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.

Applications are now open for the 2022 George H. Mitchell Student Awards for Academic Excellence.

With support from the University Co-op, The University of Texas at Austin recognizes undergraduate students for superior scholarly or creative achievement. Four students will receive awards of $5,000, and one student will receive the top award of $7,000. In addition to the student awards, the Provost’s Office provides a concurrent award of half the value of each student’s award to the academic department in which the scholarly work was supervised.

Who can apply?

• Nominees must be either a junior or senior currently enrolled at UT Austin or have received their undergraduate degree in December 2021.
• Students must demonstrate superior scholarly or creative achievement through a notable paper or thesis, research project, creative or artistic endeavor, or other product of the student’s academic work.
• Submitted work should be finished or close to finished (e.g. a complete draft of a thesis or research paper).
• Previous Mitchell Award recipients are eligible only if the submitted work is a completely different project.

Learn more about application requirements. Complete this application by Wednesday, March 23.

If you have any questions, please email undergraduateawards@utexas.edu.