Frank M. Snowden Jr. Undergraduate Scholarship

Frank M. Snowden Jr. Undergraduate Scholarship

Undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups in North America are invited to submit applications for scholarships to be given out for the summer of 2022 by the Committee on Diversity in the Profession of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS).

At the time of application, candidates must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree-granting program.

The scholarships’ main goal is to provide students with chances that aren’t available during the regular academic year to advance their study of the classics or ancient archaeology.

Participation in traditional summer programs or field schools in the Mediterranean or language instruction at institutions in the United States, Canada, or Europe are just a few examples of eligible proposals.

Students should apply to the Ancient World, Modern Communities program if they are interested in working on community engagement projects.

Such requests will only very seldom be granted, as the Snowden Scholarships are not meant to pay for coursework at applicants’ own universities or institutions.

Each Frank M. Snowden Jr. Scholarship will be worth a maximum of $4,500.

Since 2010, the SCS has been able to award at least two scholarships annually.

The Minority Scholarship in Classics and Classical Archaeology was first given out by the SCS in 1994.

In recent years, SCS has given out three to four scholarships annually.

The awards were changed to the Frank M. Snowden Jr. Undergraduate Scholarships in the early 2020s in recognition of the renowned Black classicist and former chair of the Howard University Classics Department.

ELIGIBILITY

Those eligible are members of historically underrepresented ethnic and racial groups in the United States and Canada, for example, students who are of African descent, Latinx, Asian or Asian American, Pacific Islander, and of indigenous descent (Native American, Inuit, Canadian First Peoples.)

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SELECTION CRITERIA

Candidates will be judged on the basis of (a) their academic qualifications, including demonstrated ability in fields that prepare a student for further study in Classics or archaeology, (b) the quality of their proposal, and (c) financial need.

The application must be supported by two letters of recommendation.

At least one letter of recommendation must include a statement indicating that the applicant is an appropriate candidate for the purposes of this scholarship.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND DEADLINES

The receipt deadline for applications is December 20, 2022 at 9 P.M. EST; results will be announced in early 2022.

All application materials should be sent as e-mail attachments to the Executive Director of the SCS, Dr. Helen Cullyer, at helen.cullyer@nyu.edu. Applications must include:

• (1) The application form for 2022 (fillable pdf)

• (2) a letter describing your career goals and plans for summer 2022, with a prioritized list of programs to which you will apply. How would the proposed program help you achieve your future goals? Examples include, but are not limited to, completing a major or minor in Classics; preparing for post-baccalaureate work or graduate study; preparing to teach at the K-12 level or to enter a profession related to Classics or archaeology in, for example, museums, libraries, or publishing.

• (3) two letters of recommendation from faculty members or other professionals who have worked with you during the past two years. Letters of recommendation should indicate how the candidate meets the criteria for the award; and both letter-writers should submit their letters directly to the Executive Director (helen.cullyer@nyu.edu) as e-mail attachments;

• (4) a one-page summary of the projected or actual budget (e.g., airfare, tuition, program expenses, accommodation expenses, income replacement, etc.);

• (5) a transcript of current undergraduate work. This should be either a secure (locked) transcript provided to you by your institution or an electronic version of your current transcript submitted by your department chair.

For further information, please contact the Chair of the Committee for 2022, Christina Clark.

FUNDING SOURCES

Awards are made possible by member donations and raffle proceeds.

Members of the SCS are encouraged to support this important activity through contributions and through participation in the Committee’s raffle of books and gift certificates donated by exhibitors at the annual meeting.

We are grateful to the exhibitors who have supported the raffle for many years.

At least one award is made possible by very generous gifts to the SCS’s Endowment for Classics Research and Teaching from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Friends of Michael Putnam.

These gifts were made in response to the Society’s From Gatekeeper to Gateway Campaign and were eligible for matching funds from a challenge grant the SCS received from the National Endowment for the Humanities.