Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
Website: http:/www.med.yale.edu/omca/smep
Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the SMDEP offers intensive science enrichment for freshman and sophomores interested in pursuing careers in medicine. Students attend weekly seminars and workshops as well as social and cultural events. Participants receive a stipend of $500.00, and travel expenses of $100. Housing and meals are provided at no cost to the program participant. The application deadline is March 1, 2010. Applicants are accepted on a rolling admissions basis.

Students with backgrounds in a wide range of disciplines are encouraged to apply: e.g., social sciences, biological, earth, and chemical sciences, natural resource management, communication, engineering, education, mathematics, and more. SSI’s mission is to create an integrative research program and strong stakeholder partnerships that generate improved solutions to intersecting ecological, social, and economic challenges in and beyond Maine.

Graduate students will be part of an integrated research program built on strong stakeholder partnerships and collaborative, interdisciplinary research teams focused on urbanization, forest ecosystem management, and climate change. These efforts address the dynamics of social-ecological systems with an emphasis on moving from knowledge to action.

SSI anticipates awarding up to 25 Ph.D. fellowships with a large portion beginning in the fall of 2010. These fellowships would provide up to five years of support for students, and will include a stipend of $20-25,000/yr, a tuition waiver, subsidy for health insurance, and funds to support dissertation research. 

For more information and to apply:  http://www.umaine.edu/sustainabilitysolutions/students/opportunities.htm

The Alliance/Merck Ciencia (Science) Hispanic Scholars Program is a partnership to improve Hispanic student access to higher education and degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). 

College STEM Majors — $2,000 Scholarship.  Hispanic college students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and Puerto Rico pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field major are invited to apply for a $2,000 one-time scholarship of which 25 will be awarded in the Spring of 2010.

Students interested in applying to the Alliance/Merck Ciencia (Science) Hispanic Scholars Program must apply online and all required materials must be received by the deadline date.

http://www.alliancescholars.org/applications/

The deadline is just five weeks away; do not miss out on this fabulous opportunity. The program flyer is attached below.

Information regarding the competition is available at www.cuny.edu/research.

CUNY Nobel Challenge Flyer

These scholarships, funded by a variety of donors, are exclusively for students enrolled in CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies. The program is pleased to offer the following scholarships, subject to the availability of funding.

• Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowship
• Harriet Brows Scholarship
• Daniel E. Smith Scholarship for Returning Women
• The Memorial Scholarship for Students in Education or Human Services
• International Foundation for Study Abroad (IFSA) Scholarship

You have to fill out a separate application for each scholarship for which you are applying. Only one letter of recommendation is required, regardless of the number of scholarships you are applying for.

For questions, please contact Lidija Markes at LMarkes@gc.cuny.edu or 212-817-8223.

Deadline for all scholarships is 5 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2010.

JFEW Scholars at Macaulay will participate in special workshops and retreats throughout their college years designed to bolster a progressive understanding of workplace etiquette and mores, and to provide a solid foundation of professional skills and personal development toward graduate pursuits.

Originally founded in the 19th century to help immigrant Jewish women adjust to American life, the Foundation is, today, a private, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to help women of all backgrounds and ages attain the education and training they need to make them productive, economically independent members of the community. The Foundation has been providing scholarship assistance for higher education to women for 70 years.

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Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students (STOCS) scholarships ranging from $500 to $1500 are offered to undergraduate CUNY students who participate in short-term (summer and winter intersession) CUNY study abroad programs. Applications are reviewed by a committee of CUNY faculty and administrators, and grants are awarded on the basis of ability to benefit and financial need (students with a family income of more than $65,000 are not eligible).

Funded by the a grant from The New York Community Trust DeWitt Wallace/Youth Travel Enrichment Fund, the STOCS program aims to increase the number of CUNY students studying overseas by providing scholarships to deserving students. It has contributed toward the strengthening of existing short-term CUNY study abroad programs and the development of new ones.

More than 1,500 CUNY students have received STOCS grants since 1994.

This funding is part of the grant from the International Foundation for Study Abroad to help send CUNY BA/BS students abroad.  CUNY BA/BS received $20,000 to fund 4 students with $5,000 each for the fall 2009 or spring 20010 semesters (three have already been awarded); another $27,500 will be received to fund 5 students for the following year with awards of $5,500 each.  Over 80 colleges applied for this grant; fewer than 10 were selected.

You must be currently enrolled in CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies to be eligible.  To apply, please send:

1. a letter of interest detailing your preferred study abroad program and how it fits with your academic, career and/or personal development, and
2. a letter of recommendation from your faculty mentor or another CUNY professor.

Applications should be sent to Ms. Lidija Markes, Scholarship Coordinator (CUNY Baccalaureate, 365 Fifth Ave., Suite 6412, New York, NY 10016), on or before 5pm, Monday, November 2, 2009. Award decisions will be made by November 16.

CUNY offers over many semester-long study abroad programs; learn about them at http://web.cuny.edu/academics/oaa/uei/inted/study-abroad-programs/view.html; check the individual CUNY college websites as well for other study abroad programs that might not appear on this website (which is a list in progress).  Once you find the program that best suits you, register for it through your home college or via e-permit. You also have the option of selecting a study abroad program offered by an institution other than CUNY; you will then need to have those foreign credits evaluated by either your home college, using a non-CUNY permit form, or through WES (World Educational Services).  Read the details about CUNY Study Abroad that we have posted on our Website:  http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cunyba/studyabroad.html.

If you have any questions, contact Beth Kneller, Deputy Director, at bkneller@gc.cuny.edu or 212-817-8238.