Scholarships
IUPUI School of Journalism Undergraduate Scholarships
Scholarships are available to qualified undergraduate Journalism majors. These scholarships are intended for full-time students with strong academic records and interest in professional news or public relations work. All scholarships are meant to provide recognition of student excellence in academic and journalistic pursuits.
There are several scholarships available to IUPUI students:
- Society of Professional Journalists Bettie Cadou Memorial Scholarship
- M. William Lutholtz Memorial Scholarship
- Patrick J. McKeand "Keep You Nose to the Grindstone" Scholarship Award
Scholarship Applications are available in the School of Journalism Office, IT557. The dealine for applications is Monday, March 17, 2008 by 5:00pm.
Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program
The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, and implemented by IREX. Muskie provides opportunities for Master’s level study in the United States to citizens from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition. IREX welcomes applications from all institutions of higher education able to provide an intensive, dynamic, and high-quality graduate education in at least one of the eleven fields of study.
Fellows will:
• Enroll in fulltime academic coursework for up to two years.
• Participate in a volunteer project related to their professional interests.
• Take part in internships following academic coursework.
The Muskie Fellowship provides fellows with:
• J-1 Visa Support
• Round-trip airfare from fellow’s home city to host institution in the United States
• Accident and sickness medical insurance
• Monthly allowance for living expenses
• Partial tuition and mandatory university fees
• Limited allowance for books
• Limited allowance for professional enrichment activities
• Pre-academic English-language training (if necessary)
• A wide variety of alumni networking and training opportunities
Application Deadline: January 31, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO DOWNLOAD A HOST APPLICATION, PLEASE
VISIT www.irex.org/programs/muskie
Cox Scholarship
Every year, the Cox Scholarship rewards the efforts of 21 outstanding students who have demonstrated academic success while working to fund their education. Open to students at IU Bloomington and IUPUI, the next application deadline is March 1, 2008.
Visit the Cox Scholars Website for more information about this generous scholarship, which pays 75 percent of the total cost of tuition and is renewable for three years.
Indianapolis Press Club Scholarships
The Indianapolis Press Club offers several scholarships worth approximately $1,000 each year to students studying journalism. There are no published deadlines on their web site. Write info@indypressfoundation.org.
AYJW Literary Contest and Scholarship
The Association of Young Journalists and Writers is sponsoring a $2000 Literary Essay Contest. Could you please recommend to your students to submit any essays that they have written to http://ayjw.org so that they could participate in the contest. The deadline is June 30th and more information about the essay contest is available at http://ayjw.org/rewards.php?type=lit.
Furthermore, our Journalism Studies Scholarship has been extended to English and closely related majors as well. Students may apply for the scholarship at http://ayjw.org/scholarships.php.
Christian Life Missions Scholarship
Christian Life Missions will be awarding five $1,000 Robert Walker Scholarships in June 2006 for the 2006-07 school year. The scholarships will be awarded to five qualified journalism students who have at least a 3.5 grade average.
To apply:
1. A letter explaining your interest and commitment to Christian journalism (5 copies)
2. Current resume (5 copies)
3. Certified transcript of academic work (plus 4 copies)
4. 5 copies each of five published works
Deadline: May 15, 2006
Applications to:
Dottie McBroom
Christian Life Missions
600 Rinehart Road
Lake Mary, FL 32746
dottie.mcbroom@strang.com
Woman's Press Club Scholarships
The Woman's Press Club of Indiana is offering two scholarships for journalism students.
The Hortense Myers Memorial Scholarship honors the former UPI statehouse reporter and will be awarded to a qualified Indiana college or university journalism student planning a career in journalism. This is a $500 scholarship.
Students must hav completeed 48 hours of college owrk, declared as a journalism major with at least 9 credit hours in journalism, a GPA of 2.5 or above and must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours.
The Louise Eleanor Ross Kleinhenz Memorial Scholarship is offerred to a woman 30 or older years of age who desires to upgrade her skills to re-enter the journalsim job market or to seek a better paying job. Kleinhenz was a 45-year member fo the WPC and served as organization president.
To apply, submit a resume that includes basic data and experiential history, a cover letter and a selection of journalism work. Details available from Jennifer Woolfolk in the School of Journalism Office.
To apply to each scholarship, send requested materials to:
Woman's Press Club of Indiana
Attn: Margaret Nelson
2040 N. Euclid Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46218
Deadline for both applications is midnight April 20, 2008.
2006-07 Lynn Dean Ford/Indianapolis Association of Black Journalists Scholarship
The members of the Indianapolis Association of Black Journalists (IABJ) believe African-American communications professionals should work together in an effort to increase black employment in the media, secure more management positions, sensitize all media to overt and institutional racism, and encourage and educate young African-Americans interested in communication careers.
IABJ offers a $1,000 scholarship annually to an African-American student who meets at least one of the following criteria:
Graduate of an Indiana high school that must be able to provide proof of enrollment in communications/journalism school in the state of Indiana or elsewhere for the fall of 2005.
Current college student enrolled for the fall of 2006 that is majoring in communications or journalism at a four-year accredited college or university in Indiana.
Application materials must be postmarked by the deadline date. Application materials include: 1) a completed application, 2) two letters of recommendation, 3) samples of your work in the media (articles or tapes) and 4) a 250 to 500-word typed, double-spaced essay on what attracted you to communications/journalism and your goals within the field. To obtain an application form, go to http://www.iabj.net/applications.htm.
For more information, contact Courtenay Edelhart, IABJ Scholarship Committee Chair (phone: 317/388-8163; e-mail: courtenay.edelhart@indystar.com). DEADLINE: April 28, 2006
