Resources: Scholarships and Awards

Writing Center Technology Service Learning Scholarships

The Political Science Advising Office has information regarding a wide variety of scholarship and intership opportunities. Political science undergrads are encouraged to stop by and explore their possibilities in Smith 215.

The Undergraduate Scholarship Office

The Undergraduate Scholarship Office maintains listings and information on merit based scholarships. Many of these scholarships have deadlines in early fall, so it is recoomended that you look into them as early as possible. Included in the listings are the Marshall Scholarship, the Rhodes Scholarship, the Fulbright-Hayes Grant, the National Science Foundation Fellowship, the Truman Schoalrship, and the Andrew Mellon Fellowships, among others. The scholarship office is located in Room 34 Communications.

Agnes C. Nelson Memorial Scholarship

The Departments of Political Science and Economics make annual full-tuition awards to students who demonstrate interest in the interrelationship of politics and economics. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must have completed a minimum of 25 credits in political science and economics with at least 10 credits in each disipline. Deadlines are posted early in spring quarter.

Hugh A. Bone Scholarship

The Hugh A. Bone Schoalrship was established in 1987 and the first awards were made during the winter quarter of 1987. They are available to students who apply to one of the department's full-time internship programs, and are based on a student's financial need as well as their interest in public service. Applications are accepted in early November. Generally the awards are made to two interns for service at any time during the coming year.

The Robert A. Dahl Award

The Department of Political Science recognizes an outstanding graduating senior with the Robert A. Dahl Award. To be eligible for consideration, a student must demonstrate scholarship excellence as well as high interest in political science as a disipline.