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  • AMS Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science
    $20,000
    May 24
    Sponsor: American Meteorological Society

    Eligibility: Applicants must be graduate students who plan to write dissertations on the history of atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences. Students must submit a cover letter with vitae, official transcripts, a typed description of the dissertation topic and three letters of recommendation.

    How to apply: Submit materials to address listed.

    Fellowship and Scholarship Department
    45 Beacon Street
    Boston, MA 02108-3693

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  • FMAA Scholarship Program
    Up to $2,000
    June 14
    Sponsor: Flag Manufacturers Association of America

    Eligibility: Applicants must create a video essay discussing a given topic related to the United States flag. Students must post their one and a half to two minute video online.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    HopeĀ Silverman
    994 Old Eagle School Road
    Suite 1019
    Wayne, PA 19087-1866

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  • George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest
    $500-$3,000
    February 15
    Sponsor: National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

    Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents. Students must be high school sophomores, juniors or seniors. Applicants must submit an 800- to 1,200-word essay on some topic that is related to the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution or the U.S. Constitution. Selection is based on the overall strength of the essay.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    809 West Main Street
    Louisville, KY 40202

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  • Historic Preservation Guild Memorial Scholarship
    Varies
    February 1
    Sponsor: Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation

    Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time students attending a four-year accredited university or college of their choosing. Students must be able to demonstrate a commitment to historic preservation, either by way of previous studies or involvement with historic preservation. I.e. completed volunteer hours at the Hancock Historical Museum or a like agency focused on promoting historic preservation/education. Students who receive full scholarship support from other organizations or institutions will not be considered for this scholarship and selections are limited to students who have maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA in the designated course of study.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    101 W. Sandusky Street, Suite 207
    Findlay, OH 45840

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  • Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest
    $200-$8,000
    May 15
    Sponsor: National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

    Eligibility: Applicants must prepare a speech of five to six minutes on some aspect of the Revolutionary War. The contest is open to high school students at public, private and parochial high schools, as well as home-schooled students. Eligibility for the national contest is determined by contests on the state and local level.

    How to apply: Applications are available from local chapters of Sons of the American Revolution.

    809 West Main Street
    Louisville, KY 40202

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  • Lifchez/Stronach Curatorial Internship
    $21,000
    January 18
    Sponsor: Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Eligibility: Applicants must want to continue a career in art history and should have financial need or another hardship. A resume, two academic recommendations, transcripts, a list of art history or other relevant courses taken, a list of foreign languages known and an essay are required. Applicants must be current undergraduate seniors, recent graduates from a bachelor's or associate's program or master's-level graduate students. Recent graduates must have completed their degrees no more than twelve months prior to the application deadline.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    1000 Fifth Avenue
    New York, NY 10028

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  • Margaret and William Ginder Scholarship
    $1,200-$2,000
    May 1
    Sponsor: Community Foundation for Southwest Washington

    Eligibility: Selection is based on the overall strength of the application. Applicants must demonstrate academic and/or vocational potential. Preference will be given to students who intend on pursuing a degree in economics or history.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    610 Esther Street
    Suite 201
    Vancouver, WA 98660

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  • Mildred Chaffin Portner Scholarship
    $500
    March 1
    Sponsor: Gratiot County Community Foundation

    Eligibility: Applicants must be Gratiot County high school juniors or seniors and must use the scholarship in pursuit of post-secondary education at a college/university, or in a vocational/technical program. Students must complete and submit the Foundation's Scholarship application and must complete and submit a historical essay focused on a person, place or event in Gratiot County. Applicants are encouraged to use the Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society, and/or other local historical and genealogical societies, as a resource in writing the historical essay which will be archived at the Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society as a resource for future research.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    168 E. Center Street
    P.O. Box 248
    Ithaca, MI 48847

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  • National History Day Contest
    Varies
    May 14
    Sponsor: National History Day

    Eligibility: Applicants must be in grades 6-12 and prepare throughout the school year history presentations based on an annual theme. Around February or March students compete in district History Day contests. District winners then prepare for the state contests, held usually in April or May. Those winners advance to the national contest held in June at the University of Maryland.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    4511 Knox Road
    Suite 205
    College Park, MD 20740

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  • Perry County High School Oral History Essay Project
    Varies
    February 26
    Sponsor: Muskingum County Community Foundation

    Eligibility: Applicants must be students who attend high school in Perry County. Students must record the conversation as an oral history piece. With permission, take photos together and use the recording to review and prepare a 300-word essay.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    534 Putnam Avenue
    Zanesville, OH 43701

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  • Shirley Black McDonald Looking Back Scholarship
    $1,000
    March 1
    Sponsor: North Georgia Community Foundation

    Eligibility: Applicants must be graduating seniors at White County High School who are planning to attend an accredited college or university as full-time students with interest in journalism and/or history.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    340 Jesse Jewell Parkway
    Suite 605
    Gainesville, GA 30501

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  • Student Video Contest
    $300-$1,200
    March 5
    Sponsor: World of 7 Billion

    Eligibility: Applicants must be in grades 6-12 and students may be located anywhere in the world. Students must submit a 60-second video about human population growth and how it affects climate change, ocean health or rapid urbanization and at least one sustainable solution must be mentioned.

    How to apply: Applications are available online.

    2120 L Street NW
    Suite 500
    Washington, DC 20037

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