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Questions about the International Awards Program should be directed to the Chairman. Alexei Maradudin
Award Winners Application Materials for the 2008-2009 funding cycle.
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International Scholarships Alpha Association of Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in Southern California funds and administers a scholarship program for foreign students engaged in graduate study in Southern California. The Association feels that less money is now available to aid foreign students than in other recent times, and that many foreign students are in need of financial assistance. The Association also feels that special benefits accrue to Americans affiliated with colleges and universities from exposure to foreign students. Awards to foreign students are granted to those who are conducting graduate studies in academic institutions in Southern California with Phi Beta Kappa Chapters. The Association expects that awards will be given to students who are counterparts of Phi Beta Kappa scholars in the American system, that is, foreign graduate students of academic excellence. Requests are screened by the respective colleges and universities as to academic qualifications and need. A committee made up of academic representatives of colleges and universities in Southern California with Phi Beta Kappa Chapters currently administers the international scholarship program, determines recipients, and determines the amounts of grants. In granting scholarship awards, the academic committee considers both need and merit. The best students are awarded scholarships, that is, those with high academic performance and other qualities normally thought of as requirements for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Need, however, is also weighed heavily, and scholarship funds are not awarded to students who are not in need of the funds. It is not an absolute requirement of each award that the students must return to their home countries, but it is generally hoped that they will. The Association understands that some students will not be able to return to their home countries for economic or political reasons. Moreover, substantial benefits accrue from a foreign student scholarship because of American exposure to the foreign students, even though the foreign students never return to their home countries. In all events the Association wishes to follow activities of scholarship recipients following their award in order to determine their locations and activities. Awards under the program are not limited to persons who come from underdeveloped or developing countries. As a general rule, at least one scholarship will be awarded to each institution in Southern California which has a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter and from which a Scholarship application is received. Beyond that, the academic committee administering the awards has broad discretion to make
decisions based upon the merit and need of the students involved. In making these
decisions, the academic committee weighs the fact that there is not a significant graduate
program in some of the involved institutions, and that there are very large graduate
programs at other institutions involving substantial numbers of foreign students. Last updated 11 Jun 2008 |
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