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Beinecke Scholarships enable and encourage highly motivated students to take fullest advantage of graduate opportunities available to them, and to be courageous in the selection of graduate study programs.

The Russell Berrie Foundation annually honors everyday, unsung heroes and good Samaritans from New Jersey.

  • Haley Reimbold ’06
    Received top award of $50,000 “for combining academic achievement with remarkable community service.”

Supports graduate study of languages and cultures deemed critical to US national security and enables students to add a significant international dimension to their curricula.

  • Matthew Zeller ’04
    Joint master’s degree in public affairs and international relations, Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. International component award: Bahrain - study democratic development.

Bristol Fellowship supports a one year, self-designed, independent project outside the U.S. Open to graduating seniors; U.S. citizens and international students.

  • Sabina Feder '25 Waste Not: Local Initiatives Against Global Food Waste
  • Brianna Padilla '25 Fins for the Future: Global Shark Restoration
  • The Story and Potential of Trash
  • Loving Blossoms: Orchid Culture, Symbolism, Meaning, and Practice
  • Inside Out: Creativity in Identity in Community Building
  • Exploring Youth and Community Development Through Lacrosse
  • Josef Komissar ’22 The Language of Juggling: Cultural Exchange Through Performance
  • Maria “Alejandra” Pulido ’22 Paths of the Displaced: Exploration of Migration Resources
  • Jonathan Dong ’21, The Global Rise in Sustainable Aquaculture
  • Angelica Coutinho ’20, The Cross-Cultural Healing Power of Music
  • Madeline Carlman ’19, Creating Community in Book Places
  • Maximiliano Hernandez-Zapata ’19, Preservation or Revival: Exploring Contemporary Analog Photography                 
  • Monika Rybak ’18, Moving away from tattoo taboo: memory, identity, tattoos
  • Joe Pucci ’18, Values, Methodologies and Locales in Learning Environments: An Inquiry Into Knowing Thyself
  • Kathryn “Katie” Veasey ’17, Exploring Golf Course Maintenance Practices in Varying Climates and Terrains
  • Taryn Ruf ’17, The Whey Forward: Exploring Cheese Producers’ Blending of Tradition and Modernity
  • Florence “Flo” Turiaf ’17, Removed Yet Within: An Exploration of Identities Within Non-Sovereign Territories
  • Amrika Sieunarine ’16, Women and Poverty: Uncommon Perspectives on an All Too Common Struggle
  • Kayla Cody ’15, Through the Eyes of Children: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Adolescent Mental Health Care Systems
  • Kiana Sosa ’15, Hip-Hop Theatre: Self-Expression, Solidarity, and Activism Among Youth
  • Mackenzie (Mattie) Theobald ’14, Artists’ Statements: Arts Education at the Intersection of Policy and Culture
  • Evan Warnock ’14, Space Matters: How the Spatial and Architectural Design of Schools Affects Students
  • Michael Breslin ’13, Gender Play: Displaying, Transgressing, and Transcending Gender Identity in World Theatre
  • Denise Ghartey ’12, Nowhere and Everywhere: A Cross Cultural Exploration of How Multicultural Young People Explore Their Identities
  • Alexandria Nicholson-Dotson ’11, Mo’ Hair: The Transnational Hair Trade and Culture
  • Nathan Fedrizzi ’10, Searching for Sustainability in the Global Seahorse Trade
  • Ethan Woods ’09, A Culinary Journey: Recipes through an Economic-Historic Lens
  • Ngoda Manongi ’08, Keeping Mothers Alive: A Comparative Study of Maternal Mortality and Child Health Care
  • Jesse Browner-Hamlin ’07, Art of the Drum: Spirituality in Drum Crafting and the Spiritual Relationship between the Drummer and Drum
  • Jessica Mariglio ’07, The Rhyme of Life: Political and personal expression through competitive spoken word poetry
  • Sarah Griffith ’06, A Friend in Me: How Horses Become Therapists for the Disabled
  • Britten Chase ’05, Bike Culture and the Culture of the Bike: A Worldwide Study of the Function and Personal Meaning of Bicycling
  • Li Qi ’03, Study of Circus Troupes
  • Alison Lin ’03, Grassroots Literacy for Women's Empowerment
  • Milagros Ramirez ’02, Beyond the Lonely Planet: Examining Youth Affected by AIDS in Latin America
  • Justin Tyler ’01, Theatre in the Raw: A Study of Radical Street Theatre
  • James Dubendorf ’00, One Trunk and Two Branches of the Miro Tree; A Comparative Study of Three Pitcairn Communities
  • Heather Obleman ’99, Adaptations to El Nino/La Nina in Coastal Ecuador
  • Kate Dalke ’98, The Effects of River Regulation and Recreation on Rivers in New Zealand, Chile and Costa Rica
  • Victor Rodriquez ’97, African-based Martial Arts Dance Forms
  • Philip Poh ’96, Hong Kong: A Cartoon’s Eye View of the Transition

