Graduate Scholarships for New Americans and Immigrants

The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is offering 30 graduate scholarships for the year 2012.

The scholarships are available to people who are New Americans defined us one of the following:

1. Green card holder
2. Naturalized citizen (i.e. you were born abroad and are now an American citizen)
3. Child born in America of Naturalized Citizens

The scholarships are very generous offering up to $25,000 for maintenance and $20,000 for tuition f0r each year of graduate study.

With the rising costs of higher education, if you are contemplating graduate school you owe it to yourself to apply for as many scholarships as you can find.

It is very difficult to focus on your studies if you are always wondering how you are going to pay for your next meal or next class. And graduate school is very demanding, expect not to be able to work much if at all as you have to devote a lot of time to studying.

The deadline for applications is November 1, 2011. Click here for more details.

Scholarships for Immigrants and International Students

Last week we highlighted DFW International Community Alliance for the extraordinary work they are doing of linking different international communities together.

As I spent more time on their website I came across a wonderful guide on colleges and scholarships geared to immigrants or children of immigrants.

When I was going to college it was almost impossible to find scholarships geared towards immigrants. They were either very few or we just never heard about them.

The guide that DFW Alliance has put together is a very valuable resource for anyone interested in attending college. It is divided in to 4 very helpful sections:

1. Preparing for College
2. How to Enroll in College
3. Financial Aid
4. Directory of Scholarships—this section includes scholarships for colleges and technical (vocational) schools plus stud abroad programs.

You may have completed your studies but I am sure you know someone who is still in high school or even currently in college. Please forward this guide to them. You could make a very big difference in someone’s life.