COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY Scholarship Resources
This resource equips students with tools and search engines for finding scholarship opportunities at Cornell and beyond. If you have any questions, feel free to come and ask a Career Assistant at the Career Exploration Center. Free Scholarship Search Engines Scholarship Resources Outside Cornell: http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/types-aid/grants-and-scholarships/ outside-scholarships FinAid.org: A comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools. CollegeBoard.com: Offers an online scholarship programs search. Results customized upon completion of a profile. Convenient as it is tied to SAT and AP registration, so students most likely have a partial profile completed. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search Scholarships.com: One of the most widely-used free college scholarship search and financial aid information resources, Scholarship Search allows you to search more than 2.7 million college scholarships and grants worth more than $19 billion. FastWeb.com: Offers scholarships for all students of all ages. In addition to scholarships, information on financial aid, jobs and internships, student life and more available. CollegeNet.com: A social networking forum which distributes weekly scholarships totaling up to $10,000 based on points earned through a unique voting process. Academic Year Opportunities Cornell Affiliated Programs & Grants: http://as.cornell.edu/job-and-internship-search-process Public Service Center Scholars: As Scholars, students are provided with support, faculty mentorship, and funding resources, as well as access to various leadership development and skill based training. https://psc.cornell.edu/students/student-programs/leadership-programs/public-service-center-scholars Hatfield Award: Up to $1,000.00 awarded to an undergraduate, graduate student, or faculty member with a demonstrated interest in studying ethical considerations in business. http://philosophy.cornell.edu/epl-awards Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars (RCPRS): Students admitted as freshman have access to up to $8,000 to support research and related activities as long as they are full-time enrolled undergraduates at Cornell. Upperclass-admitted students have access to $5,000. Students who plan and budget well can receive wages, purchase necessary supplies, receive a living expense grant for at least one summer of research, as well as attend at least one conference. https://commitment.cornell.edu/rawlings-research-scholars Cornell Tradition: Recognizes and rewards outstanding undergraduates who demonstrate significant work experience, a commitment to campus and/or community service, and academic achievement. Funds are available for Tradition Fellows to help offset costs of the following: 1) living expenses for a summer career and/or non-profit cornell university • college of human ecology • career exploration center • 162 MVR • (607) 255-1846 • hecec@cornell.edu
summer internship; 2) living expenses for a service/leadership experience during winter and/or spring break; and 3) service or leadership projects during the academic year. http://commitment.cornell.edu/tradition Meinig Family Scholars: Freshmen are selected for the program during the regular Cornell admissions process based on their academic excellence as well as their demonstrated leadership activities in the school, local, and state/regional communities. https://commitment.cornell.edu/meinig-scholars HEAA Student Grants: Grants awarded to for students in furthering the three objectives of the College: research, teaching, and outreach. Grants may be awarded for independent research, academic projects, community/extension application of course or research work, travel expenses to attend conferences and present student work, expenses related to summer study at other institutions for coursework not available at Cornell, etc. http://www.human.cornell.edu/alumni/heaa/student_grants.cfm HUMEC and University Funding Sources: http://www.human.cornell.edu/research/undergraduate/funding.cfm http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/student-research/undergraduate/funding-opportunities/ The Pauline and Irving Tanner Dean’s Scholars: Awarded to applicants with demonstrated commitment and enthusiasm for the life of the mind and with outstanding high school records. Matriculating scholars receive a $300 book award each term during the freshman year. Later, scholars may apply for a grant (up to $2,500) for summer research or some other worthy project undertaken between the junior and senior years. http://as.cornell.edu/tanner_deans_scholars Summer Opportunities Funding Caplan Travel Fellowships: $4,000 for summer travel to Europe or the Near East. These awards, in honor of one of the College’s most beloved teachers and scholars of classics, are for juniors who have serious and developed interest in some aspect of the subjects Harry Caplan loved: ancient Greek and Latin cultures, medieval Latin literature, especially drama, ancient Jewish culture and rhetoric. http://jewishstudies.cornell.edu/accepting-applications-harry-caplan-travel-fellowship Global Health Minor Field Experiences & Travel Grants: (links to various travel grants available) http://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/globalhealth/undergraduate/field.cfm Janet McKinley ’74 Grant: open to all Cornell sophomores for the purpose of assisting students in pursuing interesting, provocative, and entrepreneurial summer projects, with the intent of having a direct and lasting impact on many generations of Cornell students. https://commitment.cornell.edu/janet-mckinley-74-family-grant International Relations/Studies: (links to various funding sources available on website): wide range of support and assistance to graduate and undergraduate students in search of funding for their international research, study, https://einaudi.cornell.edu/funding Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives: Funding for students of diverse backgrounds. Sponsorship may cover items like conference expenses (registration, transportation, meals, accommodations), graduate school exams and application fees, or costs affiliated with internships, externships, and community-based learning and research experiences. https://www.omea.cornell.edu/funding%20and%20student%20employment.html J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund for Public Service Work: http://jwsaxefund.org/ **If interested in fellowships please refer to prestigious fellowship handout (also available) in the CEC. cornell university • college of human ecology • career exploration center • 162 MVR • (607) 255-1846 • hecec@cornell.edu