>
MassMutual
Scholars Program. $5000 scholarships for
high-achieving African American, Asian/Pacific
Islander & Hispanic students entering their
sophomore, junior, senior or 5th-year senior year
and interested in a career in the insurance and
financial services industry. Deadline: May
3
>>
Adler Pollock &
Sheehan Diversity Scholarship. $10,000 scholarship
foran undergraduate representing a diverse group (eg
African American, American Indian, Hispanic,
Asian/Pacific Islander, Gay/Lesbian, or other
minority group) who will be entering his/her first
year of an ABA accredited law school within the U.S.
this fall. You must be a resident of Massachusetts
or Rhode Island. Deadline:
June 1st
>>
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Program. Various scholarships for students of
Hispanic heritage who will be enrolled full-time in
a degree-seeking program at a U.S. accredited
institution during the academic year.
Apply online at:
www.hsf.net Deadline: Varies
>> Asian
Woman in Business Scholarship. $2500
scholarships awarded to
Asian female undergraduate college students with
demonstrated scholarship, leadership, community
service and/ or entrepreneurial experience. A
minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. Deadline: October
1, 2012.
>>
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer
Scholarship. This
private foundation will
award up to $30,000 annually per recipient to help
students and recent alumni from community colleges
and two-year institutions pursue four-year degrees
at any accredited college or university in the
United States. Current
students are eligible, as are alumni who earned a
degree from a community or two-year institution
since spring 2007 and have not since transferred to
a four-year college. All candidates for the
scholarship must be nominated by the faculty
representative at their community college or
two-year institution. The
list of faculty representatives and a link to the
online application are available on the Foundation’s
website,
www.jkcf.org.
Deadline: December
>>
MetroWest Community Health Care
Foundation offers two scholarship programs for
students from the MA metro west area who are
pursuing nursing, medical, clinical, and oral health
professions. No deadline.
>> The
Iris-Samuel Rothman Scholarship. This
scholarship,
in honor of a promising young man who died at age
22, is for a young man who has lost his mother and
father (both). Also eligible is a young man who has
lost his mother and
has either lost his father or does not have a
father available to him. Questions can be sent to
mrothman77@aol.com
>>
AES Engineers Scholarship. $500 scholarships.
Believe that a high grade point average should not
be the only criteria in determining who deserves to
be helped. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of
character, as determined by evaluating the essays
that are submitted. Scholarships are intended for
future leaders across a wide spectrum of fields of
study. This award is available to high school
seniors and all students attending a post secondary
educational facility. You are not required to be
taking Engineering courses to be eligible.
Apply online at:
http://aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm
Deadline:
October 5, 2012
>>
The
HIAS Scholars Program. $4000 scholarship for
students who immigrated to the United States
with HIAS’ assistance.
Deadline: February 29, 2012
>>
Hispanic
College Fund Scholarship. $500-$10,000
scholarships for students of Hispanic heritage who
will be enrolled full-time in a degree-seeking
program at a U.S. accredited institution during the
2011-2012 academic year and has a GPA of 3.0 or
higher.
Apply online at:
http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org
Deadline: March 1, 2012
>>
JVS Scholarship Program. $1,000-$5000 scholarships for
financially challenged Jewish students from Los
Angeles planning to pursue higher education
full-time (college, graduate and vocational). A
minimum GPA of 2.7 is required.
Apply online at:
www.jvsla.org/scholarship
Deadline: March 16, 2012
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