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Funding Opportunities for Students with Disabilities, Minorities, and Underrepresented Groups, and Women :

Gates Millennium Scholars: Established to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science. The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need to reach their fullest potential.
http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): Invites applications for its dissertation fellowship program. Two awards will be given to support the study of media and representation as it relates to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The program solicits proposals for original, creative, and rigorous research on the cultural, institutional, economic, social, and political dimensions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender representations, and the ways in which such representations are generated, interpreted, mobilized, and contested in a variety of genres and contexts, including historical and cross-cultural work.
http://www.glaad.org/org/projects/center/?record=170

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) and Pfizer, Inc. Graduate Fellowship:: Annual awards to provide partial financial support to Hispanic students in graduate programs. Includes a paid internship at Pfizer's N.Y.C. headquarters for the summer following the year of academic support. Fields of study include: biostatistics, economics, medicine, business administration, electrical engineering, public health, computer engineering, epidemiology, computer information systems, and health administration.
http://www.hsf.net/scholarship/general.html

King Faisal Foundation: Sponsors a scholarship program intended to offer opportunities to outstanding Muslim graduates in the Islamic World to complete their higher education in the most prestigious universities of the world.
http://www.kff.com/frameprojects.htm

Korean American Scholarship Fund: Must be currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program is qualified to apply. Recipient is selected on the basis of financial need, academic achievement, school activities, and community services.
http://www.kasf.org/

Lucent Fellowship Program: Cooperative Research Fellowship: Candidates are selected on the basis of scholastic attainment and other evidence of ability and potential as research scientists or engineers. Fellowships will normally be awarded in early April to college seniors who plan to enter graduate school the following autumn. Fellowship recipients must be admitted to full-time study in a graduate program accepted by the Foundation. Fellowships are awarded only to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are members of a minority group presently underrepresented in the sciences.
http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/

Marshall, Thurgood Dissertation Fellowships for African-American Scholars: Annual program to increase the number of African-American faculty in American higher education by supporting African-American scholars in completing the dissertation. Fellows are awarded a year-long residency at Dartmouth College.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gradstdy/fellows.shtml - Thurgood

NAACP Education Department Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship: Must have been a member of the NAACP for at least one year. Based on GPA and academic achievement.
http://www.naacp.org/work/education/AgnesJonesappl.pdf

NAACP Roy Wilkins Scholarship: Must be of a minority background. Based on GPA, leadership qualities, NAACP activities, and financial need.
http://www.naacp.org/work/education/educscholar_wilkens2002.shtml

National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowships for Minority Students: The National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship for Minority Students will provide up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree; the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree; or other combined professional degree and research doctoral degree in the biomedical, behavioral sciences, or health services research. These fellowships are designed to enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, and health services research labor force in the United States. Accordingly, academic institutions are encouraged to identify and recruit students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups who can apply for this fellowship. Support is NOT available for individuals enrolled in medical or other professional schools UNLESS they are also enrolled in a combined professional doctorate/Ph.D. degree program in biomedical, behavioral, or health services research.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm - fellowships

NEBHE Doctoral Scholars Program for Underrepresented U.S. Citizen Minorities (African-American, Latino/a, and Native American) in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Fields: Through participation in the Science Network, a national Institute on Teaching and Mentoring and scheduled meetings, doctoral scholars are supported in their journey to complete the graduate degree. Students wishing to begin earn a doctorate in Science, Mathematics, or Engineering, may be eligible for long-term financial aid, academic support, comprehensive program services, and professional development. This New England program is part of the national Compact for Faculty Diversity.
http://www.nebhe.org/doctoral.html - bio

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