The W.K. McClure Fund for the Study of World Affairs

The W.K. McClure Fund for the Study of World Affairs offers scholarships for research, study, internships and volunteer work to upper level undergraduates and graduate students whose projects or studies will enhance and promote education for world responsibility. The scholarship can be applied to any program which offers potential for the development of insights and knowledge relative to significant problems associated with world affairs and the reduction of international conflict, principally through legal, political, economic, social and scientific studies.

The W.K. McClure Fund for the Study of World Affairs, established in 1968 at the University of Tennessee by Wallace McClure, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, and the Trustees of the William Kyle McClure Foundation, annually offers a fellowship competition coordinated for the University by the Center for International Education. Designed to recognize outstanding academic achievement and to support further study, the fellowships consist of cash grants which can be used for research projects or specific study programs, normally conducted abroad. Grants are not usually awarded to provide tuition for on-campus University of Tennessee degree programs.

Criteria

• The proposed study focuses on the people, affairs, or cultures of non-U.S. regions of the world.
• Scholarly merits of the proposal 
• Academic achievement of applicant
• Potential contribution of the candidate/project to the international community through professional service or scholarly activity.
• Does the applicant expect to apply the knowledge gained through research and/or study to address a significant world problem and/or the reduction of international conflict? 

Eligibility

Open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in an approved course of study at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Undergraduate applicants must be at least second semester juniors at the time of application.

Restrictions

McClure grants may not be used by students enrolling in a non-UT, degree granting program (such as an M. Phil at a British institution or an MA program offered by another US institution for study abroad). Grants for travel to a student’s home country will ordinarily not be made unless there is a clearly documented cross- cultural agenda in the research proposal. Awards will only be given for projects which begin after the McClure interviews are held.

Stipend

Normally between $1,000.00 and $3,000.00.

Application process

Application deadline:  February 15

The application may be filled out online in Adobe Acrobat. All applications must be typed and submitted with an additional four copies.  A preliminary review of applications will be done by a faculty committee.  The applicants selected for further review will be invited to interview in March.  Awards will be announced in April. The McClure will be awarded upon the recommendation of the faculty committee. Awards will be made without regard to the nationality or resident status of the applicant. Each fellow is expected to submit a written report describing the manner in which he/she utilized the McClure scholarship upon her/his return.

• Download an application
• Examples of projects

Additional information

For assistance, contact the Programs Abroad Office, Center for International Education, (865) 974-2168, or studyabroad@utk.edu.