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program provides a substantive research experience for outstanding students who have a serious career interest in international affairs.

  • Andrew R. Connor ’04 (Finalist)
  • Myra Hamid ’02 (Finalist)
  • Jeffrey Krutz ’01

The United States Department of State scholarships for intensive overseas study in the critical need foreign languages of Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.

  • Kelsey Rice ’10, Azerbaijan
  • Tyler Logan ’09, Tunisia
  • Emily Alinikoff ’07, Turkey (Alternate)

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a fully funded summer overseas language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students.

The Davis Projects for Peace is made possible by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, an accomplished internationalist and philanthropist. Upon the occasion of her 100th birthday in February 2007, Mrs. Davis, mother of Shelby M.C. Davis who funds the Davis UWC Scholars Program, chose to celebrate by committing $1 million for 100 Projects for Peace.

  • Nana Hayrumyan ’27, Hooys: Planting Seeds of Hope in Artsakh Youth
  • Hillary “Kip” Langat ’13, Pulling Villages out of Poverty with a Community Tractor in Kenya
  • Tiffany Sanders ’11, Sanders plans to use her to project award to create open enrollment, free karate classes at the Orchard Gardens Community Center in Dorchester, Mass.
  • Lydia Rono ’11, Education for Peace
  • Caroline Davis ’11 and Laura Gault ’11, Empowering the Hadzabe as Agents of Peace: Health for Cultural Preservation

The  FAO Schwarz Fellowship is a highly selective two-year award in social impact that includes a paid position with a leading nonprofit, personalized mentoring, and professional development opportunities.

Jahmali Matthews ’22

The Freeman-ASIA program offers awards for study in East and Southeast Asia. Awardees are expected to share their experiences with students on their home campuses to promote study abroad in Asia and to spread understanding of Asia.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study abroad for one academic year. The Fulbright ETA Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places U.S. students as English teaching assistants in schools or universities overseas.

2025

2024

  • Gwyneth Child ’24 ETA Taiwan
  • Gabriela De Mendonca Gomez ’24 ETA Peru
  • Jessie Dromsky-Reed ’22 ETA Kazakhstan
  • Eliana Good ’24 ETA Czech Republic
  • Eric Moss ’24 ETA Germany
  • Jessica Parsons ’24 ETA Taiwan

2023

  • Quinn Jones '23, Spain
  • Nathalie Martinez ’23, Italy
  • Hana Namkung ’23, Taiwan
  • Mariam Saied ’23, Taiwan
  • Adrienne Thayaparan ’23, Spain
  • Ariana Wheeler ’23, Bulgaria

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

  • Marketa Crandle ’10 ETA Thailand
  • Katherine Dilyard ’10 ETA Russia
  • William Ford ’10 ETA Malaysia
  • Emily Johnston ’10 ETA Germany
  • Meredith Kivett ’10 ETA Korea
  • Mallory Reed ’10 ETA Thailand
  • Emily Zeidler ’10 ETA Indonesia
  • Jennifer Whitman ’10 S/R China
  • Stephen Okin ’10 S/R Barbados

2009

  • Mary Daphne Kostakopoulos ’09 ETA Turkey
  • Peter Mallozzi ’09 ETA Indonesia
  • Marie Piayai ’09 ETA Thailand
  • Greg Casey ’09 S/R Jamaica

