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The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of
Directors of The Sperry and Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin, Frederick, and
Walter Beinecke. The Board created an endowment to provide substantial
scholarships for the graduate education of young men and women of exceptional
promise.
The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to
pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of
a graduated course of study. Since 1975 the program has selected more than 355
college juniors from 96 different schools for support during graduate study at
any accredited university. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to
entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate
school. There are no geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and
recipients are allowed to supplement the award with other scholarships,
assistantships and research grants. Scholars are encouraged to begin graduated
study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize
all of the funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies. In
the absence of institutional support or limits, scholars may receive a maximum
award of $15,000 per year.
In 1998, the board of The Sperry Fund decided to limit eligibility for the
award to students planning to attend graduate school in the arts, humanities
and social sciences.
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To be eligible for a Beinecke Scholarship, a student must:
- Have demonstrated superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic
achievement and personal promise during his or her undergraduate career.
- Be a college junior pursuing a bachelor's degree during the 2007-2008
academic year. "Junior" means a student who plans to continue full-time
undergraduate study and who expects to receive a baccalaureate degree between
December 2008 and August 2009.
- Plan to enter a master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or
social sciences. Students in the social sciences who plan to pursue graduate
study in neuroscience should not apply for a Beinecke Scholarship.
- Be a United States citizen or a United States national from American Samoa
or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during his
or her undergraduate years. Primary evidence of meeting this criterion is a
student's history of receiving need-based institutional, state or federal
grants-in-aid. An institutional financial aid officer will be required to
complete a Financial Data Sheet certifying that the student meets this
criterion. In the selection process, the amount of financial need will not be a
major determining factor, nevertheless, preference is given to candidates for
whom the awarding of a scholarship would increase the likelihood of the
student's being able to attend graduate school.
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Dartmouth College may nominate one junior for the Beinecke Scholarship. Any
student wishing to be nominated must submit the following to the Scholarship
Advising office by the campus deadline of February 4, 2008:
- Application
Form
- Resume
- Personal Statement
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Official Transcript
- Financial
Data Sheet
The Committee on Graduate Fellowships will read your application materials
and decide on the nomination. You will be informed of your status via
email.
If you are nominated, you will be required to edit and revise your personal
statement with the Writing Editor.
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All three letters of recommendation must be from faculty members that assess
the nominee's intellectual curiosity, character, and potential for advanced
graduate study. Letters should be sent to Scholarship Advising, 6201
Wentworth Hall, Hanover, NH 03755 or HB6201.
For more information on recommendation letters, click here.
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The Scholarship Advising office will submit your final application with
Certification of Eligibility Form to the Beinecke Scholarship Foundation by the
application deadline of March 1, 2008.
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February 4, 2008
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Campus Deadline for Nomination Materials
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March 1, 2008
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Beinecke Application Deadline
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May 1, 2008
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Beinecke Scholars Announced
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Beinecke Scholarship Program
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