Rooks Fellowships provide annual grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 in support of the seminary education of racial and ethnic minority individuals who desire to be or are enrolled at a member school of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and who are committed to serving the United Church of Christ. These fellowships are also open in support of doctoral study at accredited graduate schools by racial ethnicity minority students pursuing a scholarly and teaching vocation in the field of religion. Applicants must be members of a local church of the United Church of Christ. The Rooks Fellowships are available for full-time and part-time students and awards are renewable from year to year by application. Interested applicants should contact Local Church Ministries CA Covenanted Ministry of the United Church of Christ.

Third World Theological Fellowships are available to members of the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) who have completed two years of M.Div. study. Applicants must have local church and seminary recommendations and must be willing to interpret the experience in the seminary and in area churches. The award provides partial support for tuition, room and board, and roundtrip air travel. Interested applicants should address Wider Church Ministries CA Covenanted Ministry of the United Church of Christ at the above address.

Grants are available to applicants having the approval of the synodical bishop who are members of the Lutheran Church of America.

Crusade Scholarships are offered to racial/ethnic minority students who are United States citizens, or to international students who are residing in their home countries. Applicants must be full-time graduate students who are members of the United Methodist Church. Awards will be made for study in various fields for periods of up to three years. The amount of the awards varies depending upon the available funds. For information/applications contact: General Board of Global Ministries, Room 1337 at the above address.

The Harkness Scholarship is available to women over 35 years of age who have received a B.A. or equivalent degree, are enrolled in an accredited school of theology, and are currently certified as candidates for ordained ministry as an Elder in the United Methodist Church. Awards are not available for $1,500. For information/applications contact the financial aid office on United Methodist seminary campuses or contact the United Methodist Church, Division of Ordained Ministry, Georgia Harkness Scholarship Award, Box 340007, Nashville, TN 37203-0007

The Laura Hofford Trust provides grant funds to United Methodist men who are pursuing graduate study and show promise for mission leadership. Grant amounts vary. For information contact: Missouri Personnel Resources Program Department, Room 1470 at the address above.

The Hoover Award is open to women, ages 21 to 35, who are members of the United Methodist Church, who demonstrate a concern for neighbors and community, and exhibit an awareness of the total nature of responsibilities in today's world. The award amount is between $8,000 and $10,000. For program information contact: Women's Division General Administration, Room 1504 at the address above.

Award amounts between $1,000 and $2,500 are available to students who show promise for mission leadership. Applicants must be members of racial/ethnic minority groups but there are no citizenship requirements; US and international students may apply. For program information and applications contact: General Board of Global Ministries at the address above.

The United Methodist City Society Scholarship is designated primarily to assist those persons who are planning to enter full-time ministry in the United Methodist Church in Connecticut, New York District, Hudson East District, Long Island East or West District, or the Metropolitan North or South District. For program information contact the Society at Room 1922 at the above address.

The Women's Division of the United Methodist Church will provide grants on a one-time only basis for undergraduate study in religion or related fields; graduate study in accredited schools of theology or related fields; or persons in the United States interested in full-time church vocations or study. Some grants require United Methodist denominational affiliation. For information/applications contact: Women's Division, Room 1504 at the address above.

Scholarship assistance in varying amounts is available from the Sarrin Fund to students who are members, ministers, missionaries, or children of missionaries in the United Society of Friends. Grants are made for one year and are renewable by resubmission in later years.

The United States Institute of Peace offers support for dissertation research through the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. These Peace Fellowships are intended encourage outstanding doctoral students to undertake dissertation research and writing on vital subjects that concern the sources and nature of violent international conflict and the full range of ways to end or prevent conflict and to sustain peace. Dissertation projects from a broad range of disciplines are welcome. Applicants may be citizens of any country who are doctoral students at a university in the United States and who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except dissertation by the time the fellowship begins. The stipend is $17,000 for a twelve-month period and may be conducted at the scholar's own university or any other appropriate site.

The Walker Scholarship is awarded to Iowa residents planning to pursue a career in the ministry or rabbinate, on the basis of overall fitness for the profession and financial need. Selection is made by the Trust Office of the US Bank, Iowa City, on the recommendation of the Department of Religious Studies. The award amount is variable and more than one scholarship can be awarded annually.

Five fellowships available: Alvin Plantinga ($50,000) awarded to a distinguished senior scholar; two postdoctoral fellowships ($30,000); Frederick J. Crosson fellowship ($40,000) reserved for foreign scholars and those outside the field of philosophy; and one visiting graduate fellowship ($16,000) awarded to a graduate student in philosophy who is worked on a dissertation in the philosophy of religion and who would profit from spending a year at the Center. Plantinga and postdoctoral fellows usually have the option of teaching one course in philosophy per semester. Those who teach receive an additional $6,675 annually.

Applicants should send the following materials to Thomas P. Flint, Director, Center for Philosophy of Religion, 418 Malloy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556: 1) A complete curriculum vitae. 2) Three letters of recommendation. 3) A statement of no more than three pages (double spaced) specifying the fellowship for which you are applying and describing the project on which you would like to work while at the Center. 4) One published or unpublished paper.