2008

  • Christopher Boveroux ’08 ETA Indonesia
  • Julianne Jaquith ’08 ETA Ecuador
  • Victoria Schacht ’08 ETA Indonesia
  • Kateri Whitebean ’08 ETA South Korea

2007

  • Emily Alinikoff ’07 ETA Turkey
  • Andrew LaFiandra ’07 ETA Germany
  • Ross Ufberg ’07 ETA Russia
  • Matt Handleman ’06 ETA Germany
  • Allison Demas ’07 S/R Senegal
  • Daniel Griffith ’07 S/R Germany
  • Natalie Tarallo ’07 S/R Mauritius
  • Lucas Thornblade ’07 S/R Vietnam
  • Robin Wong ’07 S/R China

2006

  • Ann Horwitz ’06, Sarah Rienhoff ’06, Roy Rothschild ’06 (Indonesia), Haley Reimbold ’06 (Germany) declined
  • Amanda Hannoosh ’06, Studies in Arabic Language and Literature (Jordan)

2005

  • Nathaniel Adler ’05 (South Korea), Jacqueline Kook ’05 (South Korea), Elizabeth Lesser ’05 (South Korea), Daniel Walker ’05 (Germany)
  • Edward Geary ’05, The "Opferrolle" and National Socialism in Austrian Textbooks and Schooling (Austria)
  • Shayna McHugh ’05, Biologically Active Compounds from Brazilian Marine Invertebrates (Brazil)
  • Brian Tilley ’05, Patterns of Patronage at Sufi shrines in Aligarh and Bijapur (India)

2004

  • Sarah McDermott ’04, Doreet Preiss ’04 (France), Duncan Lawrence ’04 (Argentina), Lauren Perkins ’04 (South Korea), Erin Turcot ’04 (French Guiana)
  • Elizabeth Rabe ’04, East Indian Immigration to Trinidad in the Late-Nineteenth Century Trinidad & Tobago (Trinidad & Tobago)

2003

  • James DuVernay ’03 (French Guiana), Helena Marrin ’03, Abigail Zeidler ’03 (South Korea)
  • Claire Ramsay ’03, Language Relations: Moroccan Francophone Newspapers and Universities (Morocco)
  • Jessie McComb ’03, Sustainable Energy and Traditional Arts: Changing Functionality of Traditional Culture (India)
  • Sarah Taylor ’03, Theoretical Studies on Pharmacologically Important Proteins (Spain)

2002

  • Daniel Boisvert ’02 (Germany), Charlotte Porter ’02, Kerri Spindler-Ranta ’02 (South Korea)
  • David Shaye ’02, HIV/AIDS in Dominica: An Evaluation and Strategic Plan (Dominica)
  • Leah Byrne ’02, Locating endogenous nitrated neurotransmitters: An immunocytochemical study (Sweden)
  • Donna Cardarelli ’02, Investigating Concepts of Native Identity in Buryatia: Linguistic Culture among Buryat Children (Russia)
  • Joseph Livingston ’02, The Causes of Social Class Composition and Disparity among Palestinian Refugees (Jordan)

2001

  • Marika Geertz ’01, Denise Kless ’01, Jodie Stewart ’01 (South Korea)
  • Erin Waters ’01, Yaroslavskiie Babushki: Portraits from Today’s Russia (Russia)
  • Jed Barash ’01, The Role of Manganese and Copper in the Initiation of Sporadic Scrapie (Iceland)

2000

  • Daniel Little ’00 ETA Germany
  • Emily Roynestad ’00 S/R Dominican Republic

Fulbright Grant Alternates

  • Leah Adelson ’12 (Brazil)
  • Kelsey Rice ’10, The Intellectual Movement Toward Azerbaijani Identity, 1870-1930 (Azerbaijan)
  • Jonathan Peros ’08, Policy Development for Sustainable Fisheries in Norway’s Cold Water Coral Ecosystems (Norway)
  • Sean McGovern ’07, The Self In Environmental Crisis (Norway)
  • Gregory Zalasky ’05, Political Opinions of Russian Youth in Yaroslavl (Russia)
  • Ryan Elias ’00, Deprivation and Application of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory to Excited Electronic States (Italy)
  • Sara Schonfeld ’99, Nationalism and Ethnic Identity (Poland)

The Fulbright ETA Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places U.S. students as English teaching assistants in schools or universities overseas.

