Provided By: Foundation for Economic Education
Deadline: November 01, 2009
Type of Award: Essay Contest
Amount: $2000
Awards Available: 1
Website: http://fee.org/contest/eugene-thorpe-essay-contest/

Description:
The Eugene S. Thorpe Award is available to students with an interest in free-market economics. You must compose an original 2000 to 3000 word essay on a provided topic to enter this competition.

Applicable Majors:
Accounting
Accounting Technician and Bookkeeper
Accounting and Business/Management
Accounting and Finance
Actuarial Science
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
Agribusiness Operations
Agricultural Business Technology
Agricultural Business and Management
Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Production Operations
Agricultural and Extension Education Services
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling
American Government and Politics (United States)
American History
Anthropology
Apparel and Accessories Marketing
Applied Economics
Area Studies
Asian History
Auctioneering
Auditing
Banking and Financial Support Services
Business
Business Administration and Management
Business Statistics
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing
Business/Corporate Communications
Business/Managerial Economics
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry
Canadian History
Construction Management
Consumer Economics
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
Consumer Services and Advocacy
Credit Management
Customer Service Management
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation
Demography and Population Studies
Development Economics and International Development
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
European History
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
Family and Consumer Economics
Fashion Merchandising
Fashion Modeling
Finance
Financial Planning and Services
Franchising and Franchise Operations
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
General Studies
Geography
History
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Home Furnishings and Equipment Installers
Hospitality Administration and Management
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
Housing and Human Environments
Human Resources Development
Human Resources Management
Human Sciences Business Services
Human Sciences Communication
Humanities
Information Resources Management/CIO Training
Insurance
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
International Business
International Economics
International Finance
International Marketing
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Investments and Securities
Knowledge Management
Labor Studies
Labor and Industrial Relations
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing
Marketing Research
Merchandising and Buying Operations
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
Non-Profit/Public Management
Office Management and Supervision
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Physical Anthropology
Political Science and Government
Professional Studies
Public Finance
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Purchasing, Procurement and Contracts Management
Real Estate Management
Receptionist
Resort Management
Restaurant/Food Services Management
Retailing and Retail Operations
Sales, Distribution and Marketing Operations
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Small Business Administration and Management
Social Sciences
Sociology
Special Products Marketing
Taxation
Tourism Promotion Operations
Tourism and Travel Services Management
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing
Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician
Transportation Management
Urban Studies/Affairs
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing


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Provided By: World Health Project
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Type of Award: Essay Contest
Amount: $500
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.worldhealthproject.org/

Description:
The World Health Project Essay Contest is available to students with an interest in world health. Applicants must submit a written essay along with any relevant photographs about a health or health care problem in their community, state, or country.

Applicable Majors:
Unspecified


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Provided By: Americans for Informed Democracy
Deadline: Varies
Type of Award: Grant
Amount: $200
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.aidemocracy.org/rcareplicates.php

Description:
The "Rights Camera Action" Human Rights Campaign Grant is available to students with an interest in human rights. Applicants must submit a proposal detailing a human rights campaign they intend to pursue at their school.

Applicable Majors:
Unspecified


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Provided By: The National Academies
Deadline: November 01, 2009
Type of Award: Fellowship
Amount: Unspecified
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/index.html

Description:
The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship is available to graduate students. You must be pursing a graduate degree in a field of science, engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine, business, law or education. During the course of the fellowship, each fellow will be assigned to a senior staff member who will assist and guide the fellow in developing essential skills. The fellowship will allow students to engage in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology and familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology and government.

Applicable Majors:
Unspecified


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Provided By: Aspen Institute
Deadline: December 15, 2009
Type of Award: Fellowship
Amount: $4000
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/nonprofit-philanthropy/leadership-initiatives

Description:
The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students is available to minority undergraduate and graduate students. You must have a background in the social sciences or humanities and have excellent writing and communication skills to be eligible for this award. Winners of this award will participate in an internship for 12 to 15 weeks during the summer at a Washington, DC, office of the Aspen Institute.

Applicable Majors:

African Studies
American Government and Politics (United States)
American History
American Literature (United States)
Anthropology
Applied Economics
Arabic Language and Literature
Archeology
Asian Studies/Civilization
Cartography
Comparative Literature
Criminology
Demography and Population Studies
Development Economics and International Development
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
English Language and Literature
English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
European History
European Studies/Civilization
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
French Language and Literature
General Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
Hebrew Language and Literature
History
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Humanities
International Economics
International Relations and Affairs
Islamic Studies
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Studies
Japanese Language and Literature
Latin Language and Literature
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Linguistics
Modern Greek Language and Literature
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Political Science and Government
Portuguese Language and Literature
Psychology
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Religion/Religious Studies
Russian Language and Literature
Social Sciences
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies


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