Free Grant Money and Scholarship

(Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: Renewable award for composers or performing artists who demonstrate a high level of artistic skill. Must submit copy of work that has not been previously recorded in the $50
application fee required. Submit self-addressed stamped envelope for application. Qualif.: High school students not considered.

Funds Avail.: Minimum no. of awards: 1. Minimum award amount: $1900. Maximum award amount: $5500. To Apply: Required: reference(s); application fee; self-addressed stamped envelope. Deadline: 5/15. Contact: Administrative Assistant, 610-544-5920, crsnews@erols.com.

Contemporary Record Society
724 Winchester Rd.
Broomall, PA 19008
Ph: (610)544-5920
Fax: (610)544-5921
E-mail: crsnews@erols.com
URL: http://users.erols.com/crsnews

Institute of Management Accountants Memorial Education Fund Scholarships

(Four Year College, Postgraduate, University/Scholarship)

Purpose: One-time award for IMA student members pursuing a career in management
accounting, financial management, and information technology. Open to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. Minimum 3.0 GPA required. Must be U.S. or Canadian citizen. Application deadline is February 15. Focus: Accounting Qualif.: High school students not considered. Award available to U.S. citizens.

Funds Avail.: Minimum award amount: $3000. No. and Amount Awarded Last Calendar Year: 20 scholarship(s), totalling $50,000. To Apply: Required: application form; transcript; essay; reference(s); resume. Deadline: 2/15. Contact: Susan Bender, Chapter and Council Services, 800-638-4427 ext. 1543, sbender@imanet.org.

Institute of Management Accountants
10 Paragon Dr.
Montvale, NJ 07645-1760
Ph: 800-638-4427
Fax: (201)474-1602
E-mail: sbender@imanet.org
URL: http://www.imanet.org

(Four Year College, Postgraduate, University/Scholarship)

Purpose: One-time award for IMA student member pursuing a career in management accounting, financial management, and information technology. Must be U.S. or Canadian
citizen. Preference given to minority students, and students with physical disabilities. Application deadline is February 15. Focus: Accounting Qualif.: High school students not considered. Award available to U.S. citizens.

Funds Avail.: Minimum award amount: $1000. Maximum award amount: $3000. No. and Amount Awarded Last Calendar Year: 10 scholarship(s), totalling $30,000. To Apply: Required: application form; transcript; essay; reference(s); resume. Deadline: 2/15. Contact: Susan Bender, Chapter and Council Services, 800-638-4427 ext. 1543, sbender@imanet.org

Institute of Management Accountants
10 Paragon Dr.
Montvale, NJ 07645-1760
Ph: 800-638-4427
Fax: (201)474-1602
E-mail: sbender@imanet.org
URL: http://www.imanet.org

(Four Year College, University/Scholarship)

Purpose: Award for family dependents of American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees members. Must be a graduating high school senior planning to pursue postsecondar
education at a four-year institution. Submit proof of parent’s membership. Transcript and essay on what AFSCME has meant to my family must accompany application. Renewable award of $2000. Qualif.: Applicant must be: full-time student. High school students considered.

Funds Avail.: Minimum no. of awards: 10. Minimum award amount: $2000. No. and Amount Awarded Last Calendar Year: 10 scholarship(s), totalling $20,000. To Apply: Required: application form; transcript; test scores; essay; reference(s). Deadline: 12/31. Contact: Genevieve Marcus, Scholarship Coordinator, 202-429-1250.

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
1625 L St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph: (202)429-1250
Fax: (202)429-1272
URL: http://www.afscme.org

(Four Year College/Scholarship)

Purpose: One-time award for a second semester sophomore or junior majoring in ethnic studies, women’s studies, labor studies, American studies, sociology, anthropology, history,
political science, psychology, social work or economics. Must be African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian Pacific Islander, or American-Indian/Alaska Native. Minimum 3.0 GPA. Receipt of scholarship requires a ten-week internship. See Web site at http://www.afscme.org for further details. Qualif.: High school students not considered. Award available to U.S. citizens. Award available to the following races: Native American/Eskimo; Asian; African American; Hispanic.

