A weekly post highlighting upcoming fellowship opportunities.
A weekly post highlighting upcoming fellowship opportunities.

Funding Friday | May 4

 A weekly post highlighting upcoming fellowships, events, and other ONIF resources.
Annoucements
ONIF will be closed May 7- May 18
Cassidy Alvarado, Director of ONIF, will be traveling around China to meet with Fulbright Scholars and other prestigious award recipients. You can follow her journey here.
For any urgent questions, please email fellowships@lmu.edu or call Sarah Segal, ONIF’s Administrative Coordinator, at 310-568-7169 

Upcoming Award Deadlines

Please note: many awards fall into more than one category. Read the eligibility requirements or contact ONIF for assistance.

All or Multiple Disciplines
Sperling Fellowship- Deadline: May 31. The Christian Science Monitor is looking for an energetic news assistant for its Washington, D.C. bureau.  This person will report to bureau chief Linda Feldmann, and assist in all aspects of producing the Monitor's high-profile “Monitor Breakfast”, at which Washington newsmakers break bread with the city's top journalists. Love of politics, news savvy, initiative, and attention to detail are essential. He or she will offer general administrative support to the bureau. The ideal candidate for the one-year position should have previous experience as a news intern, or have held a significant leadership position at a college newspaper.  The candidate should be a clear and confident communicator, have excellent writing skills, and be able to anticipate needs at the bureau.

School of Film & Television
KODAK Student Scholarship and Cinematography Awards- Nomination Deadline: May 18! Applicants will be judged on professional filmmaking potential, academic excellence and the overall quality of the work submitted, with particular attention to expression, interpretation and construction of the visual image. The Kodak Student Scholarship Awards is open to university or college students of film or film production at the undergraduate or graduate levels in an accredited degree.Nominations must be made by SFTV. Two filmmaking nominations and one cinematography nomination allowed per school. Contact your faculty advisor if you would like to be considered for a nomination. 


Frank R. Seaver College of Science & Engineering
NOGLSTP Out To Innovate™ Scholarships for LGBTQ STEM Students- Deadline: June. These $5,000 scholarships are intended for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) programs who are either lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or an active ally of the LGBTQ community. The scholarships are designed to promote academic excellence and increased visibility of talented LGBTQ students in STEM careers.
Other Notable Opportunities
AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Coordinators in Los Angeles- Deadline: June 1.Interested in starting a career as a nonprofit professional? L.A. Works is looking for bright minds to work for one year as AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer coordinators with some of the most innovative and influential nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles. Be part of an exciting national movement that directly benefits Los Angeles!
The Work: 
  • Build and enhance your host site's volunteer program and come up with creative new ways to recruit, manage, and retain volunteers
  • Create sustainable solutions so your efforts can keep benefitting the community long after your year of service ends
  • Lead service projects with your fellow Volunteer Corps members at L.A. Works days of service
You could be placed at one of these nonprofits:
  • L.A. Kitchen
  • Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)
  • Baby2Baby
  • Girls On The Run Los Angeles
  • Create Now
  • Step Up On Second
  • L.A. Works
  • Reading to Kids
  • P.S. Arts
  • Mayor's Office of Volunteer Engagement
  • A Place Called Home
  • Young Storytellers Foundation
  • Audubon Center at Debs Park
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles
  • Education Through Music - Los Angeles
The Benefits:
  • Living Allowance | AmeriCorps member receive a living allowance of $674.66 bi-weekly
  • Segal Education Award | Upon successful completion of the service year, AmeriCorps members earn a $5,920 education award that can be put towards student loans or future educational expenses
  • Loan Forbearance | AmeriCorps members may be eligible to have their loans temporarily postponed while they are serving
  • Childcare | AmeriCorps VISTA member may qualify for childcare assistance during their terms of service
  • Health Benefits | All AmeriCorps VISTA members are eligible to participate in the Health Benefits Program at no cost.
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