James Madison Graduate Fellowships

[Paco Tomei]

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Eligibility Requirements

Fellowship applicants compete only against other applicants from the states of their legal residence. To be eligible to apply for a fellowship, you must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
  
• Be a teacher, or plan to become a teacher, of American history, American government, or social studies at the secondary school level (grades 7–12).
  
• Possess a bachelor's degree or plan to receive a bachelor's degree no later than August 31 of the year in which you are applying.
  
• Wait at least three years from the time that any previous graduate degree was awarded before applying for a James Madison Fellowship.
  

Professional Teaching Obligation

After receiving the master's degree, each Fellow must teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7–12 for one full year for each academic year of funding received under a fellowship, preferably in the state from which the recipient won the fellowship.

http://www.jamesmadison.gov/index.html 

For other opportunities see:

http://scholarships.fatomei.com/scholarships-for-teachers.html 

http://scholarships.fatomei.com/social.html