Experience the life-changing Michigan State University Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship Grant Program

Michigan State University Scholarship can make at least two awards annually of up to $1,000. The number of awards made and actual award amounts depend on the quality of proposals and the resources available in the fiscal year in which funds are proposed for expenditure.

Proposals may request support for tuition or for other educational expenses such as research gathering or dissertation writing. Personal, education related or family expenses will also be considered. Proposals requesting partial support to attend a professional conference will also be considered.

About Michigan State University

Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States.After the introduction of the Morrill Act in 1862, the state designated the college a land-grant institution in 1863, making it the first of the land-grant colleges in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1870. In 1955, the state officially made the college a university, and the current name, Michigan State University, was adopted in 1964. Today, Michigan State has the largest undergraduate enrollment among Michigan’s colleges and universities and approximately 634,300 living alums worldwide.

The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity”.The university’s campus houses the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, the Abrams Planetarium, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, and the country’s largest residence hall system.

Scholarship Summary

  • Type Undergraduate
  • OrganisationMichigan State University
  • Country to study United States
  • School to study Michigan State University
  • Gender Men and Women
  • Application Deadline July 15, 2024

Aim and Benefits of Michigan State University Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship Grant

The Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship can make at least two awards annually of up to $1,000.  The number of awards made and actual award amounts depend on the quality of proposals and the resources available in the fiscal year in which funds are proposed for expenditure.

Requirements for Michigan State University Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship Grant

To be eligible for Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship Grant Program, applicants are expected to meet the following conditions:

  • Applicants must be Africans
  • Applicants must be Michigan State University African students in good academic standing. (The grant has an emphasis toward the educational enhancement of women)
  • Applicants should be Michigan State University students on a temporary visa
  • Applicants must describe the factors that suggest the likelihood of their returning to their home country
  • Applicants must have demonstrated capacity to achieve their educational goals and have the assertiveness to seek further opportunities to advance their education.

How to Apply

Applicants seeking for Miriam J. Kelley African Scholarship Grant Program should pleased send applications to: Office for International Students and Scholars, 103 International Centre. The application consists of 2 parts, a narrative and 2 supporting letters.

Part I:  Your narrative should be 3 single-spaced pages or less and should treat the following topics:

  • General description of applicant’s educational goals and the relationship of the proposed activities to those goals, (What you will do and why, where and with whom).
  • Specific purpose of the activities and the benefits likely in the short or long run to the student and the student’s home country.
  • Budget outline detailing expected costs of the activities and other confirmed or prospective funding from university or outside sources to be received by the student during the time period of these activities.

Part II: Supporting letters

  • Two supporting letters are required, one from the applicant’s advisor or chairperson and another from a teacher of the applicant.

For application form, click here (doc).

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