Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Turning the Tide Masters Scholarship

Overview

The International Financial Aid Center offers financial aid, college scholarships, grants and awards search for international students studying abroad. The International Financial Aid Center scholarship search tool provides you with access to awards from all across the globe. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is one of ten faculties at Stellenbosch University, which offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Arts (Drama; Music and Visual Arts), Languages (African Languages; Afrikaans and Dutch; Ancient Studies; English; General Linguistics and Modern Foreign Languages), and Social Sciences (Geography and Environmental Studies; History; Information Science; Journalism; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Social Work; and Sociology and Social Anthropology). The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation was formed in 1969 when 2 foundations, namely the Avalon Foundation and the Old Dominion Foundation, consolidated. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation and is the biggest supporter of the arts and humanities in the USA. The Foundation awards grants and funding in 4 main program areas: Higher Learning; Arts and Culture; Public Knowledge; and Humanities in Place. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Stellenbosch University is pleased to announce, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a limited number of full-time scholarships for Master’s (100% research). Scholarships are available in all the disciplines that form part of our Faculty but this particular scholarship funding is available only for a research topic that falls within one of the following areas: • African Cultural Studies • The Anthropocene and Ecocriticism • Identity, Gender and Queer Studies