List of Scholarships

Award Name	Overview	Eligibility	Intended Use	Scope	YSU Rep.	YSU Rep. E-Mail	Scholarship Deadline	YSU Deadline
Boren Scholarship and Fellowship Awards	Application for study abroad studies in a Language initiative covering French, Swahili, Akan/Twi, Wolof, or Zulu, a second flagship for indonesian, a thrid for Hindi or Urdu, and a fourth for Turkish, or a separate design program	Undergraduate and Graduate Students	Study abroad for a language only	International	Ron Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	01/22/2025, 01/29/2025	12/15/2024
Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program	The Rangel Program is a U.S. State Department program administered by Howard University that seeks to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers as diplomats in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. The Program seeks individuals interested in helping to shape a freer, more secure and prosperous world through formulating, representing, and implementing U.S. foreign policy. The Program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need.	Undergraduate and Graduate Students	Foreign Service	International			09/19/2024	08/26/2024
Critical Language Scholarship	The CLS Program provides opportunities for American college and university students to study languages and cultures essential to America's engagement with the world. Each summer, American undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities across the country, spend eight to ten weeks learning one of fourteen languages at an intensive study abroad institute. The CLS Program is designed to promote rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency in regions that are critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.	Undergraduate and Graduate Students	Study abroad for a language	International	Carrie Clyde	crclyde@ysu.edu	11/16/2024	10/30/2024
Fulbright Scholarship	Grant depends on location but could offer book and research allowances, mid-term enrichment activities, full or partial tuition, langauge study programs, also has accomedations with disabilities. Long list of qualifications and need of degrees based on country and location.	Graduate Students	Study abroad for a language	International	Ron Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	10/08/2024	09/01/2024
Gilman International Scholarship	The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity. To be eligible for the Gilman Program, applicants must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving a Pell Grant during the term of their study abroad program or internship.	Undergraduate Student	Study abroad	International	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	10/10/2024	09/01/2024
Goldwater Scholarship	providing scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, the Goldwater Foundation is helping ensure that the U.S. is producing the number of highly-qualified professionals the Nation needs in these critical fields. Over its 30-year history, Goldwater Scholarships have been awarded to thousands of undergraduates, many of whom have gone on to win other prestigious awards like the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Fellowship, Rhodes Scholarship, Churchill Scholarship and the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship that support our Scholars’ graduate school work.	Undergraduate Student	Undergraduate Study Abroad	National	Thomas Wakefield	tpwakefield@ysu.edu	01/31/2025	12/15/2024
James C. Gaither Carnegie Jr. Fellows	Each year, through the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 14 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.	Graduating Seniors or Recent Graduates	Graduate Study	International	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	01/15/2025	12/15/2024
Marshall Scholarship	The Marshall Scholarship is available to study at any British University in any subject at graduate level.	Graduate Students	Graduate Research in UK	International	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	09/24/2024	09/01/2024
Mitchell Scholarship	The George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program, named to honor former US Senator George Mitchell's pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to community and public service.	Graduate Students	Graduate Research Overseas	International	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	09/28/2023	09/01/2023
Rhodes Scholarship	The Rhodes Scholarships are the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world. Each year 32 young students from the United States are selected as Rhodes Scholars, through a decentralized process representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. Applicants from more than 320 American colleges and universities have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. In most years, even after a century of competition, a Rhodes Scholar is selected from an institution which has not formerly supplied a successful applicant.	Graduate Students	Grad Research at Oxford UK	International	Amy Cossentino	alcossentino@ysu.edu	10/02/2024	09/01/2024
Schwarzman Scholarship	Fully-funded masters program at Tsinghua University,Prospective Scholars are expected to demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional results in their field and outstanding leadership qualities.	Graduate Students	Grad Research at Tsinghua University(Beijing)	International	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	09/12/2024	08/12/2024
Truman Scholarship	In pursuit of this mission and vision, we award the Truman Scholarship, the premier graduate fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers as public service leaders, in addition to programs across the course of Truman Scholars' careers.	Full-Time Junior or 3rd year Senior	Undergraduate Study	National	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	02/04/2025	01/05/2025
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship	Provides access to alumni network, five days is Tucson, Arizona at Scholar Orientation, and up to 7,000 dollars for eligible academic expenses	Sophomores and Juniors	Undergraduate Study	National	Ronald Shaklee	rshaklee@ysu.edu	03/05/2025	02/05/2025