American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) Transit Hall of Fame Scholarship Program - Annually provides up to nine scholarships in the amount of $2,500 to undergraduate (sophomores, juniors, or seniors) or graduate students pursuing careers in public transportation. Requires an internship and/or employment with public transit agency.
Scholarships and Fellowships
Click to see recent winners- 2009 - Brandon Kearse
- 2008 - Bryan Hollaway, James Wagner
- 2007 - James Wagner
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ASCE Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships - Several scholarships and fellowships (15 undergraduate and 3 graduate offered in 2009) ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 available for full-time students who are enrolled in or admitted to a civil engineering program.
Deadline: 2/9/2009
2006 - Pete Jenior
Chi-Epsilon Scholarships - Annually provides ten $1,500 district-level and up to seven $3,000 and three $1,000 national-level scholarships to an undergraduate or graduate student who is a member of Chi-Epsilon.
Deadline: Typically November 15
2009 - Elise Barrella
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program - 10-week science policy fellowship program with the National Academies. Students receive a small stipend to cover their cost of living, get exposed to science policy making in Washington and have the opportunity to make a substantive contribution to projects under way. It is also an invaluable networking opportunity for policy oriented students interested in possibly working in Washington.
Deadlines: November 1 for winter program, March 1 for summer program, June 1 for fall program
- 2011 - J.P. O'Har
- 2008 - Anthon Sonnenberg
Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering Mundy Travel Fund - This is a unique program in which undergraduate civil engineering students (or those in the joint BS/MS program) at the Georgia Institute of Technology can apply for travel funds to support an international experience.
- 2011 - Amanda Wall - $5,000 for Germany transportation immersion experience
- 2011 - Elise Barrella, Stefanie Broadie, Emma Bones - $4,300 for Ghana conference and immersion experience
- 2010 - Aaron Greenwood, Susan Hotle, Stacey Mumbower and Andrew Vischio - $4,000 for Cairo-Dubai immersion experience
- 2010 - Joel Anders, Chris Barrow, Matt Crane and Vincent Guobatis - $4,300 for Moscow immersion experience
- 2010 - Adam Rosbury - $4,800 for Transport Research Conference in Brussels
- 2010 - Stephanie Box and Alex Pochowski - $3,500 for travel to ITE Technical Tour in England
- 2009 - Brandon Denny - $6,000 for six-week Scandinavian experience
- 2009 - J.P. O’Har and Katherine D’ambrosio - $3,500 for European Transport Conference and Amsterdam experience
- 2009 - Jamie Fischer - $5,000 for travel to Kenya
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program - The U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration offer graduate research fellowships for students pursuing advanced degrees. The graduate fellowship ranges in duration. Different fellowship amounts are awarded and range from $1,500 for the recipient to attend the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. to fully-funded fellowships valued at $34,000 per year (with up to three years of funding) that include tuition and stipend reimbursements. The fellowship pays a monthly stipend of up to $1,700 for MS students and $2,000 for PhD students.
Deadline: Annual program with deadlines in mid-February
- 2011 - Greg Macfarlane ($69,500 award); Tom Wall ($69,500 award); Josie Kressner, Brittany Luken, J.P. O'Har, Brent Weigel ($11,500 awards); Aaron Greenwood and Susan Hotle ($5,000 awards)
- 2010 - Elise Barrella ($69,500 award), Josie Kressner ($11,500 award), and Tom Wall ($11,500 award)
- 2009 - Laurel Paget-Seekins ($69,500 award), Stacey Mumbower ($11,500 award), Elise Barrella, Dwayne Henclewood, Donny Katz, Brent Weigel ($1,500 travel awards)
- 2008 - Saroch Boonsiripant and Laurel Paget-Seekins ($1,500 travel awards)
- 2005 - Rob Dell-Ross ($5,000 award) and Mshadoni Smith ($5,000 award)
ENO Transportation Foundation's Leadership Development Conference - One week leadership development conference on transportation public policy held in Washington, D.C. Twenty graduate students from across the U.S. are selected to participate in the conference. Each year, four students are also recognized via LDC Awards of Distinction. Requires nomination by the CEE transportation faculty.
Deadline: Annual program with deadlines in mid-February
- 2011 - Elise Barrella (PB/WTS nominee), Brittany Luken and Donald Katz (Thomas D. Larson Fellowship)
- 2010 - Mary Kaiser and Brent Weigel (Charles William Koch Award)
- 2009 - James Wagner and Stacey Mumbower (GAR Foundation Award)
- 2008 - Anthon Sonnenberg (received Eno award of distinction)
- 2007 - Laurel Paget-Seekins
- 2006 - Mshadoni Smith
- 2005 - Lacy Bell
FACES - Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (FACES) is a National Science Foundation - sponsored effort between Georgia Tech, Morehouse, Emory University and Spelman designed to increase the number of African-Americans attaining doctorates in engineering and science. Incoming and continuing graduate students who are committed to pursuing a Ph.D. degree are eligible to be considered for a FACES Fellowship. The FACES Fellowship provides an annual stipend of $3,000 or $5,000, depending on the status of the student's Ph.D. candidacy.
Deadline: Open
Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduate students to study abroad for one academic year. In academic year 2006-2007, more than 1,200 Americans are studying abroad in over 140 countries with either full or partial support from the Fulbright Program.
Deadline: Typically mid-September
- 2010 - Tom Wall
- 2010 - Johannes Von Dem Knesebeck
- 2007 - Donny Katz
- 2005 - John Crocker
Georgia ASHE McGee Scholarship - The Georgia Section of the American Society of Highway Engineers annually offers one or more scholarships in the amount of $1000 - $2000 to a junior or senior undergradute student pursuing a transportation-related degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Southern Polytechnic State University or Georgia Southern University. You can download a sample application from 2008.
Deadline: Typically in mid-December
2011 - Greg Macfarlane