Promotes and recognizes academic excellence for outstanding low-income students. Awarded to college students only in the scholarship inaugural year, 2003. Scholarship is awarded to high school students.

  • Lorena Hernandez ’03

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad. The program is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

The Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program honoring Senator Barry Goldwater is the premier national undergraduate award in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering recognizes exceptional academic achievement and research pursuits.

Supports the graduate education of America’s most promising technical-talent, the Ph.D. directed effort of fellows can be expected to have the greatest impact on the application of the physical sciences to human problems during the next half-century.

  • John Doench ’01

The Humanity in Action Fellowship programs brings together international groups of college students and recent graduates to explore past and present examples of resistance to intolerance, with a goal of encouraging future leaders to be engaged citizens and responsible decision makers.

Founded in 1994, The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides programs and resources for students, teachers and scholars of American history. It offers a variety of seminars, lectures, fellowships and other awards, and produces publications and traveling exhibitions related to topics in American history.

Tenable at any British university and covers two years of study in any discipline.

Founded in 2004, Math for America (MfA) is a private nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve math education in U.S. public secondary schools by recruiting, training and retraining outstanding mathematics teachers. The MfA fellowship is a five-year program where recent college graduates and mid-career professionals commit to teach math in public secondary schools. The program includes one year earning a master's degree in education and four years of teaching math in public secondary schools.

  • Hai Lin ’10

The Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation recognizes interest, study and outstanding work in the area of environment and related fields.

The Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation recognizes interest, study and outstanding work in the area of environment and related fields.

  • Clare Robinson '25
  • Anna Yankee '25
  • Catherine Ferrara ’11 (Honorable Mention)
  • Jennifer Kleindienst ’09
  • Laura Hartz ’07 (Honorable Mention)
  • Jesse McComb ’03

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in the U.S. and abroad.

Awarded for graduate studies to student-athletes who perform with distinction both on and off the field.

  • Maggie Hanson ’02

The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-committed students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. 

The new initiative, created by the Obama Foundation and supported by Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky, gives students interested in pursuing a career in public service up to $50,000 in financial aid as they finish college. Voyager scholars also receive a $10,000 stipend and free Airbnb housing to pursue a summer work-travel experience between their junior and senior year of college. The students will design their own “Summer Voyage” to gain exposure to new communities and experience in a chosen field.

Mary Hurner ’24

The Rhodes Trust promotes international understanding and peace by bringing students from around the world to study together at Oxford University.

  • Cristina Garafola ’11, NY competition (Finalist)
  • Shayna McHugh ’05, NY competition
  • John Doench ’00, NY competition
  • Waltnel Sosa ’00, Trinidad (Commonwealth Caribbean competition)

Designed to promote cultural interchange and goodwill between Scotland and the U.S.

  • Erika Holmes ’06 (declined)
  • Rebecca Wagner ’07 (First Alternate)
  • Caitlyn Cook ’01
  • Bonnie Erwin ’00 (Finalist)

Recognizes outstanding leadership and academic excellence and supports graduate or professional study for students pursuing careers in public service.

Scholars

Finalists

  • Niamh McDade Clay '25
  • Clare Robinson '25
  • Kate Berlent ’08
  • Sarah Wissel ’08
  • Sarah Hakim ’07
  • Emily Kerr ’05
  • Alison Lin ’03
  • Jeffrey Krutz ’01
  • Erin Reid ’01

Honors students who have challenged themselves, excelled in their course work, and have extend their academic and broader intellectual abilities beyond the classroom to benefit their schools, their communities and society.

  • Taylor Adams ’11 (Academic Third Team)
  • Deborah Barany ’11 (Academic Third Team)
  • LeeAnn Brigham ’09 (Honorable Mention)
  • Mary Beth Day ’07 (Academic First Team)
  • Marco Allodi ’08 (Academic Third Team)

Watson Fellowships provide funds for graduating seniors of unusual promise to embark on a year of self-directed, independent study while traveling outside the U.S. after graduation.

