Scholarships and funding Resources

for Graduate Students

Scholarships:

State:

Name of Scholarship / Award Amount / How to Apply / Other Information
Senatorial Scholarship / Between $200 and $2000 / Contact your local senator in February to apply.
Must complete FASFA by March 1 / Must be a Maryland Resident.
Must be at least a part time student to receive this award.
To find out who you senator is contact your local election board.
Delegate Scholarship / Minimum $200 / Contact your local delegate to apply for award.
Must complete FASFA by March 1. / Must be a Maryland Resident.
Must be at least a part time student to receive this award.
To find out who you delegate is contact your local election board.

These scholarships are administered by the State of Maryland Higher Education Commission. For more information please go to their website at

Other Scholarships:

Name of Scholarship / Amount / How to Apply / Other Information
John L. Carey Scholarships / $5,000 / The deadline for this award is April 1.
To download an application go to:
/ This is a scholarship for a person with a liberal arts degree and going on for a graduate in accounting that will lead to the person being able to set for a CPA exam.
One must not already be enrolled in an accounting program.
Career Advancement
Scholarship / The application deadline is April 15.
The application can be found at / For this scholarship one must be a female over the age of 25, and show finical need.
This award is for a business student
J. Edgar Hoover Foundation Scholarship / $500 to $1000 / The deadline for this award is April 1.

ASCE
Fellowship / $6000 / The deadline for this award is March 1.
The application can be found at / One must be of a member of a minority class.
This is for a criminal justice major
ACMPE Scholarship Fund Program / $1,000 to $5,000 / The deadline for this award is May 1.
The application can be found at / These scholarships are for an undergraduate or graduate in a health care practice management program.
The website listed provided specific information for the individual scholarships.
Deborah Partridge Wolfe International Fellowship / $500 - $1000 / The deadline for this award January 1.
The application can be found at / This scholarship is for a foreign national studying in the United States.
Earl G. Graves Scholarship / $5,000 / The application deadline for this award is March 15.
The application can be found at or by calling (410) 580-5760. / This is for a undergraduate or graduate student in business school.

Other Resources

Books

All of the books listed below can either be found at University of Baltimore Lansdale Library or at another University System of Maryland Library.

At University of Baltimore:

Free Money for GraduateSchool by Laurie Blum (LB 2337.25 .B58 2000)

This is a book dedicated to just funding for graduate students. The book is broken done by subject areas like humanities/ social science, Science/Business/Health and ethnic scholarships. This book can be found on the first floor of the Lansdale library behind the reference desk.

Other USM Libraries:

The graduate student’s complete scholarship book by Student Services Inc. (UMBC LB2338 .G685 1998)

This book can be found at the University of Maryland Baltimore County Library.

Websites

1)
This is a website put together by the Michigan State University Library. While some of the information pertains to MichiganState, this is still an excellent resource for those looking for scholarships and other graduate funding. On the left hand side of this page there are also various links to subject specific areas like business and criminal justice.

2)

This is a scholarship search website that had over 600,000 scholarships. One can find many scholarships that are specific to their situation. An example of one that many may remember from high school is going to prom in an outfit made of duck tape!

3)

This is a another scholarship search website.