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Beinecke Scholarship Program
What:
A scholarship given to Junior-level students with a history of receiving need-based financial aid who plan to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences. The scholarship program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities in these fields. The ideal candidate is one for whom receiving the Beinecke would increase the likelihood of their being able to attend graduate school.
Who is eligible:
Eligibility for the 2010 Beinecke scholarship requires meeting the following criteria:
Junior class standing during the 2009-10 academic year; students must plan to receive a baccalaureate degree between December 2010 and August 2011
U.S. citizenship or citizenship in American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Demonstration of superior intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise as an undergraduate
Intent to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences
Demonstration of a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during their undergraduate years.
Note: Students in the social sciences who plan to pursue graduate study in neuroscience should not apply for a Beinecke Scholarship.
Selection Procedure:
UCI may nominate one student annually for Beinecke Scholarship consideration.
To vie for UCI nomination, submit a complete application package to the SOP office by the UCI deadline. The package must contain:
a completed Application Form -
download it from the Beinecke Scholarship website
a Financial Aid Data Sheet completed and signed by a counselor at UCI's Office of Financial Aid (102 Aldrich Hall). Either print the document and bring it to the counselor for his/her manual completion or have the counselor download, complete, print, and sign the form.
a Curriculum Vitae (read our Curriculum Vitae Handout and view the CV page of our website for information on creating one.
a Personal Statement of 1,000 words or less - consult the Beinecke 2010 Program Announcement for content details
3 faculty letters of recommendation asserting your intellectual curiosity, character, and potential for advanced graduate study
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an Official Transcript from each institution at which you've completed undergraduate coursework
UCI's Beinecke faculty screening committee will review all applications and endorse one. That student will receive a letter of support from the dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education and a completed Certification of Eligibility Form. SOP staff will mail the endorsed application materials to the Sperry Fund for evaluation and funding consideration.
Winners will be announced May 1.
Deadline: UCI 1/19/2010
Who wins:
20 new scholarships will be awarded in 2010 from an applicant pool from over 100 nominating schools. Most winners are near the top of their class academically and often plan to pursue careers in college teaching and/or research (but not secondary school teaching). The Scholarship Committee looks for individuals with intellectual ability, scholastic achievement, and personal promise, as exhibited during the undergraduate years.
Since 1975 the program has selected more than 430 college juniors from 100 different schools for support during graduate study at any accredited university.
Finances:
Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. Recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships and research grants.
Comments:
There are no geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships, assistantships and research grants. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduated study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.
World Wide Web: Further information and applications are available at:
http://www.beineckescholarship.org/
For applications and more information, contact the Scholarship
Opportunities Program at 824-5461 in the Office of the Campuswide
Honors Program, 1200 Student Services II.
SOP is able to provide counseling and applications to UCI Students only.
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Division of Undergraduate Education