  • Andrew Fredericks '25 Finding Connection With Nature Through Human Evolution
  • Charles Haberstock '25 Remote Economies in an Urban Age
  • The Hidden Help: Migrant Domestic Workers' Experiences
  • Transforming Food Systems: Plant-based Practices & Sustainable Agriculture
  • Dylan Morse ’22 Swimming Upstream: How Culture Impacts Atlantic Salmon Conservation
  • Amy Harff ’21 Mother Earth’s Artists: Inspiring Environmental Action on Islands
  • Jiin Jeong ’21 Recoding Literacy: Exploring the Computer Science Education Boom
  • Liam Prum ’21 Food Sovereignty, Traditions, and the Pressure to Adapt
  • Andrea Dickmeyer ’19 Nature-Based Therapeutic Programs and Mental Well-Being
  • Kureem Nugent ’18 Cultivating Cultural Capital: Exploring the Path to College
  • Isabel O'Malley ’18 Therapeutic Radio: Storytelling, Self-help, & Community Health Care
  • Paula Ortiz ’18 Active Meditation Across Disciplines of Impermanence
  • Marquis Palmer ’18 Skateboarding Communities
  • Gaela Dennison-Leonard ’16 Robes for the Modern Women: Monastic Women and Community Strength
  • Benjamin Wesley ’16 What Moves Us: Exploring the Reflection of Culture in Car Enthusiasm
  • Lisbeth DaBramo ’15 Water Ways: An Exploration of Water Sustainability Strategies
  • Erika Marte ’15 The Faces and Functions of Educational Volunteerism in the 21st Century
  • Nathaniel Livingston ’14 Performing Culture: Contemporary Expressions of Oral and Musical Traditions
  • Alyson Raynor ’14 The Path of Rehabilitation and Reintegration: Exploring the Lives of Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors
  • Lauren Howe ’13 The Future of Food: Modern Technology and Traditional Agriculture Systems
  • Spencer Gulbronson ’12 The Universal Language: Exploring Creative Approaches to Math Education
  • Mary Phillips ’11 Safe Spaces: All-Girl Environments and Their Role in Community Development
  • Nathan Schneck ’11 Voluntary Poverty: A Means for Individual and Community Transformation
  • Julia Wilber ’11 A Single Thread: Producers and Consumers of Fair Trade Clothing
  • Max Wall ’10, Preserving Cultures: Exploring Fermented Foodways
  • Kevin Rowe ’10, Farm to Table: New World Cities and the Changing Landscape of Cuisine
  • Austin Hawkins ’09, Earth Architecture: The Keystone to Reducing our Environmental Footprint
  • Kenyon Laing ’09, Traffic: Red Light, Green Light? Prostitution and the Modern Day Slave Trade
  • Greg Hartt ’08, Looking to the Horizon: African Views of Climate Change and the Environment
  • Magda Wierzbicka ’08, In the World of Words, Exploring Creole Culture through an Oral Lens
  • Caitlin Jacobs ’07, An Examination of the Coexistence of Big Cats and Humans in Belize, Spain, Namibia, Tibet
  • Danielle Roper ’06, Humour As Protest: A Study of Stand-Up Comedy, in Mass Media and Popular Theatre in Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Nicaragua
  • Hilary King ’05, Grounds for Change: Coffee and Cooperatives in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Tanzania
  • Kristopher Rios ’05, In Search of the Perfect Beat: Rare International Funk Music in England, Ghana, Brazil
  • Jeffrey Dyer ’04, The Soul of the Khmer: Music of the Khmer People
  • Huy Huynh ’03, Acculturation in a New Nation: The Vietnamese Refugees
  • Christopher La Rosa ’03, Shaping Media: Evolution through Communication Technology
  • Ava Bromberg ’02, The Public Artist: Creating Space in the 21st Century City
  • Louisa Smith ’01, A Globalized World: An Analysis of the International Art Market
  • Justin Stein ’01, From Dharma to Dollars: Commercialization of Universal Energy
  • Mark Siedner ’00, Societal Influences on the International Fight Against HIV
  • Christopher Nash ’99, Technology.World: the Internet and Information Infrastructures
  • Sara Schonfeld ’99, Exploring the World of Children with Special Needs

Contact

Contact Name

Lisa Grimes

Director of Student Fellowships

Office Location
Bristol Center

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