Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities
This is an evolving list. Because the due dates
will vary from year to year, please contact the agency specifically for
further information.
American
Chemical Society Internet Directory - Try this first!!
Internships from Local Companies
- Parke-Davis, Morris Plains, NJ;
- contact: Mary Baldwin, Human Resources, Parke-Davis
Pharmaceutical Delivery Systems, 170 Taber Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
- Summer Opportunities for students in their final
year of undergraduate school.
- GPA = 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better.
- Deadline: April 1997
- SmithKline Beecham, Parsippany, NJ
- contact: Dr. Prasad Adusumilli, Associate Director,
Product Development - Modified Release, SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare,
1500 Littleton Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054-3884
- 3rd or 4th year undergraduate students in Chemistry,
etc.
- Graduate students in Chemistry, etc. also eligible.
- deadline: March 14, 1997
Undergraduate Opportunities
- Mount
Holyoke College Site- seems like a good
general site to search for all sciences.
- Financial Aid
Website (FAFSA On-line)
- If you use this service it is recommended that
you should specifically ask to have your name deleted from the mailing
lists or else you will get bombarded by advertisements.
- The American Chemical Society - Minority Scholars
Program
- Awards to Senior High School Students and Undergraduate Chemistry/Biochemistry/Chemical
Engineering Majors.
- Can apply anytime in Freshman/Sophomore/Junior Years
- Eligible: African-American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, Alaskan
native, Native Pacific Islander
- Up to $15,000 over 4 years.
- Contact: American Chemical Society; Minority Scholars Program; 1155
16th Street, N.W.; Washington, DC 20026
- 1-800-227-5558 or email to dpr94@acs.org
- Due Date: ???
- UNCF-Merck Science Research Scholarship Awards
- Awards to undergraduate students interested in physical science.
- Eligible: African-American, GPA > 3.3, Sophomore level or higher.
- Up to $35,000
- Opportunity to do summer research at Merck in Rahway, NJ.
- Contact: Jerry L. Bryant, Jr.; Director, UNCF-Merck Science Initiative,
The College fund/UNCF; 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive; P.O. Box 10444;
Fairfax, VA 22031-4511
- (703)-205-3503
- Due date: January 15.
- National Institutes of Health - Undergraduate
Student Training in Academic Research (U-Star)
- Development of underrepresneted minority researchers and the enhacement
of their training environment. Special emphasis on biomedical sciences.
- Contact: Seton Hall Grants Office (201)-378-9810 mention Nov. 1996
issue of Grants Watch.
- Try also NIH homepage.
- NOBCChE Undergraduate Research Award
- Undergraduate research students will submit a paper based on their
research. Papers will be judged and the top applicants will present their
research at Rohm & Haas in Pennsylvania.
- Eligible: Minority majoring Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Award up to $1,000 and an offer to of summer research fellowship at
Rohm & Haas.
- Contact: Dr. Stewart Williams; Rohm & Haas Company; 727 Norristown
Rd; Spring House, PA 19477
- (215)-641-7477
- Dates: Dec 15 (submit abstract), Feb 1 (submit full paper).
Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Opportunities
- UNCF-Merck Science Research Scholarship Awards
- Awards to graduate students specializing in physical science.
- Eligible: African-American, 3rd or 4th year student for graduate award.
- Postdoctoral applicants must have a Ph.D.
- Up to $40,000 - $55,000
- Opportunity to do research at Merck in Rahway, NJ.
- Contact: Jerry L. Bryant, Jr.; Director, UNCF-Merck Science Initiative,
The College fund/UNCF; 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive; P.O. Box 10444;
Fairfax, VA 22031-4511
- (703)-205-3503
- Due date: January 15.
- NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship Program
- Ford Foundation Minority Fellowship Program
- Department of Defense Graduate Fellowship Program
- For graduate students in the physical sciences.
- Eligible: anyone going to graduate school.
- NDSEG Fellowship Program; 200 Park Drive, Suite
211; P.O. Box 13444; Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3444
- (919)549-8505
- Note: from 1995 announcement.
JRS 2/21/97