Scholarship Description
The Renshaw Fellowship Program supports the study and shaping of school curricula by providing grants to those seeking to become superintendents; curriculum developers; or influential scholars teaching, writing, and lecturing on educational issues.
Each Renshaw Fellowship recipient receives a $12,000 grant.
Eligibility:
The Renshaw Fellowship is granted to current doctoral students or applicants to doctoral programs in education.
Applicants must be members of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
Graduate Fellowship applicants must engage in graduate studies for the purpose of teaching at the college level or seeking to become a superintendent or curriculum developer.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, who will be enrolled in a full-time graduate program.
Those attending pre-professional (medical, law, divinity, business, etc.) schools are ineligible.
Applicants may apply for more than one fellowship in any given academic cycle. For each fellowship sought, applicants must submit separate copies of all components of the application.
Required Application Materials
An original, five- to ten-page essay responding to the following question: What role do educators have in maintaining a free society?
Headshot
One-page outline of prior education, awards, fellowships, and internships
Three- to five-page personal, philosophical, and professional autobiography
Five- to ten-page academic writing sample
Three academic letters of recommendation (Must be sent by the recommender and include the Graduate Fellowships Program Letter of Recommendation Form)
Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work (May be mailed by the issuing institution or the applicant)
Brief responses to the following four questions:
Why the applicant has chosen teaching as a profession
Why the applicant desires a fellowship
How the applicant heard about the ISI Fellowship Program
Signed declaration of intent to teach
Personal philosophical statement and academic writing samples must be 12 point standard font and double spaced.
Year of Need: 3rd Year Grad, Beyond 3rd Year Grad,
Type: Merit Based
Num Awards: 1
Min Award:
Max Award: 12,000
Deadline: 2022-12-31
Website: http://home.isi.org
Sponsoring Organization
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
3901 Centerville Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19807-1938
Contact Person:
Phone: (800) 526-7022 / (302) 652-4600
Fax: (302) 652-1760
Web: http://home.isi.org/programs/fellowships
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