A weekly post highlighting upcoming fellowships, events, and other ONIF resources.

The Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program is designed to build a multidisciplinary community of Stanford graduate students dedicated to finding creative solutions to the world's greatest challenges. Each year the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program will identify a group of 100 high-achieving students from around the world with demonstrated leadership and civic commitment to receive full funding to pursue a wide-ranging graduate education at Stanford, with the goal of developing a new generation of global leaders. 

LMU students of all majors are invited to learn more about this prestigious program at Stanford University, including eligibility requirements and application timeline. Register here to attend.
If you graduated with your first bachelor's degree more than four years ago (in 2014 or earlier), then you are not eligible for consideration as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

All or Multiple Disciplines 

The Western Union Foundation Global Scholarship Program- Deadline: April 13! WU Scholars is a program designed to support young people and their efforts to pursue a post-secondary education. Selected scholarship recipients will receive USD $2,500 each to contribute toward tuition or school fees at an accredited post-secondary institution and will be selected based on criteria relating to the program's three pillars: Perseverance, Aspiration, and Community. Must be pursuing a degree in one of the following categories: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Business/Entrepreneurship and  be between 18 and 26 years of age on June 1, 2018.

Kirchner Food Fellowship- Deadline: April 30. The purpose of the Kirchner Food Fellowship program is to foster the development of individuals who have the practical skills and knowledge to make effective investments in emerging agricultural technologies that have the possibility of addressing global food security. The principal part of the Kirchner Food Fellowship will be undertaken over an academic year but Fellows will be expected to have a continuing commitment and interest in the investment portfolio, to their cohort of Fellows and to subsequent cohorts of Fellows. The program’s mandatory elements include: travel to 4-6 (expense paid) events both domestic and international, weekly regular virtual meetings with advisors, frequent virtual meetings as a team of Fellows and significant self-directed work. One should expect to average 10-20 hours of time dedicated to the program a week Candidates must be enrolled in university in the United States, Canada or Mexico. They must be self-motivated, hard-working and possess a passion for investing in promising early-stage, for-profit, socially-responsible agricultural companies that will ultimately bring closer the day when everyone on the planet has reliable access to healthy food. The fellowship also awards a stipend to each selected fellow.

The VFW's Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship- Deadline: April 30. This scholarship provides eligible service members and veterans with the financial assistance they need to complete their educational goals without incurring excessive student loan debt.

 

Toigo MBA Fellowship- Deadline: April 30. The Toigo MBA Fellowship provides minority MBA candidates committed to careers in finance with an unmatched network of contacts, a prestigious point of difference in the eyes of employers, one-on-one career guidance, leadership training, a merit award-and more

The Earl Warren Scholarship- Deadline: May 1. Awarded annually to rising law students (or first year law students) whose commitment to social justice reveals outstanding potential for training as civil rights and public interest attorneys. Preference is generally given to law students entering their first year of full-time legal study at an accredited law school. Scholars are awarded $10,000 annually for up to 3 years.

The Great Mind in STEM HENAAC Scholars Program- Deadline: April 30. The HENAAC Scholars Program addresses the immense need that the United States has to produce more domestic engineers and scientists. This is a merit-based scholarship ranging in amounts from $500 to $10,000.