Over the past three years, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism has raised almost $9 million in private funds for scholarships and academic enhancements that will ensure its success as a top-flight graduate program. The gifts have allowed us to hand out approximately 150 full and partial scholarships based on both need and merit. Students are automatically considered for these scholarships simply by applying to the School.
Dozens of professional organizations and foundations also offer scholarships to students who meet specialized criteria. Following is a list of outside scholarship sources. Please visit the web sites of these organizations for the most up-to-date information and deadlines.
About.com (Various Scholarships)
Association for Women in Sports Media
Note: Open only to female students.
Association for Young Journalists and Writers
The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation
Note: Open only to students majoring in broadcast communications.
Business and Professional Women’ Foundation
Note: Applicants must be female and be at least 25 years of age.
Communication Workers of America (CWA) (Joe Beirne Foundation Scholarship)
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
Note: Open to Latino students with demonstrated financial need
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Note: Students interested in this scholarship must be nominated by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation faculty representative at their institution. View a list of member schools.
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Scholarship Listing
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Note: Open only to Hispanic students
Institute for Human Studies
Inter American Press Association
Note: Under this program, U.S. and Canadian scholars spend an academic year studying and reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Latin American and Caribbean scholars spend an academic year studying at a recognized U.S. or Canadian journalism school
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
Note: Submitted articles must deal with problems faced by society’ disadvantaged groups.
Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarship Program
Note: Applicants must be U.S. citizens of Polish descent
Mexican and American Legal Defense and Education Fund (for non-U.S. or legal resident students)
National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Ruben Salazar Scholarship Fund)
National Institute for Labor Relations Research (William B. Ruggles Right to Work Journalism Scholarship)
National Italian American Foundation
Note: Eligible applicants fall in two categories: Category 1 are Italian-American students who demonstrate outstanding potential and high academic achievement; Category 2 are students from any ethnic background majoring or minoring in Italian language or Italian studies.
National Press Photographers Foundation Scholarships
Native American Journalism Association
The Newspaper Guild-CWA (Heywood Brown Award and David S. Bar Award)
New York Financial Writers Association
Note: Must be interested in pursuing a career in business or financial reporting
New York Women in Communications Inc. Foundation Scholarship
Note: Applicants must be female, and must be permanent residents of NY, NJ, CT, or PA.
Overseas Press Club of America
Chips Quinn Scholars Internship Program by Freedom Forum.org
Radio-Television and News Directors Association and Foundation
Society of Professional Journalists
South Asian Journalists Association
Note: Applicants must be of South Asian descent.
Stoody-West Fellowship
Note: Must be a United Methodist who intends to pursue a career in religion journalism.
