Charles Elias Shepard Scholarship for Graduate Study
This scholarship has been established to assist a worthy graduate of Emory University seeking a Masters or PhD degree. The award is open to student graduating seniors in any Emory undergraduate school and to recent graduates from any Emory University Bachelor’s program.
The graduate program may be an Emory University graduate program or a graduate program at another university.
The selection criteria are:
- Academic excellence and above average academic performance at Emory
- The ability to complete the designated graduate program with distinction
- Appropriateness and quality of the graduate program
Applicants may be current graduating seniors or may have graduated in the last five years. Seniors enrolled in the College but earning joint bachelor’s/master’s degrees are eligible. The amount of the award and the number of awards available are dependent on the financial performance of the trust fund; in the past, at least one scholarship of at least $20,000 has been awarded. The graduate program may be at Emory or at another university. The award may not be applied to professional doctoral degrees (MD, JD, etc.). Recipients of the award must give proof of enrollment in the university program designated in the application before the award is disbursed. It is not possible to defer the award.
To apply, please submit the following:
- Applicant information sheet.
- An essay of 1000 words or less detailing the applicant’s professional and academic goals and explaining why she/he selected this course of study at the designated university. It is important to highlight the particular resources or characteristics of the program that led the applicant to select this program. Explain why the program offers the best available training in the applicant’s field and how it will best advance the applicant’s intellectual and career goals.
- Two letters of reference from individuals competent to assess the applicant’s abilities and prospects in their proposed field of study. Please use the provided form.
- An Emory transcript will be added to the application by our office. Submit an official transcript from any other school from which you have taken courses for credit only IF the course names and grades are NOT listed separately on your Emory transcript.
- A copy of a letter of acceptance from the designated program, when available.
Applications must be received by 5 PM, April 13, 2009. Email submissions are preferred, but hard copies will be accepted if email submission is not possible.
Dr. Dee McGraw
Director, National Scholarship & Fellowships Program
nationalawards@emory.edu
Office for Undergraduate Education
300 White Hall
Atlanta GA 30322