Application deadline for all scholarships for 2007 has passed.

Graduate Scholarships/Fellowships
More than 40 scholarships are available for currently enrolled students who show promise of making significant contributions to particular areas of education. Applications are available each December. Most of the endowed scholarships are reserved for continuing graduate students. The competition is announced widely across the college.

• The Marianne Amarel Fellowship for the Scholarship of Teaching - Recipients must be doctoral students from across the College of Education interested in a scholarship of teaching, at the K-12 level or in higher education. The fellowship is intended to help the awardee establish a line of inquiry concerning the scholarship of teaching and learning in a particular subject matter. The awardee can choose to study his/her own teaching or that of other teachers and their students. The fellowship is renewable for up to three years, and provides the grantee with a 50% research assistantship and $1500 in support for travel and research expenses. The awardee is expected to be an active participant in activities sponsored by the Center for the Scholarship of teaching, including pedagogical seminars for university faculty and staff, and the visiting speaker series.
  
• The Anderson-Schwille Endowed Fellowship in International Education - Preference in awarding this scholarship will be to a non-U.S. citizen/international student in a College of Education graduate program at MSU (student visa or permanent U.S. resident). Recipients shall be selected on the basis of academic performance and potential (including, but not limited to, the willingness to work with persons from diverse ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds). Among applicants who are similar in terms of academic performance and potential, financial need is to be used as the determining factor.
  
• The Sheldon Cherney Endowed Scholarship in Graduate Studies in Education Overseas - Recipients shall be admitted students in the College of Education at the Ph.D. level. Preference will be given to: 1st preference: for students who have completed a master’s program associated with the Graduate Studies in Education Overseas program and 2nd preference: for students enrolled in the Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education program with an interest in international education.
  
• Cotterman Family Endowment for Education - Recipients of the award shall be candidates for the doctoral degree in the College of Education whose research has practical application and advances the awareness and prestige of MSU and the College of Education.
  
• College of Education Alumni Scholarship - For talented students planning a career in education. Minimum GPA of 3.0 required/for students in education.
  
• College of Education Alumni Fellowship - For graduate students in education.
  
• Clifford E. Erickson Memorial Scholarship - For graduate students in education, or an outstanding teacher, administrator, or educator.
  
• David S. Evans Memorial Scholarship - for a graduate student in the College of Education.
  
• Hinman Graduate Scholarship - For graduate students in education who are Michigan residents.
  
• Janice Marston Memorial Scholarship - For demonstrably needy and worthy graduate students re-entering the College of Education to complete their education.
  
• Donald H. Nickerson Scholarship in Cultural Diversity and Minority Concerns - For American ethnic minority graduate students in education. Preference will be given to candidates studying to improve teaching and learning of diverse learners and underserved populations in the United States.
• Michael Pressley Scholarship in Education - For incoming doctoral and/or master's level students in the areas of Teacher Education and Educational Psychology.

Scholarships Restricted to Specific Departments
Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education

• Robert Craig Scholarship - For doctoral students in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education.

Educational Administration

• Ann Marie Bolger Memorial Scholarship in Student Affairs - Students are eligible to apply upon acceptance to student affairs MA program.  Applicants must submit a vita that provides evidence of contribution to peer learning, such as service as a mentor, peer advisor or educator, student government leader, resident advisor, etc.  Applicants must also submit an essay demonstrating evidence of commitment to the profession of student affairs. This evidence can be demonstrated by clear professional goals, participation in regional or national meetings or conferences, etc.
  
• Clyde M. Campbell Endowed Scholarship - For graduate students in the Department of Educational Administration. Specific criteria available in the Department office.
  
• Education Leadership Graduate Fellowship - For recruiting (first year) outstanding doctoral students intending to pursue full-time doctoral studies in either Higher Education or K-12 Administration.
  
• Richard L. Featherstone Scholarship - For doctoral students in the Department of Educational Administration who have completed a minimum of 20 credits. Examination of detailed criteria and application procedures available in the Department office is essential.
  
• Keith Goldhammer Endowed Scholarship in Educational Administration - For doctoral students in educational administration who are completing his/her residency year, and who has a minimum graduate grade point average of 3.75. Additional detailed and specific criteria are available in the Department office.
  
• The Casmer F. Heilman Endowed Fellowship - For graduate students at either the M.A. or Ph.D. level in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education program whose primary focus is on work-based or work-related learning.  Applicants should prepare a two to three page written statement about the focus of their work or interests and submit two letters of recommendation from persons familiar with their work.
  
• The Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education Scholarship - Comprised of six scholarships which were previously awarded separately (the Julius E. Barbour Scholarship, the Arthur R. and Pearl Butler Scholarship, the Russell Kleis Memorial Scholarship, the Ernest & Aurora Melby Scholarship, the Archibald Shaw Memorial Scholarship, and the Don O. Tatroe Memorial Scholarship), this is awarded to an (entering) doctoral student in the Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education program.
  
• Walter F. and Mary Jane Johnson Dissertation Research Scholarship - For doctoral students in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education who have prepared the strongest dissertation proposals.
  
• Margaret F. Lorimer Endowed Graduate Fellowship In Higher Education - Recipients shall be first-year full-time doctoral students pursuing degrees in higher education. Awards will be made to students with outstanding academic credentials and prior experience demonstrating potential for leadership in higher education.
  
• Dr. Jacqueline D. Taylor and Family Graduate Research Grant - Recipients of the award shall be candidates for the doctoral degree in the College of Education Higher Education Ph.D. program whose research focuses on global perspectives or issues of international education and may apply for a one or two-year award dependent upon whether the recipient shows measurable progress.
  
• F. James and Elizabeth M. Votruba Higher Education Leadership Enrichment Fund - This award is open to any doctoral student in good standing in one of the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) graduate programs planning to pursue a career in higher education administration. The award will go to a single student to support research and/or career enrichment activities not associated with the dissertation. The intent of the award is to enrich the recipient’s understanding of higher education leadership and the role of colleges and universities in the broader society. This fund will provide opportunity for students to engage in activity that they would otherwise not be able to do and that enhances the overall quality of their graduate experience. Applicants will apply for the award outlining their expected career path, the proposed research and/or career enrichment activities, how the funds will be used, how the activity integrates with other aspects of the student’s program of study, and how the proposed activity reflects the overall mission and goal of the HALE program. Recipients will be expected to share the outcomes of their award experiences with HALE as in a brown bag talk, presentation at HALE graduate student event, and/or written executive summary.
  
• James A. Wilson Fellowship - Recipients shall be Ph.D. students enrolled in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) program in the College of Education. Preference will be given to students pursuing a Masters or cognate in labor and Industrial Relations and based on academic standing. If, in a given year, such a candidate is not found, a second preference will be for Ph.D. students enrolled in the HALE program with an expressed interest in human resource management, labor relations, or leadership.

Kinesiology

• Kinesiology Endowed Scholarship - For graduate students in the Department of Kinesiology who will be evaluated according to the following additional criteria: academic achievement, teaching achievement/potential, research achievement/potential, and service to the University and the profession.
• William Wohlgamuth Memorial Scholarship for the Study of Youth in Sports - For graduate students in the Department of Kinesiology committed to studying the problems surrounding the participation of youth in sports programs.
• William W. Heusner Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Kinesiology - Recipients shall be admitted graduate level students pursuing a master's or doctoral degree in the Department of Kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise physiology.

Teacher Education

• Teacher Education Endowed Fellowship - For continuing doctoral students who are judged to have been making a distinguished contribution to scholarship and the profession.