Click above for an overview of national fellowships and scholarships.

GET TO KNOW the OFFICE OF PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS at Lehman College! The Office of Prestigious Awards (OPA) prepares and advises students competing for nationally and internationally competitive awards. The office supports and guides Lehman College students and alumni through all stages of application and selection processes. I encourage every EHP student to sign up for emails from OPA (this can be done through BlackBoard by searching "Prestigious") and get involved there in person as early and often as possible. They have regular workshops, information sessions, professional development programs and more.

Full-time Lehman sophomores with a 3.3 GPA or higher and majoring in a liberal arts field are encouraged to consider the JEANNETTE K. WATSON FELLOWSHIP which is open to first-years and sophomores. The deadline usually is in February. The Fellowship provides students with three years of paid summer internships, a yearly stipend of $6,000, mentoring, and enriched educational opportunities. Lehman students, including EHP sophomore Jasmine Miranda, have won these—apply! 

Here’s another fellowship program to consider: CARNEGIE JUNIOR FELLOWS. You have to be nominated by faculty to apply—so find out if this is for you & make someone consider you for nomination! 

The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture (affiliated with the NY Public Library) runs the SCHOMBURG-MELLON HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE, an incredible six-week opportunity for rising seniors to do research in any aspect of black studies that includes a $3,800 stipend. Deadline is March 25, 2022.

If you are from these communities, you may look into the Puerto Rican and Dominican Parade scholarships & St. George's Society Scholarship (English commonwealth descendant students) which are not huge prizes but can always help with tuition!