http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_contests_atlas
First Prize: $10,000
3 Second Prizes: $2,000
5 Third Prizes: $1,000
Plus cash awards to finalists and semifinalists
Essay on an Atlas Shrugged topic; see website for this year’s topic.
Open to all registered college students.
Deadline is mid-September.
www.eliewieselfoundation.org/prizeinethics.aspx
First prize: $5,000
Second Prize: $2,500
Third Prize: $1,500
Honorable Mentions: $500 each
The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual contest designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them today. Topics are suggested each year, but students are free to write about any topic as long as it pertains to ethics.
Open to juniors and seniors.
Deadline is early December.
http://www.essaycompetition.org/index_1
Prizes of $5,000 and $1,000
Essay topics change each year. In 2009 the topic is "How does climate change affect you?"
Open to anyone 18-25 years of age.
Deadline is mid-March.
Undergraduate
2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – Michael Miller ‘10
2009 and 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipient – Gregory Stoddard ‘10
2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention – Bilal Ahmed ‘11
2009 Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship – Derek Bosko ‘10
2009 Boren Undergraduate Scholarship, National Security Education Program – Josephine Chu ‘10
2009 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship (NOAA) – Genevieve Davis ‘11
2009 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – Christina Rho ’09, South Korea
2009 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – Matthew Unhjem ’09, Spain
2009 Morris K. Udall Scholarship Recipient – Mary Davis ‘10
2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Recipients – Jonathan Newman ’07 and Jason Swails ‘08
2008-2009 Student Initiative Award, Association of Council Members and College Trustees of the State University of New York (ACT) – Kelsey Pieper ‘09
2008 National Security Education Program Boren Fellowship Recipients - Paul Anderson '08 and Matthew Olexa '07
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Austria - Kathleen Bradley '08
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Russia - Omar Mohamad '08
2008 Patricia Kerr Ross Award - John Wilson '08
2008 Union of University Professionals College Scholarship - Tsz Ting Tam '10
2008 USA TODAY All-Academic Team Honorable Mention - Sebastian Rodriguez '08
Graduate
2009 American Research Institute in Turkey Dissertation Fellowship – Allison Keane (History)
2009 Caroline D. Bain Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship at Smith College – Carol Linskey (History)
2009 Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship – Laura Hill (History)
2009 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient – David Gutman, Turkey (History)
2009 Gaius Bolin Dissertation Fellowship at Williams College – Shay Welch (SPEL Philosophy)
2009 Gilder Lehrman Fellowship – Daniel Johnson (History)
2009 Mellon Dissertation Fellowship – Jaime Wadowiec (History)
2009 Smith Richardson Foundation – Paola Fajardo (Political Science)
2009 – 2011 SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellowship – Ashley Raba (Watson)
2009 – 2011 SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellowship - Justin Garcia (Biological Sciences)
2008-2011 Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship and 2008 Whitney Museum Internship - Jennifer Kennedy (Art History)
2008 NIH Predoctoral Fellowship - Casey Schofield (Psychology)
2008 Thayer Fellowship - Deborah Poe (English)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Germany - Stewart Anderson (History)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Paraguary - Katherine Arnoldi (English)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Finland - Geoffrey McGovern (Political Science)
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, Mexico - Julie Vandusky (Political Science)
2008 Wenner-Gren Dissertation Grant - Bilge Firat (Anthropology)
2008 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Amy Groleau (Anthropology)
2008 IREX Individual Advanced Research Opportunity Fellowship and a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Grant - William Pavlovich (Anthropology)
2008 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant and a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Grant - Jeremy Wilson (Anthropology)
2008 Chilean Government Predoctoral Fellowship - Mario Laborda (Psychology)
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