Applicant must be a current member of the NAACP. Applicant must be a citizen of the United States. Graduate students must possess a 3.0 (B) average on a 4.0 system. And applicant must demonstrate financial aid.

The National Federation of the Blind has a large and prestigious scholarship program whose awards are made solely to persons who are legally blind. The Federation's program will award thirty scholarships to high-achieving legally blind students next summer. The smallest award is $3,000, and the largest is $10,000. Most scholarships will go to full-time students, but one may be awarded to a part-time student who is employed full-time and who is going back to school to improve his or her professional opportunities. A number of scholarships are restricted in some way, such as by field of study or gender, but many are not.

The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are intended to encourage study and research in the various disciplines related to Judaica and Jewish life. Grants are generally given to fourth or fifth year doctoral students preparing for an academic career in Jewish Studies. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States; must have completed all academic requirements for the degree, except the dissertation; and should give evidence of a plan leading to a career in Jewish scholarship. Course work in Jewish Studies and knowledge of relevant Jewish language are expected. The amount of the grants will be determined on the basis of individual requirements, but are typically $10,000. Awards are for one academic year.

The Ford Foundation offers doctoral fellowships to members of six minority groups, whose under representation in the professoriate, has been severe and long-standing. The Foundation identifies individuals of demonstrated ability and provides them with the opportunity to engage in graduate study leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree. Approximately 50 pre-doctoral fellowships will be awarded to citizens or nationals of the United States who are enrolled in, or planning to enroll in a Ph.D. or Sc.D. program, who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field, and who are members of one of the following groups: Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut,) Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/ Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian or Micronesian,) or Puerto Ricans. The fellowship provides three years of support to be used within five years including an annual stipend of $14,000, an institutional award of $7,500 to be accepted in lieu of tuition and fees, and expenses paid to attend three Conferences of Ford Fellows. Fellowship recipients must begin the first year's tenure on September 1 and remain in tenure full-time for the academic year.

The Margaret Yardley Fellowship is open to female graduate or doctoral students from New Jersey. Applicants must demonstrate financial need. The award provides $1,000 toward tuition for study in a United States institution. Applicants should be requested prior to February 1 and requests for applications must include a self-addressed, stamped return envelope.

The Newberry Library, an independent research library in Chicago, IL, offers Fellowships in the Humanities and supports research in residence at the library. All proposed research must be appropriate to the collections of the library. Our fellowships program rests on the belief that all projects funded by the Newberry benefit from engagement both with the materials in the Newberry's collections and with the lively community of researchers that gathers around those collections. Long-term residential fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for periods of six to eleven months. Applicants for post-doctoral awards must hold the Ph.D. at the time of application. The stipend for these fellowships is up to $40,000. Short-term residential fellowships are intended for postdoctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates from outside of the Chicago area who have a specific need for Newberry collections. Scholars whose principal residence or place of employment is within the Chicago area are not eligible. The tenure of short-term fellowships varies from one-week to two months. The amount of the award is generally $1,600 per month. Applications for long-term fellowships are due January 10, 2008; applications for short-term fellowships are due March 1, 2008. For more information or to download application materials, visit our website at www.newberry.org/nl/research/flshp/fellowshome.html. If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. If you have questions about the fellowship program contact research@newberry.org or (312) 255-3666.

Applicants who are members of the American Baptist Church USA and residents of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont are eligible for scholarship assistance in amounts between $500 and $2,500 per semester. Awards are renewable for up to ten semesters. Interviews for the assistance are conducted each semester at seminaries in the Boston area.