University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication

University of North Carolina, Carol Hall CB 3365
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
Ph: (919)962-1204
Fax: (919)962-0620
E-mail: [email protected]
URL:http://www.jomc.unc.edu

Floyd S. Alford Jr. Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists; to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding journalistic talent and a strong commitment to improving the community through honest and accurate work. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be undergraduate students majoring in journalism. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Peggy Allen Community Newspaper Internships (Undergraduate/Internship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have an at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $5,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Phillip Alston Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism; Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be undergraduate students in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Jim Batten Community Newspaper Internships (Undergraduate/Internship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to news-editorial journalism and community journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $5,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Applicants must contact the school's director of graduate studies for other application requirements. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

BellSouth Business Internship Awards (Postgraduate/Internship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to undergraduate or graduate students interested in business journalism. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must have arranged a business journalism internship and must be in the Bell-South service area. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form.

Margaret Blanchard Dissertation Support Fund (Postgraduate/Grant)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be graduate student who are U.S. citizens. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: varies. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form; applicants must contact the school's director of graduate studies. Deadline: January 1.

Tom Bost Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Rick Brewer Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Broadcasting; Journalism; Public relations. Qualif.: Applicants must be undergraduate students with a keen interest in pursuing a career in sports journalism, broadcasting, or public relations. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Elton Casey Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be students who are interested in pursuing a career in sports journalism with a preference given to students from Orange or Durham counties. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $750. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Ardis Cohoon Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide educational assistance for journalists intending to achieve better communication skills. Focus: Communications; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university with at least a 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic performance and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application package.

Louis M. Connor Jr. Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Public relations. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have an at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $3,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Kathryn M. Cronin Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism; Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have an at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $3,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form; see Professor Tom Linden. Deadline: March 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Don and Barbara Curtis Excellence Fund for Extracurricular Student Activities (Undergraduate/Grant)

Purpose: To educate journalists; to support undergraduates who participate in meaningful out-of class activities that will help them in their mass communications careers. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be students who are currently enrolled at the University of North Carolina and/or as a member of a student organization. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $25,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: October and February. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

James Davis Scholarships (Undergraduate/Internship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have an at least 2.9 GPA; Applicants must be studying North Carolina history, and North Carolina natives. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $4,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Robert Winchester Dodson Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be students who are currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Vivian Edmonds Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be sophomore students and must have a minimum of 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Reese Felts Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Ameel J. Fisher Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $4,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Victoria M. Gardner Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists so that they can communicate about science and medicine effectively. Focus: Medical. Qualif.: Applicants must be students interested in families, children, and medical issues. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $5,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: October 1.

Kays Gary Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communications; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have an at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Stephen Gates Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Broadcasting. Qualif.: Applicants must be student currently enrolled or planing to enroll in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Joy Gibson Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

L.C. Gifford Distinguished Journalism Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be journalism students from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Charles Hauser Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Paul Green Houston Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be students majoring in news editorial journalism. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

James F. Hurley III Bicentennial Merit Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $7,250. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Applicants must contact the school's director of graduate studies for other application requirements. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Fred Hutchison Travel Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists; to help defray expenses associated with travel to foreign countries for courses. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be students who are currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form; see Professor Tom Linden. Deadline: March 1. Contact: jyopp@ email.unc.edu.

Edward Jackson International Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists; to support undergraduate students in traveling to a European country to learn about it's politics, culture, and mass media by working there. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be news editorial undergraduate students, preferably from North Carolina. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: February 1.

Gene Jackson Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be graduate students of the school whve had a distinguished career in newspaper and worked in the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Development Office. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,250. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Peter Lars Jacobson Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide educational assistance for journalists

to help them achieve effective communication in the fields of science and medicine. Focus: Journalism; Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be journalism and mass communication students who are able to write the best medical story. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic performance and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must submit completed application form; applicants must submit a story or stories with name, address, telephone number and class year to Professor Tom Linden. Deadline: February 1.

Glenn Keever Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be undergraduate students, preferably in North Carolina. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Charles Kuralt Fellowships in International Broadcasting (Postgraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Broadcasting. Qualif.: Applicant must be a recent school graduate, with a bachelor's or master's degree who excelled in electronic communication. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form; see Professor Tom Linden. Deadline: October 1.

