Current and prospective sociology students are encouraged to apply for scholarships and fellowships to support their undergraduate career at Gettysburg College; their international education; their post-graduate learning experiences; and their graduate and professional study. Below is a brief list of funding opportunities for sociology majors and minors. Feel free to peruse this excellent database of information about scholarships, grants and fellowships.
- Benjamin A. 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. The program provides up to $5,000 for American students to pursue overseas study or internships for college credit. To be eligible, 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.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Harry S. Truman Scholarship
‘The Truman Foundation identifies aspiring leaders at an important inflection point in their development – when they are college juniors – and recognize and reward their commitments to careers in public service.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Hispanic Scholarship Fund
‘Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) empowers students and parents with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing support services and scholarships to as many exceptional students, Scholars, and Alumni as possible. HSF strives to make college education a top priority for every family across the nation, mobilizing communities to proactively advance that goal—each individual, over a lifetime, in every way they can.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Point Foundation
‘Point Foundation offers LGBTQ scholarships for students attending accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. Point scholarships support community college, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students with additional scholarship opportunities for BIPOC students.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Udall Foundation
‘The Scholarship Program identifies future leaders in environmental, Tribal public policy, and health care fields. It is highly competitive, with students participating in their schools’ internal competitions before receiving consideration from the Udall Foundation. As a condition of their award, Scholars attend a multiday Scholar Orientation experience.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process.
- Blakemore Freeman Fellowship
‘Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters) of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia. Eligible languages are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese. Fellowships cover tuition, and a stipend for related educational expenses, basic living costs and transportation. The Blakemore Foundation makes grants for study only at specific language programs.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange
‘The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program offers two months of intensive German language training in Germany (no prior German language knowledge required), four months of classroom instruction at a German university or college of applied sciences, and a five-month internship in each participant’s career field.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Fulbright US Student Program
‘The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad. In addition, Critical Language Enhancement Awards are available to grantees for study of critical need foreign languages before or during their grant period. Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
‘The JET Program is a competitive employment opportunity that allows young professionals to live and work in cities, towns, and villages throughout Japan. Being a JET is an opportunity to work and to represent the United States as cultural ambassadors to Japan. Most participants serve as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) and work in public and private schools throughout Japan; some work as Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) as interpreters/translators.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Luce Scholars Program
‘Established in 1974, the Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship that offers early-career leaders immersive, professional experiences in Asia. We aim to forge stronger relationships across geographic borders by creating opportunities for young Americans to deepen their ties and understanding of the countries, cultures, and people of Asia.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process.
- Beinecke Scholarship Program
‘The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of Directors of The Sperry and Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke. The Board created an endowment to provide substantial scholarships 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.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Eisenhower Global Scholars
‘The Eisenhower Global Scholars Program sends four American university graduates abroad annually for an academic year of postgraduate studies at two prestigious European universities, the University of Oxford and IE University in Madrid, Spain, leading to a master’s degree and immersion in the EF global network of Fellows.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Frederick Douglass - James Madison Fellowship
‘The Frederick Douglass-James Madison Fellowship is a privately funded, $24,000 graduate fellowship offered nationwide to a person of color who is a United States citizen and who is a secondary level teacher or prospective teacher of American history, American government or civics to earn a master’s degree studying the Constitution.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Rhodes Scholarship
‘The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully funded, full time, postgraduate award which enables talented young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.
Applying for the Scholarship is a challenge, but it is an experience which has helped generations of young people to succeed. We encourage applications from talented students everywhere. Rhodes Scholars come to the UK for two or more years and can apply to study most full-time postgraduate courses offered by Oxford University.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process. - Rotary Peace Fellowship
‘The Rotary Foundation offers scholarships for college graduates and professionals to study peace and conflict resolution. Rotary Peace Fellowships are available to candidates who want to participate in a master’s degree or professional development certificate program at one of our partner universities.’ Please see the website for additional information about the scholarship and the application process.