The Graduate School awards one $5,000 Fellowship and 10-15 $3,000 Scholarships annually. Only graduate students currently enrolled in degree programs are eligible to apply. Program faculty nominate students for these scholarships. The Graduate School sends out a call for nominations to the departments early in the spring for awards to be given the next academic year.
**Students must enroll in credits for the next academic year in order to be eligible for the Bertha Morton Scholarship**
Bertha Morton Call for Nominations 2012-2013 Deadline 4:30 PM Friday, March 23 2012
Applicant Procedures - Pdf format
Applicant Form - MS Word format
Nomination Form - Pdf format (Nominations written on letterhead will also be accepted - please email to kelly.speer@umontana.edu)** This form is not to be filled out by students **
The Graduate School is pleased to announce its call for nominations for the 2012-2013 Besancon Scholarship. The scholarship amount is $20,000 with a tuition waiver. One scholarship is awarded for a period of one year, and is non-renewable.
The Besancon donor is specific about which disciplines are eligible for the scholarship. The emphasis must be in the chemical sciences (e.g., sub-disciplines of chemistry; biochemistry; biophysics). To meet the donor’s requirements, only incoming or currently enrolled graduate students in the following programs are eligible to apply. Students apply directly to their programs. The eligible programs, listed below, will nominate the following number(s) of students to the Graduate School. Each program, that nominates a student, needs to identify a faculty member who will participate in the selection process.
| Biological Sciences (IMB Only) | 4 |
| Biochemistry/Biophysics |
1 |
| Biomedical & Pharm. Sci. |
1 |
| Chemistry/Biochemistry | 2 |
| Medicinal Chemistry |
1 |
| Toxicology |
1 |
The program submits completed nomination packets to the Graduate School.
The nomination packets must contain:
The nomination packets can be delivered to the Graduate School in hardcopy or sent by e-mail to mary.kamensky@umontana.edu.
If you have any questions about the Besancon Scholarship, please contact Mary Kamensky in the Graduate School at mary.kamensky@umontana.edu or by phone at x4598.
This graduate scholarship, sponsored by Dennis R. Washington, is a reserved for alumni of the Horatio Alger Undergraduate Scholarship Program. Each Washington Achievement Scholar will receive funding for their graduate studies, varying in amount depending on the program and length of study, but not less than $20,000 per year. For more information or to apply for this scholarship, contact the Horatio Alger Association by visiting http://www.horatioalger.org/contactus.cfm or calling (703) 684-9444
***We will not be accepting applications for 2012-13 because the current Natïve American Washington Fellow is eligible to continue the scholarship for another year**
The Fellowship upholds Dennis Washington's long time vision of promoting the betterment of society and the development of a highly diverse workforce through education.
There will be one fellowship awarded which will consist of:
The University of Montana can choose whether or not to renew the Fellowship after the first year (maximum 2 years for a Master's program and 3 years for a Ph.D. program)
Eligibility requirements:
Specific application information can be found at Dennis R. Washington Native American Fellowships
American Indian graduate students pursuing degrees in natural science at The University of Montana are eligible for a new scholarship program established by the A.P. Sloan Foundation. David Strobel, Dean of the Graduate School, is the academic supervisor of the program and Professor Penny Kukuk is the co-Principal Investigator of the grant.
Sloan Scholars Program Brochure: PDF format | MS Word format
Mellon Application and Information: PDF format | MS Word format
Check individual graduate programs on this website for application procedures and more detailed information about scholarships that are awarded by individual programs.
The goals of the ETS awards programs are to provide research opportunities to scholars who either hold a doctoral degree or are enrolled in a doctoral program and to increase the number of women and under represented minority professionals in the field of educational research or related fields, such as statistics, psychometrics, cognitive science, learning sciences, psychology, teaching and classroom research, linguistics, policy research, and specific content areas such as mathematics and reading.
For more information view their announcement.
Overview: The Montana Institute of the Environment at The University of Montana announces a Call for Application for Fellowships for research and scholarly activity related to any of three focal areas funded by the NSF EPSCoR program through the Institute:
The Graduate Education Committee of the Montana Institute of the Environment at The University of Montana is announcing a one-time MS or Doctoral Enhancement Fellowship. This opportunity is intended to provide 10 students at The University of Montana to receive fellowship support through the Institute. Preference will be given to students that are nearing completion of their degree program. The primary intention of the fellowship is to enhance both graduation and submission of research to peer-reviewed international journals. Fellowships will consist of $12,500 in stipend support plus $1,400 in fees/tuition between January 23 and June 30, 2012.
For more information please view the full call for applications.
The NSF East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Program provides U.S. graduate students in science and engineering 1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in Japan.
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS opportunities
Eurasian Regional Language Program, Spring 2007 Semester Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are eligible for full and partial fellowships to study on the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS Eurasian Regional Language Program. The program provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and professionals intensive individualized instruction in the languages of Eurasia. Participants may in enroll in semester, academic year, or summer programs. All courses are conducted by expert faculty from leading local universities and educational institutions. Students with at least two years of college-level instruction in Russian or the host-country language are eligible to apply to the program. Applications for spring semester programs are due October 15.
Application Information: http://www.americancouncils.org/ or http://www.acrussiaabroad.org/
Support from Mr. Akira Yamaguchi allows UM to offer modest annual support for Asian Studies through the Yamaguchi Opportunity fund. For more information view the guidelines.
The Fellowship upholds Dennis Washington's long time vision of promoting the betterment of society and the development of a highly diverse workforce through education.
