Scholarships & Fellowships!

Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology (MUST)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is sponsoring the MUST Project which awards scholarships and internships to undergraduates pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields. The MUST Project is open to all students and is particularly focused on engaging students from underserved and underrepresented groups to enter STEM fields.
The MUST Project supports 100 undergraduate students with a one-year competitive scholarship of up to one-half of tuition and fees, not to exceed $10,000. Students who maintain the required minimum grade point average will be eligible for a paid internship at a NASA center. Additionally, students will benefit from an online community, professional development and leadership training.
Eligibility:
-- Must be a U.S. citizen
-- Reside in the United States or U.S. Territory
-- Be a rising freshman, sophomore or junior and hold full-time academic status at an accredited college or university for the 2009-2010 academic year
-- Minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
-- Pursue a STEM discipline aligned with NASA core competencies
Application Information:
The application period for the 4th cohort of MUST scholars will open on November 1, 2008 and will close on February 1, 2009.
Additional information about the program and link to online application available at: www.nasa.gov/education/must
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Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence
The Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence is awarded to Black, Hispanic or Native American sophomores and juniors in recognition of outstanding achievement and community service. Scholarship recipients are awarded up to $10,000 and a paid summer internship at Goldman Sachs. Applicants must have a minimum 3.4 GPA to be considered for the Scholarship for Excellence.
The deadline is Friday, December 12, 2008.

Application requirements are located here: GS SFE flyer

For more information regarding the scholarship program, please visit: gs.com/careers
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Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.

The Fellowship makes the following annual awards:
Approximately 60 Predoctoral Awards at $20,000 per year for up to three years.
Approximately 35 Dissertation Awards at $21,000 for one year
Approximately 20 Postdoctoral Awards at $40,000 for one year

Eligibility Requirements
All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement
Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level,
Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution, and
Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.

For more information, visit the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Home Page.
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The Latino Fellowship Program
The Latino Fellowship Program is designed to increase the representation of public health professionals serving Latinos in the US. The Program is particularly interested in early career professionals who are committed to addressing the health disparities confronted by a large and growing Latino population in the United States. One to two fellowships are offered each year for students pursuing their Master’s of Public Health (MPH) through the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health.

FELLOWSHIP ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility for the fellowship is contingent on being admitted as a full-time Master’s of Public Health student in either the Reproductive and Family Health Track, or the Sexuality and Health Track, of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. The department strongly prefers applicants with at least two prior years of relevant public health work experience. In addition, to be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must be:
Conversant in Spanish
Early-career professionals whose work experience focuses on Latino communities in the US and/or countries that send large numbers of Latino immigrants to the US
Committed to working with Latino populations in the US following completion of the degree
Eligible for Financial Aid

WHAT FELLOWS RECEIVE
Fellows receive full tuition up to the maximum of 45 credits required for the MPH degree. Appointed as Graduate Research Assistants in the department, fellows also receive monthly stipends in exchange for working 20 hours per week from September 1 through May 31. The 45-credit program is normally completed in two years.

For more information, visit The Latino Fellowship Program Home Page.
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The Joint Program for Survey Methodology Junior Fellow Internship Program
As the United States moves closer and closer to a full information society, there are enormous career opportunities for those who have the knowledge and skills to design, collect, and analyze large scale data bases. All that the country knows about its population growth and migration, its health, criminal victimization, traffic patterns, educational performance, labor and job markets, prices of daily goods, agricultural production, air and water quality, and income distributions is based on sample surveys and censuses, as well as administrative data systems.
Staff who create and control these information systems literally determine what the country knows about itself. Their work leads to information that moves billions of dollars in the stock market, shapes public opinion about what challenges are faced by the country, and determines what issues state and Federal governments tackle. In addition, the staff of Federal statistical agencies have the assurance that their work is of public service. Their efforts help serve the country and the people of the United States, supplying the information that an informed electorate uses to shape its future.
The knowledge they need is not found in a single academic discipline, but rather a mix of substantive fields, including statistics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, and psychology. The work involves the use of statistics, to guide the design of data collection efforts and ways to summarize the information obtained; psychology, to construct survey questions so that they are comprehended as intended for the information system; and computer science, to aid in the collection, processing, and analysis of data.
Because the field is a mix of various traditional disciplines undergraduates rarely learn about this career path. The JPSM junior fellow program is a chance to learn about the career opportunity at a time when you can still shape your undergraduate curriculum.

During the day you will work as an intern in one of the Federal statistical agencies below:

Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Economic Research Service
Energy Information Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Internal Revenue Service, Surveys of Income
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
National Science Foundation, Science Resources Studies

You'll work with staff whose job it is to report to the nation about its health and welfare. You'll watch how they do it and you'll learn about what's needed to devise modern complex information systems.

The Educational Experience
The JPSM will mount a junior fellow seminar during the summer months. It will provide you an introduction to how large scale surveys are designed, collected, and analyzed. You'll have contact with graduate faculty who direct the programs of the Joint Program as well as be enrolled in mini-courses about key components of complex surveys. In addition, you'll have contact with key technical leaders of the Federal statistical system, to provide you a sense of what work goes on in various agencies of the system. Finally, you'll participate in discussions about which undergraduate courses offer strong preparation for a career in the field and for graduate programs.

Do you have the "Right Stuff"?
The JPSM junior fellow internship is not for everyone. As you think about applying, answer the following questions:
Do you like to learn things about current trends in what people are thinking, what problems they face, how employers grow over time, how retail sales vary over time, and a host of other topics?
Are you good in math? Do you like to play with numbers as a way of learning about the world?
Do you have a strong academic record so far in college?
Would you like to learn more about a career in survey methodology and large social and economic information systems?

If you've answered "yes" to these questions, then the internship may be for you!

See the JPSM Junior Fellowship Home Page for more information!