The Boren Awards application deadlines are quickly approaching.  The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is January 28, 2010.  The national application deadline for the Boren Scholarship is February 10, 2010. 

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The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship for graduate students is less than two weeks away.  As you put the finishing touches on your application, be sure to follow this advice. 

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The national application deadline for the Boren Scholarship for undergraduate students is only a few weeks away.  As you put the finishing touches on your application, be sure to follow this advice. 

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The award announcements for the Boren Scholarship and Fellowship are typically made in early May.

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Many applicants request information on whether students in business, engineering, law, and medicine have received Boren Fellowships. 

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Like many Ph.D. students, Schaun Wheeler considered pursuing a career in academia.  However, he decided on a different route.  Schaun is currently examining insurgencies and social movements as an intelligence analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).  A division of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, the NGIC provides intelligence to war commanders, the Department of Defense, and national-level decision makers.  This allows Schaun to impact the real-world problems that first excited him in college and graduate school.

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As a freshman at Clark University, Peter Gray read This Earth of Mankind, a novel set in Java at the end of Dutch colonial rule.  The book’s depiction of Javanese culture sparked Peter’s interest and he has since pursued a number of opportunities to learn more about Indonesia.  Peter received a Boren Scholarship in 2009 and is currently studying at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. 

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