Description:

Beinecke Scholarships are awarded to undergraduates to support graduate study at a university in the United States or abroad. The program "seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of graduate course of study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences." The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 through the Sperry and Hutchinson Company's Sperry Fund to honor former company leaders Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke.

Twenty Beinecke Scholarships are normally awarded each year to American college Juniors who have demonstrated unusual ability in fields of study they intend to pursue at the graduate level in an eligible research-focused master’s or doctoral program. Each scholar receives a $4,000 grant immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school.

Cornell University is invited to nominate one candidate to the national competition each year. The campus nomination process is coordinated by the Office of Fellowships.