History Scholarships

If you’re passionate about studying the past, a degree in history can help you turn your passion into a rewarding career and will equip you with abilities valued in any profession.

A history program teaches you how to investigate the past and how to build and sustain arguments based on historical facts, thus developing your skills in critical thinking, research, communication, and writing.

These scholarships are designed to help you pay for educational expenses and give you a good opportunity to start pursuing your educational and professional dreams.

The American Legion Oratorical Contest has been created so as to develop deeper knowledge and appreciation for the U.S. Constitution among high school students. Since its foundation in 1938, the program acknowledges participants who take an academic speaking challenge that teaches important le...
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The CBC Spouses Education Scholarship was established in 1988. This was done by the spouses of Congressional Black Caucus members due to the fact that there were some cuts in spending for education programs and scholarships, which affect people of color. So, they decided to award scholarshi...
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The Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington Scholarship has been awarded since May 1940 and it was created with the aim to honor our pioneer ancestors.
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The IEEE Life Members' Fellowship in Electrical History has the aim to finaicaly support younger generations who are tring to reach their higher education golas. The scholarship can be used for one year of full-time graduate work in the history of electrical science and technology at a college...
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The Adam Smith Fellowship is a co-sponsored program of the Mercatus Center and Liberty Fund, Inc. The main aim of this award is to encourage students to critically engage key thinkers in political economy that they might not otherwise encounter during their graduate studies.
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The John Carter Brown Library Fellowship Program is there to support graduate students and scholars of the early Americas from the U.S. and abroad. It is worth mentioning that approximately forty fellowships are awarded annually. However, they are not available to all people, as the committ...
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The Kenneth E. Hasbrouck, Sr. History Scholarship has been awarded every other year since 2001. The amount of $1,000 is given to one college student who proves to be the most deserving one among so many candidates applying.
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Many history students appreciate the possibility of getting the Lucille Stoeppler Baker Scholarship. The organization has noticed the importance of supporting young students with excellent academic achievements who are struggling with financial difficulties. The scholarship was named after ...
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The Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies is designed to financially support Ph.D. and post-doc candidates from around the world who are interested in doing research about the Holocaust.  
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