Beinecke Scholarship Program in the United States, 2023

Application for the Beinecke Scholarship Program in the United States for the 2022-2023 academic year is now open. The Program was established in 1971 to provide substantial support for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise. The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Since 1975 the program has selected 696 college juniors from more than 110 different undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any accredited university.

The university also offers the Beinecke African Scholarship Program that was established to enable African students to pursue graduate study in conservation or wildlife ecology at a University in the United States. A single scholarship was awarded from 1998 to 2002 at which time the number of awards was increased to two per year and enrollment in universities outside of the United States was permitted.

Program Details

• Host Institution: Participating Institutions in the United States of America. Please see full list of Participating Institutions here.
• Number of Awards: Not specified.
• Duration: Within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.
• Target group: Open to United States citizens, United States nationals from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Beinecke Scholarship Program in the United States Benefits

Each selected candidate for the program receives $5,000 immediately before entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. There are no geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship.

Recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships, and research grants. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduate study as soon as possible following graduation from college and must utilize all the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.

Beinecke Scholarship Program in the United States Eligibility

To be eligible for a Beinecke Scholarship Program in the United States, an applicant must:

• Demonstrate superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement, and personal promise during their undergraduate career.
• Be a college junior pursuing a bachelor’s degree during the 2022-2023 academic year. “Junior” means a student who plans to continue full-time undergraduate study and who expects to receive a baccalaureate degree between December 2023 and August 2024.
• Plan to enter a research- or creative-focused 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 U.S. citizen or U.S. national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during their undergraduate years, with a preference for Pell Grant recipients. Other evidence of meeting this criterion is a student’s history of receiving need-based institutional, state, or federal grants-in-aid. The nominated student will be required to complete and submit a Financial Aid Data Sheet outlining how the student meets this criterion. During the selection process, the amount of financial need will be one of the factors considered with preference given to candidates for whom the awarding of a Beinecke Scholarship would significantly increase the likelihood of the student’s being able to attend graduate school.

Similar opportunities

1. Dell Scholarship Program to Study in the USA;
2. ENS International Selection Scholarship for All;
3. Emile-Boutmy Scholarship at Sciences Po for international students.

How to Apply for the Beinecke Scholarship Program

Each year approximately 135 U.S. colleges and universities are invited to nominate a student for a Beinecke Scholarship. Interested students should contact their campus liaison for information concerning the nomination process. Nomination materials must be submitted through the online system by the deadline. Participating Institutions will receive instructions on how to submit the required documents.

Required Documents

1. A completed Certification of Eligibility Form.
2. A completed Application Form.
3. A current resume or C.V.
4. A statement of 1,000 words or less from the nominee devoted to describing their research or creative interests for graduate study and career aspirations beyond these studies. It should also include a discussion of the most relevant academic, professional, extracurricular, and personal experiences that have influenced or shaped the nominee’s interests and plans.
5. A letter from the Dean or administrative officer summarizing the reasons for the nominee’s selection.
6. Three letters of recommendation from faculty that assess the nominee’s intellectual curiosity, character, and potential for advanced graduate study.
7. An unofficial copy of the nominee’s transcript. (Successful applicants will later be asked to submit an official transcript.)
8. Candidates who wish to pursue an MFA degree must submit an artist’s supplement of up to five pages of original work.
9. The nominated student must also complete, sign, and submit by email a Financial Aid Data Sheet to the Program Director no later than 5pm EST on February 08, 2023.

The application process for the Beinecke African Scholarship Program is not shown in the official announcement. Therefore, interested candidates should contact the program, for more details. For further questions about this program, please contact the Program Director on [email protected].

The application deadline is February 08, 2023 at 5pm EST . For more details on the Beinecke Scholarship Program in the United States, please check out Participating Institutions and visit the official page. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.