Beinecke Scholarship

 Are you a junior planning to pursue graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social studies? Do you have an outstanding academic record? Do you have a high degree of financial need?

The Beinecke Scholarship program provides graduate study scholarships in the humanities and social sciences to JUNIORS of exceptional, demonstrated academic ability who have a high degree of financial need as demonstrated by the FAFSA process. (For example, receiving or qualifying for a Pell Grant would indicate a high degree of financial need.)

 

The Beinecke program seeks highly motivated and intellectually accomplished JUNIORS who plan to pursue researched-based master's or PhD programs in the arts, humanities, or social sciences after graduation. "Junior" means a student who plans to continue full-time undergraduate study next fall 2024 and who expects to receive a baccalaureate degree between December 2024 and August 2025.

 

FIELDS OF STUDY: The Beinecke program is open to students planning research-oriented master’s and PhD studies in any field in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Professionally-oriented degree programs ARE NOT supported.

 

FINANCIAL NEED: Candidates for nomination by the University of Maryland should be recipients of Pell Grants or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of underlying financial need as revealed through the FAFSA process.

 

Candidates for the Beinecke Scholarship must be nominated by their university or college. The University of Maryland, College Park can nominate one outstanding junior annually to compete for a Beinecke Scholarship. To seek nomination, candidates must submit a complete draft of the Beinecke Scholarship application and have one letter of recommendation sent to Dr. Leslie Brice Bustamante at the National Scholarships Office by February 16, 2024. 

 

Learn more about the Beinecke program and the application process by contacting Dr. Leslie Brice Bustamante at the National Scholarships Office at lbrice@umd.edu.

 

Who may apply: To be eligible for the Beinecke Scholarship nomination, a student must:

 

Have demonstrated superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise during his or her undergraduate career. Generally, a minimum GPA of 3.7 will be required for nomination; exceptions may be made in extraordinary cases.

Be a college junior pursuing a bachelor's degree during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Have firm plans to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities, or social sciences after graduation.

Be a United States citizen or a US national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Be a Pell Grant recipient as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of underlying financial need.

 

Award Amount: Each scholar receives $5,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school.

 

Duration: Scholars must utilize all funding within five years of graduation.

 

Campus Deadline: February 16, 2024. This is the deadline for submitting a complete draft of the Beinecke application and one letter of recommendation to be considered for University of Maryland, College Park nomination.

 

Website: www.Beineckescholarship.org