Funds Avail.: Maximum award amount: $5000. To Apply: Required: application form; transcript; essay; reference(s). Deadline: 2/27. Contact: Genevieve Marcus, Scholarship Coordinator, 202-429-1250.

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
1625 L St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph: (202)429-1250
Fax: (202)429-1272
URL: http://www.afscme.org

(Four Year College, University/Scholarship)

Purpose: Renewable award for a student majoring in political science for his or her junior and
senior years of study. Must be a child of an AFSCME member. The recipient also will be given the opportunity to intern at the International Union headquarters. Minimum 3.0 GPA required. Once awarded, the scholarship will be renewed for the senior year provided the student remains enrolled full-time as a political science major. See Web site at http://www.afscme.org for further details. Application deadline is July 1. Focus: Political Science Qualif.: Applicant must be: full-time student. High school students not considered. Award available to U.S. citizens.

Funds Avail.: Minimum no. of awards: 1. Minimum award amount: $10000. To Apply: Required: application form; transcript. Deadline: 7/1. Contact: Genevieve Marcus, Scholarship Coordinator, 202-429-1250.

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
1625 L St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph: (202)429-1250
Fax: (202)429-1272
URL: http://www.afscme.org

The program objective is to train merchant marine officers in State Marine Schools. You can receive $3,000 per year to train to be a merchant marine officer at a designated State Marine School. In exchange for this incentive payment program, you must commit yourself to a minimum of five years duty to the Maritime Administration, which
can be satisfied by: serving as a merchant marine officer aboard vessels; as an employee in a U.S. maritime related industry, profession or marine science; or as a commissioned officer on active duty in an armed force of the U.S. or in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. You must also remain in a reserve unit of an armed force for a minimum of eight years.

Students need to apply to one of the State Marine Schools. Money available: $7,457,000. Contact Office of Maritime Labor and Training, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC 20590; 202-366-5755;

{www .marad.dot.gov}.

The program is designed to sustain and strengthen American expertise on the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgia, the Baltic countries, and countries of Eastern Europe by supporting graduate training; advanced research; public dissemination of research data, methods, and findings; contact and collaboration among government and private specialists; and first hand experience of the (former) Soviet Union and Eastern European countries by American specialists,
including on site conduct of advanced training and research. Graduate students interested in conducting research on the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgia, the Baltic countries, and the countries of Eastern Europe can receive fellowships which can support a student while conducting research or training.

Funds are given to nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning who act as intermediaries for the federal funds by conducting their own competitions to make the awards. Grants in the past include grants for on site independent short term research; individual exchange fellowships for American graduate students to pursue research in the region; and advanced in-country language training fellowships in Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Polish, and more. Students must apply to those institutions that received the money. For a listing of institutions that received money contact the office listed below. Money available: $5,000,000. Contact Eurasian and East European Research and Training Program, INRiRES, U.S. Department of State; 2201 CSt., NW, Room 2251, Washington, DC 20520; 202-736-4572; {www.state.gov/}.

The program objective is to develop specialized professional and paraprofessional personnel in the occupational safety and health field with training in occupational medicine, occupational health nursing,
industrial hygiene, and occupational safety. Money can be used to pay for long and short-term training and educational resource centers. Students must apply to those
institutions that have received the money.
For a listing of institutions that received money contact the office listed below. Money available: $18,379,866. Contact National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1600 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30333; 404-498-2537; {www.cdc.gov/niosh}.

Fellowships and Summer Stipends provide support for scholars to undertake full-time independent research and writing in the humanities. Grants are available for 6 to 12 month fellowships and two months of
summer study. Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public’s understanding of the humanities. The proposed study or research may be completed during the grant period or it may be part of a longer project.

Contact the office listed below for application information. Money available: $7,000,000. Stipends are $5,000 for summer; $24,000 for 6-8 months; and $40,000 for 9-12 months. Contact Fellowships and Stipends, Division of Research and Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., Room 318, Washington, DC 20506; 202-606-8200; {www.neh.gov}.