The Harry S. Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 towards a public service-related graduate degree to students who aspire to work in a public service career.  The Truman foundation broadly defines public service to include employment in government, public-interest organizations, nongovernmental research, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Juniors, or seniors, graduating in 2023-24, OR, seniors graduating early (3 years or less) in 2022-23 are eligible to apply.

The campus deadline for the Truman Scholarship is October 28, 2022. For more information, students can visit the ODPS website.

Each year the Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program, funded through the US Department of Education, provides almost $1 million in funding to UT undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to study foreign languages and cultures at UT and elsewhere in the US and abroad. Applications for the 2022-23 academic year and 2023 summer fellowships will open in early to mid-November and close in early to mid-February.

INFORMATION SESSIONS

In-person

Thursday, October 20 • 4:00 – 5:30pm

RLP 1.302B West Conference Room

Virtual

Monday, October 24 • 4:00 – 5:30pm

REGISTER HERE

FLAS Languages Approved for Study

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish*, Persian/Tajik*, and other pre-approved contemporary Russian/East European languages

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Eastern Europe/Former Soviet states. CREEES FLAS are not intended for students studying these languages in a West European or Middle Eastern Studies context. 

Center for European Studies

Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese*, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish*, Ukrainian, Yiddish

Graduate FLAS also available in French*, Spanish*, & German (intermediate & advanced levels only)

*CES FLAS awards in Portuguese are not intended for students studying Brazil or South America, nor the study of Spanish in relation to Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean. CES FLAS awards must be used for study in a European context

South Asia Institute


Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Persian*, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and other pre-approved contemporary South Asian languages 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to South Asia.

Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies

Portuguese*, K’iche’, Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Quechua, Haitian Creole, Chatino, and other Latin American modern languages 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Latin America.

Just a reminder that the deadline for Upper – division scholarship applications is September 22, 2022 at midnight.

Here is the prompt:

At the start of each academic year, the university welcomes both new and returning students to campus. At UT Austin, the university wide “Gone to Texas” tradition in front of the tower ushers in new students.  In LAH, we host a luncheon where our community of students, faculty, and staff break bread with each other.

Traditions of welcoming and hospitality vary across individuals, places, and cultures.  Reflecting on personal experience or representations of welcoming in film, literature, or history, describe a practice that has made an impression on you.  What is the significance of this type of ritual?

Please write 750 – 100 words in response and submit your essay on the scholarship portal.

The UT Libraries is thrilled to announce the inaugural Black Queer Studies Student Awards. This annual prize celebrates UT’s Black Queer Studies Collection and recognizes our students’ scholarship and creativity inspired by it.

• The Richardson Award honors graduate student work, $1,200 (pre-tax).
• The Hogan/Schell honors undergraduate work, $800 (pre-tax).

To apply: See Instructions, Eligibility and Criteria on this guide: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/bqsc/awards

Submissions are due Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.

About the Awards 

These awards are named for Professor Matt Richardson and former UT Librarians Kristen Hogan and Lindsey Schell, who founded the UT Libraries’ groundbreaking Black Queer Studies Collection in 2009-2010. The prize money is dispersed through the UT Libraries, and primarily draws from the Black Queer Studies Collection Endowment, originally funded through a crowd-sourced fundraising campaign in 2021.

Learn more about the UT Libraries’ Black Queer Studies Collection, including the story of its founding: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/bqsc/

Truman Scholarship Information Session 

September 27, 2022, at 4pm CT  (Zoom)

Register here 

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 towards a public service-related graduate degree to students who aspire to work in a public service career.  The Truman foundation broadly defines public service to include employment in government, public-interest organizations, nongovernmental research, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Juniors, or seniors, graduating in 2023-24, OR, seniors graduating early (3 years or less) in 2022-23 are eligible to apply. UT application deadline: October 28, 2022.  Learn more at www.truman.gov/

Truman Scholarship Information Session

April 06, 2022 at 5pm (Zoom)

This competitive scholarship provides $30,000 towards a public service-related graduate degree to students who aspire to work in a public service career.  The Truman foundation broadly defines public service to include employment in government, public-interest organizations, nongovernmental research, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations.  Juniors graduating during the 2023-24 academic year are eligible to apply.  Register here 

Schwarzman Scholarship Information Session

April 11, 2022 at 2pm (in-person and Zoom)

The Schwarzman Scholarship funds a one-year masters degree in global affairs from the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Seniors and alumni are eligible to apply. Come hear from a Schwarzman representative and a UT alumni Schwarzman scholar. Register here

UK and Ireland Scholarships Information Session

April 12, 2022 at 5pm (Zoom)

The session will provide an overview of the prestigious scholarships for graduate study at institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Gates Cambridge, and Mitchell.  Seniors and alumni are eligible to apply for these awards. Register here 

PD Soros Fellowship for New Americans Information Session

April 20, 2022 at 11am (Zoom)

This award is for immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing any type of fulltime professional or graduate school in the United States. The scholarship is open to seniors or recent graduates in any academic discipline. Come learn more from a PD Soros representative. Register here

Please visit ODPS at utpostbac.com or email questions to odps@austin.utexas.edu.