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A bursary [1] is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awards are aimed at encouraging specific groups or individuals into study.
In the U.S., a grant is given on the basis of economic need, determined by the amount to which the college's Cost of Attendance (COA) [6] [7] exceeds the Expected Family Contribution (EFC), [8] calculated by the U.S. Department of Education from information submitted on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid following formulas set by the United States Congress.
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The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
The Churchill Scholarship is awarded by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States to graduates of the more than one hundred colleges and universities invited to participate in the Churchill Scholarship Program, for the pursuit of research and study in the physical and natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, for one year at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge.
An Ontario Graduate Scholarship is awarded to a student for a single two- or three-term academic year [1] in any non-professional graduate program; [8] the terms must be consecutive. [9] The scholarship, which is worth $5,000 per term, is not granted for just one term.
Because access to further education, particularly post-graduate education, is linked with social mobility and racial wealth disparity, the scholarship (which is for post-graduate students) continues to attract criticism; however, the scholarship's recent partnership with the Atlantic Philanthropies is intended to help address those issues. [18 ...
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is a graduate fellowship in the United States for public service leadership. [1] It is a federally funded scholarship granted to U.S. undergraduate students for demonstrated leadership potential, academic excellence, and a commitment to public service. [ 2 ]