Are students from state colleges and universities or small private schools competitive for Blakemore grants? Must an applicant attend an Ivy League or other elite school to be awarded a Blakemore Fellowship?
Since our first language grants were made in 1992, we have awarded fellowships to individuals with degrees from a wide variety of schools. About one-half of our grants have gone to students from the University of Washington, Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford, or the University of Chicago, followed by Columbia University, University of Michigan, Cornell and Ohio State as well as 39 other institutions ranging from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. While the greatest number of grants have gone to students from institutions with extensive Asian language programs or large numbers of extremely bright students, the institution is less important than the applicant. Depending upon funding available to us, we are only able to make grants to 10%-11% of qualified applicants. Therefore, Blakemore grants are very competitive, but superior candidates from all institutions are encouraged to apply.
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