Scholarships

Two USA Foundation Sociology Scholarships and two USA Foundation Anthropology Scholarships, each in the amount of up to $750, may be awarded every year at the departmental awards ceremony.

To be eligible, you must:

• Be a junior or senior enrolled at USA, majoring in sociology or anthropology. You must enroll in the Fall semester 2012 to receive the award.
• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Submit an essay on your career goals.
• Submit two (2) letters of recommendation from USA faculty (at least one from a faculty member outside your major).
• Paper Awards

The Department will also present one Sociology Student Paper Award and one Anthropology Student Paper Award, each in the amount of $50. Currently enrolled undergraduates (of any major) should submit papers meeting the following criteria:

• The student must be the sole author of the paper.
• The paper must substantially cover a topic from a sociological or anthropological perspective. Examples include reviews or syntheses of the discipline’s literature, original observations, or research reports.

Submit applications and papers by the deadline to:

Honors and Awards Committee
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Humanities Building, Room 34

The USA Foundation Graduate Sociology Scholarship will be awarded to a Sociology graduate student for the Academic Year.

To be eligible, you must:

• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Submit an essay on your career goals.
• Submit two (2) letters of recommendation from faculty.
• Enroll in the Fall semester 2012 to receive the award. Students with Assistantships at that time are not eligible.
• Paper Award

The Department will also present one Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award in the amount of $50. Currently enrolled graduate students (from any discipline) should submit papers meeting the following criteria:

• The student must be the sole author of the paper.
• The paper must substantially cover a topic from a sociological perspective. Examples include reviews or syntheses of the discipline’s literature, original observations, or research reports.

Submit applications and papers by the deadline to:

Honors and Awards Committee
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Humanities Building, Room 34