The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is dedicated to forging a just academy and shaping the future of the humanities. A core objective of MMUF, as part of the Higher Learning program of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is multivocality. This refers to MMUF’s commitment to elevating the knowledge that informs more complete and accurate narratives of the human experience and lays the foundation for more just and equitable futures. MMUF strives to amplify perspectives …
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The Alice Baldwin Scholarship
Each fall, 18 first-year students from the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering are selected to become the newest members of Duke University’s Alice M. Baldwin Scholars women’s leadership program. This prestigious group was created in 2004 to inspire and support undergraduate students to become engaged, confident and connected leaders in the Duke community and beyond. As a Scholar, you’ll network with distinguished faculty, connect with other female-identified students, …
The Robertson Scholarship
Students currently in their first year of study at Duke or UNC, who are not transfer students, are invited to apply to join the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program. Students should apply using the Current Duke & UNC Students Application. Students selected through this process will join the Robertson Cohort for Community Summer and will receive full tuition, room and board and fees for up to six (6) semesters and are eligible for the same summer …
Sweet and Simple Scholarship
This award is open to all U.S. students who are 14 and older and who are currently enrolled (or enroll no later than fall of 2027) in an accredited postsecondary institution of higher education. One scholarship winner will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
The Davis UWC Scholars Program
Davis UWC Scholars are exceptional young people who have graduated from a UWC school and then matriculated at selected U.S. colleges or universities. The UWC experience—which brings students from around the world to live and learn together in one of 18 locations on five continents—has challenged them academically and personally, expanded their horizons exponentially, and shown them how to build understanding from diversity. Davis UWC Scholars arrive at American colleges and universities with outstanding academic …
Hodson Gilman Scholarship
The Hodson Trust and Hodson Gilliam Success scholarships are awarded on the basis of leadership and academic and personal achievement. The scholarship provides approximately two-thirds of the annual tuition costs for around 20 exceptional first-year students. Hodson Scholars are part of a competitive cohort of students who have achieved excellence not only in their academics, but also in their extracurricular pursuits, and are actively engaged and eager to take the initiative to make meaningful change …
Clark Scholarship
The A. James Clark Scholars Program forms a cohort of some of the most talented engineering students in the nation and provides a generous merit scholarship, which does not need to be repaid, for students to use toward college costs. Working together under the guidance of a faculty mentor, Clark Scholars participate in specialized academic programs and service opportunities designed to develop future leaders and enhance their undergraduate experience. Throughout the year, Clark Scholars network …
Cummings Scholarship
The expanded cohort program is named after the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, who held strong and meaningful connections to the Hopkins community, the Baltimore community, as well as to Washington, DC. Congressman Cummings’ commitment to community, demonstrated personal and positional leadership, focus on expanding opportunity for others, and his strong belief in investing in our nation’s future through our youth, serve as the Program’s guiding foundational elements. This cohort experience offers a generous, two-tiered …
Nakayama Public Service Scholarship
I am delighted to introduce the Nakayama Public Service Scholarship. The Nakayama family created an endowment specifically to support highly motivated students who want to work on our world’s challenging problems by engaging in public service careers (defined as careers in organizations that end in .edu, .gov, .mil or .org). This is the only Duke-funded merit scholarship that currently enrolled students may apply directly for in their junior year. The scholarship will cover one half …
AG Morgan Grant
Welcome to the AG Morgan Grant for Entrepreneurs, a scholarship fund designed to support the next generation of business leaders. The grant is named after AG Morgan Financial Advisors, LLC, a full-service financial planning firm dedicated to helping clients achieve financial independence. The AG Morgan Grant is an annual scholarship that provides $1,000 in funding to one outstanding student who dreams of running a business one day.