Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Award
Winners receive up to $30,000 for 2-3 years of graduate study.
Funding is for graduate or professional schools in the United States or foreign countries.
Visit the Truman website for more information.
Eligibility
Must be a junior interested in a career in the public sector.
Students in a five-year program may apply in their third or fourth year.
U.S. citizenship required.
How to get started
Students must meet with an OURSD representative in order to get access to the online application. Carnegie Mellon nominates up to four students through an internal competition that includes completing the online Truman application, policy proposal, recommendations and an interview. Applicants are strongly encouraged to get feedback on their drafted application materials in advance of the required campus deadline.
Required Campus Deadline: EXTENDED to December 2, 2024
Students seeing CMU nomination for the Truman Scholarship must submit all of the required materials by this deadline in order to be considered.
Required Materials:
- A signed OURSD Scholarship Waiver
- A completed Truman applicaiton, submitted online, including the policy proposal
- Three letters of recommendation, with each one focused on one of these criteria: leadership abilities and potential, commitment to a career in public service, and intellect and prospects for continuing academic success. You should give the appropriate letter of recommendation form to each recommender when asking them to write a letter for you. It is okay for a letter to address more than one criteria, but there should be a letter primarily addressing each criterion. Letters must be emailed to oursd-general@andrew.cmu.edu by the campus deadline.
- Transcripts for all colleges and universities attended (unofficial is fine at this stage)
After the capus deadline, a committee will review the application. The nominated applicants will then be notified and guided through the final steps of the application process.
Final Nominee Deadline: February 3, 2025
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