Norval Neil Luxon Prize for Scholarship to a Junior Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communications. Qualif.: Applicant must be junior with the highest grade point of average; applicants must have at least 36 credit hours of graded course work at the University of North Carolina and have completed approximately 90 credit hours by the end of the spring semester. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Mackey-Byars Scholarships for Communication Excellence (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be minority or disadvantaged students majoring in mass communications. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic performance and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Raleigh Mann Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application package.

Donald Mauer Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Advertising. Qualif.: Applicants must be rising junior in the advertising sequence. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Maxwell Graduate Scholarships in Medical Journalism (Postgraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists so that they can communicate about science and medicine effectively. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be master's students in the medical journalism program. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Molly McKay Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Religion. Qualif.: Applicants must be students interested in religion. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

C.A. “Pete” McKnight Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Edward Heywood Megson Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism; Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be graduates of University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $750. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Quincy Sharpe Mills Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to minority and disadvantaged students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled in or planning to attend university and must have a minimum of 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers. Preference is also given to minority and disadvantaged students.

Funds Avail.: $3,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Minority Presence Grant Program for Doctoral Study (Undergraduate/Grant)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: General studies. Qualif.: Applicants must be black residents of North Carolina; applicants must be full-time students pursuing doctoral degrees, law degree, or degrees in veterinary medicine at East Carolina University, Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at Greensboro, or at Charlotte Campus. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $4,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: March 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Alexander Morisey Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be first year students and must have a minimum of 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

N.C. Psychoanalytic Foundation Journalism Scholarships (Postgraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form; applicants must submit a 200-word proposal for a project in any medium on mental health. Deadline: March 1.

Pfizer Minority Medical Journalism Scholarships (Postgraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to medical journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be incoming master's students in the medical journalism program. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers. Preference is given to minority and disadvantaged students.

Funds Avail.: $6,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Robert Pittman Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have at least 2.9 GPA; applicants must have an internship at St. Petersburg Times. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need, and potential for journalism-mass communication careers. Preference is given to a student with an interest in newspapers.

Funds Avail.: $7,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Applicants must contact the School's Director of graduate studies for other application requirements. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Erwin Potts Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to Latino students studying newspaper journalism. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to attend in university and must have a minimum of 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $2,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

Peter DeWitt Pruden and Phyliss Harrill Pruden Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in a university in North Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia and have an at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Preference goes to students from Virginia, Tennessee or North Carolina with strong character, excellent academic performance and financial need. Funds Avail.: $10,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Applicants must contact the school's director of graduate studies for other application requirements. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box, Chapel Hill, NC 4-.

Bob Quincy Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: $2,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Marjorie Usher Regan Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be women with a career interest in print journalism. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Eugene L. Roberts Jr. Prize (Undergraduate/Prize)

Purpose: To educate journalists so that they can communicate effectively. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be undergraduate students interested in print journalism who propose the best idea for a Gene Roberts-type story; applicants must be returning to the School for at least one semester, when he or she will research and write the story in JOMC 296. The course is “Independent Study” supervised by a faculty member for three credits. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $5,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form. Deadline: February 1.

A.C. Snow Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be news editorial students with an interest in grammar. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $750. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Hal Tanner Jr. Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Advertising. Qualif.: Applicants must be rising senior students majoring in advertising. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Jim and Pat Thacker Sports Communication Internships (Undergraduate/Internship)

Purpose: To educate journalists; to pay expenses for a student who has secured a summer internship in sports communication. Focus: Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in university. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,500. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form; applicants must contact Professor John Sweeney for details.

Tucker Family Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers. Preference is given to students in print or broadcast.

Funds Avail.: $5,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

David Julian Wichard Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communication; Journalism. Qualif.: Applicants must be currently enrolled or planning to enroll in university; applicants must be residents of North Carolina. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $2,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

Tom Wicker Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to news-editorial graduate students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have an at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Applicants must contact the school's director of graduate studies for other application requirements. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

WKIX Alumni Association Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To educate journalists. Focus: Communications. Qualif.: Applicants must be student in the electronic communication sequence. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, and financial need.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application form.

WTVD Endowment Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To provide financial assistance to journalism students. Focus: Journalism; Communication. Qualif.: Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll in university and have at least 2.9 GPA. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on the academic performance, financial need and potential for journalism-mass communication careers.

Funds Avail.: $1,000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form. Deadline: February 1. Contact: PO Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1080.

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