Scholarship details
This scholarship happens to fall within the government-based scholarships but for a very different reason. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program scholarship, is looking for young individuals/students that may be looking to have a career in Foreign Service. This program is to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers which they can help formulate, represent and implement US foreign policy.
This opportunity is gifted and funded with help from The United States Department of Defense and Foreign Policy. This means that students will be able to raise to a high ranking foreign policy position, career wise. Not only does this career tend to take place in Washington D.C. (a central political city) but this also means that students entering this scholarship will haved a very great chance for a lot of potential. That potential could involve running for senator or governeor, or even for president one day.
All applicants should consult the facts section on the main scholarship website and discover how this program scholarship was first created.
This specific scholarship was named in honor of Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who became a household name in the United States governement. Because of different available programs, Rangel was originally a former high school dropout. But found sanction within the U.S Army and quickly found his calling for justice. After completing his army term, he went forward to achieve a Bachlor’s degree and then with a full law degree at Harvard.
Eligibility
- For eligibility students must be looking to head to graduate school – first year of college in the Fall of 2022.
- All potential applicants must be a United States citizen. This is strictly a domestic-based scholarship.
- When applicants send in their application, they must show their most current grade point average. All applicants must have a grade point average at a minimum of 3.2, however, 4.0 grade point average applications will receive primary acceptance and review.
- Both male and female students are accepted to apply.
- Since this is working with a government based career, individuals who apply cannot have a prior criminal offense on their person record.
- Pererably, it would be required for students that are interested, that they would be studying some sort of government AP courses.
- This is for young students who are looking to enter college in 2022, so the age limit would be between 17 – 21 years of age.
Requirements
The biggest requirement is that any new or recent high school graduates of 2022, will have to wait to apply for this scholarship. This scholarship is meant for individuals who are considered an undergraduate but graduated high school in the early protion of 2021.
This is a governement scholarship that is funded and sponsered by The United States Department of Defense and Foreign Policy. Since the department is looking for newcomers who are interested in Foreign Policy, it is a huge insistance that students look for programs that cover governement basics.
To enter towards the career role within Foreign Policy, a Master’s degree is absolutely needed. This is an essential ingredient for students who want to end up receiving this scholarship. That means this opportunity must be taken serisouly and with reason.
How to Apply
The only way to apply is through the online scholarship application form portal available on the website listed on this page.
Everything that will be needed when submitting an application will include the traditional official documents like transcripts. Along with at least two letters of recommendations from a high school teacher or faculty member, the needed proof of U.S. citizenship, and a list of the Spring programs/courses the student wishes to take.
Reward – Extra Benefits
The rewards of this scholarship are fairly grand and fantastic. For United State student citizens, they can receive up to $43,000 per year for two-years. However, the catch is that the student must be working towards their Master’s degree. That’s why this is a two-year scholarship and why $43,000 will be distributed each year at the beginning of the academic year.
Luckily, students will receive room, textbook fees, equipment fees, that would add up to around $18,000 USD for all of the extra cost. Now a monthly allowance is not part of this scholarship, yet the student will have every facet of their educational year covered for free.
Another requirement to keep this scholarship is that a student must not let their grade point average slip past 3.2.
Deadline
Typically the deadline dates will fall between June 13 – July 22, 2022. However, this can change and has for the past few years. Students should check the website link frequently and sign up for emails to receive any notifications.
Since the deadline date is in the Summer, this means that high school students that graduate towards the end of 2021, like December 2021 are not eligible. Those students would need to wait for the 2023 deadline year to apply.
Open Submission Window Time Frame
The open submission window begins in May and closes in either June or July 2022. Since the deadline date is bound to change, that means that the open submission window time frame may change as well. Students should keep up on all email notifications or alerts that the website will send out.
All applicants should reach out via the email in the contact section, if they are worried about knowing the correct deadline date. Simply just reach out via email and double check with their admissions official to see what that date is for the current year.
Annual
In wonderful news, this has become an annaul fellowship scholarship where mulitple students will greatly benefit from this near $100,00 two-year scholarship.
All students must check the website link that is provided on this page, to ensure that the deadline dates have not changed or if further questions needed to be answered. However, students should check the ‘FAQs’ section on the website to see if any inquiry has already been answered.
All potential applicants should check out more government-like scholarships to apply to if this is exactly what they are looking forward towards. Without a doubt, all individuals looking to apply should check the official documents that will be needed upon application submission.
