Nationality Room Scholarships

Want to do an internship in Kenya, but wondering how you will pay to get there? Planning on applying for the EU in Brussels program, but not sure about paying for your apartment while you’re gone? Have an idea for an independent study project, but no funding?

The Nationality Room Scholarship is a great opportunity to help fund your next International experience!

Eligibility Requirements:

• US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Current full-time student on Pitt’s campus, returning to campus for the academic term following travel
• Proposed travel must be career related and credit-worthy (or required by school)

For more information or to apply, click here *Please Note* Career Services has additional information available to students who receive an interview for a scholarship. If you are selected for an interview, please contact us! We can conduct a mock interview with you (last year, 3/3 students who applied and mock interviewed with us won their scholarships!).

Scholarships Available to Graduate Students:
     

AFRICA::
Beulah Glasco Memorial Award, $3,500

ARMENIA:
Andrew J. Traina Memorial / Armenian Room Committee Scholarship (for the study of Armenian culture, first consideration given to programs in Armenia,), $3,500

ASIA:
Dr. and Mrs. Ryonosuke Shiono Award, $4,000

AUSTRIA:
Austrian Room Committee Scholarship (in honor of Frank and Marie Bulik), $3,500

CHILE:
Ivan Santa-Cruz Memorial Award $4,500

CZECH or SLOVAK REPUBLICS:
Czechoslovak Room Committee Scholarship, $4,500

DENMARK:
Herbert E. Lieberkind / Danish Room Committee Scholarship (in honor of Frans Jagher), $4,000

HUNGARY:
Hungarian Room Committee Scholarship (Dr. S. Gomory / Joseph Arvay Memorial Award), $3,500

INDIA:
Indian Room Committee Scholarship, $3,500
ISRAEL
Israel Heritage Committee Award (for the study of Jewish culture, first consideration given to program in Israel), $4,000
JAPAN:
Japanese Room Committee, $3,500

LITHUANIA:
Josephine and John McCloskey Memorial Award, $4,000

MIDDLE EAST OR NEAR EAST:
Fred C. Bruhns Memorial Award (requires a working knowledge of Arabic or Farsi language), $4,000

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HONG KONG OR TAIWAN:
Chinese Room Committee Scholarship (in honor of Mike Chen), $4,000
John H. Tsui Memorial Scholarship (for study of Chinese culture), $4,000

SCANDINAVIA:
Scandinavian Society of Western Pennslyvania Award, $3,500

UKRAINE:
Eugene Manasterski Memorial Award, $3,500

ANY LOCATION:
Ruth Crawford Mitchell Memorial Award, $3,500
Stanley Prostrednik Award, $5,000
Dorthy Bradley Brown Physical Therapy Award (for SHRS Physical Therapy Students ONLY), $3,500
George F. & Mary Ann McGunagle Memorial Award, $5,000

Heinz Endowments Fellow Program

If you could not make the Heinz Endowments information session, here is all of the information you will need!

The Heinz Endowments is based in Pittsburgh, where it uses our region as a laboratory for the development of solutions to challenges that are national in scope. Although the majority of its giving is concentrated within southwestern Pennsylvania, the Heinz Endowments works wherever necessary, including statewide and nationally, to fulfill its mission. That mission is to help our region thrive as a whole community, economically, ecologically, educationally and culturally, while advancing the state of knowledge and practice in the fields in which it works. The Heinz Endowments fields of emphasis include philanthropy in general and the disciplines represented by its five grant-making programs: Arts & Culture; Children, Youth & Families; Community & Economic Development; Education; and Environment.

The Heinz Endowments is recruiting for a graduate fellow for summer 2013. The graduate fellow is responsible for coordinating day-to-day activities of three teams of 15 interns participating in The Heinz Endowments Summer Youth Philanthropy Internship Program and interfacing with three or four additional teams of interns who are hosted by community agencies. Each team of interns will identify a grant-making area, draft a request for proposals offering $25,000 in grants, and complete short media projects in partnerships with other non-profits. The graduate fellow is the first line of support to the interns and will work closely with the Program Officer who manages the program. Additional tasks and projects may be development based on staff needs at the time. The graduate fellow is a perfect position for anyone interested in project management and grant-making.  

Useful Skills and Experiences:

• Familiarity with grants and fundraising
• Understanding of the nonprofit sector and, in particular, youth development
• Confidence, self-motivation and leadership
• Ability to navigate the Pittsburgh region and neighborhoods
• Professionalism, flexibility, maturity
• Ability to use MS Office and Google Docs
• Knowledge of grant-making (or the desire to learn more about it)
  

Details on the Position:

• Full-time, 9am to 5pm, Monday-Friday (40 hours a week)
• Mid-June to Mid-August
• Paid position!

The application is available online! You will need to fill out the application online as well as submit a resume and cover letter. All of the instructions can be found online at the link above. It is due February 1, 2013!