AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, & SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA
American Medical Association Foundation
The American Medical Association Foundation annually offers the
Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Scholarship to a junior or senior medical student with
a demonstrated interest and involvement in the communication of science.
Scholarships also offered in medical journalism and psychiatry.
Offers
Congressional Postgraduate Science Fellowships to society members who will
assist members of Congress in understanding the technical and scientific issues
of global warming, energy policy, defense technologies, AIDS, pollution,
communications technologies, and more. Offers special awards for APS members
who are on the faculty in physics (and closely related) departments and to
those who have made significant and innovative contributions in the application
of physics to science and technology.
American Press Institute (API)
The
Minority Journalism Educators Fellowship is open to college-level journalism
educators who are members of a recognized minority group.
Offers
fellowships and undergraduate research programs to students pursuing careers in
communication sciences, computer sciences, electrical engineering, mathematics,
and other related subjects.
AT&T Laboratories / Minority Program
Offers
fellowships and undergraduate research programs to underrepresented minorities
pursuing careers in communication sciences, computer sciences, electrical
engineering, mathematics, and other related subjects.
Broadcast Designers Association Foundation
Offers
scholarships to minority students majoring in graphic design, electronic media,
and computer studies.
Explore
public health in-depth with the Knight Journalism Fellowships in Public Health.
Donovan Data Systems Anniversary Scholarship
This
scholarship is awarded annually to a business school student interested in a
career in advertising, marketing, or communications.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The
foundation offers an internship program designed for young minority journalists
interested in specializing in urban public health issues and obtaining a better
understanding of the national policy-making process. Kaiser Media Fellowships
in Health are offered for print or broadcast reporters, editors, and producers
who cover health issues.
Inter-American Press Association
Scholarships
for young journalists or journalism school seniors or graduates between 21 and
35 years of age with a good command of languages.
International Reading Association
Offers
over thirty awards and grants in nine different categories.
The
Kodak Scholarship Program is for junior, senior and graduate-level students of
cinematography enrolled at colleges and universities offering 4-year degree
programs in motion picture film-making.
The
LaGrant Foundation assist ethnic minorities in the field of advertising,
marketing and public relations by providing scholarships, educational support,
career advisement, mentors, internships and resources to African Americans,
Hispanics, Asian Pacific Americans and Native Americans.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Offers
law school scholarships to Latino students in their first, second, or third
year of law school, and communications scholarships to students pursuing a
graduate or professional degree in the field of communications, including print
and broadcast journalism or electronic communications.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Offers scholarships to Hispanic students majoring in, or demonstrating a strong
interest in, print or broadcast journalism.
National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts
Graduate
scholarships include, but are not limited to: Acting; Theater; Radio &
Television, Film; Music; Set Design; Costume Design; Lighting Design; Motion
Picture Production; and Playwriting.
Public Relations Student Society of America
Offers
scholarships to minority undergraduate students pursuing careers in public relations
or communications.
Radio-Television News Directors Foundation
The
RTNDF honors professional achievements in electronic journalism through numerous
prestigious awards, scholarships, fellowships and internship programs.
Society for Technical Communication
Scholarships
for students pursuing careers in editing, graphic design, interface design,
technical writing, and web design.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Offers
grant, fellowship, and internship programs to students pursuing careers in
environmental policy, regulation, and law; environmental management and
administration; environmental science; public relations and communications; and
computer programming and development.
U. S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Offers
minority dissertation research grants in human communications and related
studies.
Vaughan/National
Association of Home Workshop Writers Scholarship
Scholarships
for students who are intending to pursue a career in Do-It-Yourself journalism
or a related technical writing field.
World Studio Foundation Scholarships
Offers undergraduate and graduate scholarships to minority students study advertising, architecture, environmental graphics, fashion design, film-making, fine arts, furniture design, graphic design, illustration, interior design, or landscape architecture.
