The National Security Education Program Scholarships

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) was established by the National Security Education Act of 1991, which created the National Security Education Board, the National Security Education Program, and resources to provide undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and institutional grants. It is guided by a mission that seeks to lead in development of the national capacity to educate U.S. citizens, understand foreign cultures, strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness and enhance international cooperation and security.

NSEP awards David L. Boren Scholarships to outstanding U.S. undergraduates through a competitive national merit-based process. Since 1994, NSEP has awarded approximately 2,000 Boren Scholarships. Each Boren Scholar goes abroad to a critical country to study its language and culture. Awards are for up to one academic year. Boren Scholars demonstrate their merit for an award of up to $20,000 in part by committing to work for the U.S. Government for at least 1 year. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important international and language component to their educations. They focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad.

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Beinecke Scholarship Program

The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of Directors of The Sperry and Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke.  The Board created an endowment to provide substantial scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional promise.

The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduated course of study.  Since 1975 the program has selected more than 430 college juniors from 100 different undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any accredited university.  Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school.  There are no geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships and research grants.  Scholars are encouraged to begin graduated study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.

Historically, the Beinecke selection committee favored students planning to attend graduate school in the traditional liberal arts disciplines, but also made awards to students planning to attend graduate school in mathematics and the natural sciences.  In 1998, the board of The Sperry Fund decided to limit eligibility for the award to students planning to attend graduate school in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Phi Alpha Theta Scholarships

Phi Alpha Theta provides many different scholarships and awards to its members. To find out more information or the submission requirements just click on the links provided. You can also find more information at the Phi Alpha Theta national website.

 

Doctoral Scholarship Grants

Phi Alpha Theta provides three grants for graduate student members who have passed their general examination by their specified due date. 

• The Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship of $1,000
• The John Pine Memorial Award of $1,000
• Two additional awards of $750 each

Graduate School Scholarships

Phi Alpha Theta members entering graduate school for the first time and who are enrolled in a Master's program in History are eligible to apply for:

• The A. F. Zimmerman Scholarship of $1,250
• The Thomas S. Morgan Memorial Scholarship of $1,000
• The William E. Parrish Scholarship of $1,000

Undergraduate Scholarship 

Exceptional junior members entering their senior year and majoring in Modern European History (1815 to present) are eligible for:

• Graydon A. Tunstall Scholarship Scholarship of $1,000

Paper Prize Award

Phi Alpha Theta awards six prizes annually for outstanding papers by members of our society:

• The George P. Hammond Prize of $500 for the best paper by a graduate student member of Phi Alpha Theta
• The Lynn W. Turner Prize of $500 for the best paper by an undergraduate student member of Phi Alpha Theta
• The Nels Andrew Cleven Founder’s Paper Prize Awards: two undergraduate and two graduate awards of $350 each for superior papers submitted by student members of Phi Alpha Theta

The essays should combine original historical research on significant subjects, based on source material and manuscripts if possible, with good English composition and superior style. 

Westerner's International Award

Phi Alpha Theta and the Westerners International Association invite graduate student members of Phi Alpha Theta who have completed doctoral dissertations in Western History during the calendar year 2008 to submit their dissertations to the award competition. Westerners International will fund the award of $1,000, which will be presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Luncheon at the 2009 Western History Association Annual Meeting. 

Candidates must meet the following qualifications:

• The dissertation must have been written in a field of Western U.S. History
• It must have been completed during the 2008 calendar year
• The dissertation advisor must submit a letter of endorsement
• The candidate must be a member of Phi Alpha Theta

Western Front Association Undergraduate Essay Prize

Phi Alpha Theta and the Western Front Association award an annual prize of $1,000 for an essay written by an undergraduate student at an American college or university. Honorable Mention certificates will be given to runners-up.

The essay must address the American experience in World War I and contribute to a better understanding of the impact of that global conflict on the United States and its people. It may treat virtually any aspect of the American involvement in the WWI era during the period from 1912 (the Second Moroccan Crisis) to 1924 (the Dawes Plan).

The paper must be from 12 to 15 typed pages, double-spaced using twelve-point font, exclusive of the title page, endnotes, and bibliography. There must be evidence of the use of primary sources. Papers that do not adhere to the guidelines will be disqualified.

Papers will be judged by a panel of historians from the Western Front Association, chaired by Graydon A. Tunstall, Executive Director of Phi Alpha Theta.

World History Association Paper Prize

Phi Alpha Theta and the World History Association, with a generous subvention from Pearson Prentice Hall, Inc., a publisher of history textbooks, are co-sponsoring two student paper prizes in world history, each of $400, for the best undergraduate world history paper and the best graduate-level world history paper composed in the 2007-08 academic year.

A world history paper is one that examines any historical issue with global implications. Such studies can include, but are not limited to, the exchange and interchange of cultures, the comparison of two or more civilizations or cultures, or the study in a macro-historical manner of a phenomenon that had a global impact. For example, world history topics might include a study of the trans-cultural impact of Eurasia's Silk Road; a comparative study of the Ottoman and British empires; or the worldwide impact of the Influenza Pandemic of 1919.

To be eligible, students must be members of either The World History Association (www.thewha.org) or Phi Alpha Theta (www.phialphatheta.org/) and must have composed the paper while enrolled at an accredited college or university during 2007-2008.

The Committee will judge papers according to the following criteria: world historical scope; originality of research; depth of analysis; and prose style.