Science and Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships Blog

photo of Tom Morrell, Hamilton College senior

Phillip Milner ’10 and Tom Morrell ’10, of were awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Two Hamilton seniors, Phillip Milner and Tom Morrell (photo), have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Milner is a chemistry/math double major who will be starting a Ph.D. program in chemistry in the fall, at an institution yet to be determined. Morrell is a chemistry major who will begin a Ph.D. program in chemistry at Princeton in the fall.

Two recent Hamilton graduates, Louisa Brown ’09 and Leanne Pasquini ’07, also received the prestigious fellowships. Brown is in her first year in the Ph.D. program in chemistry at Cornell, and Pasquini is at Yale in the first year of an environmental engineering Ph.D. program. Gregory Hartt ’08, Marco Allodi ’08 and Kristen Alongi ’08 received honorable mention.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in the U.S. and abroad.
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Ian Rosenstein, associate professor of chemistry, commented “This is a highly prestigious award and Phill and Tom are the first Hamilton students that I know of in recent years to be awarded one while still a college senior.”

Phillip Milner was a recipient of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year. The Goldwater is the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. He was also the recipient of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) /Dreyfus Grant prior to his freshman year at Hamilton, which enabled him to conduct summer research with a Hamilton science faculty member.

Tom Morrell recently published an article, “Atmospheric Implications for Formation of Clusters of Ammonium and 1−10 Water Molecules,” in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. His co-author was George Shields, former Hamilton College chemistry professor and currently dean of the College of Science & Technology at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Morrell was also the recipient of a STEP/Dreyfus grant.

NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals are crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation’s technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.

Related: Three Iowa State Students Honored with NSF GRFP Awards – 2009 NSF GRFP Fellow: Sarah Latshaw – 2008 NSF Fellow: Ekaterina Hristova Spriggs

Notifications have recently been sent out for numerous scholarships and fellowships supported by the American Society for Engineering Education. Please visit the respected programs’ individual websites for more information.

The NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program, which invests in the educational development of the aeronautics workforce by providing opportunities to attract undergraduate and graduate students to the aeronautics and related fields, sent out notifications late last week.

The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship, which also let applicants know their status late last week, is a scholarship for service program which gives awardees a fully scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.

Notifications of awardees were sent out early this week for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This fellowship supports graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.

Congratulations to all applicants and awardees for all your hard work!

The National Academies Research Council in conjunction with federal laboratories is conducting the Research Associateship Program. The Research Associateship Program attracts outstanding scientists and engineers, at the postdoctoral and senior levels for posts as guest lecturers at participating laboratories. A limited number of opportunities are available for graduate students in select fields.

The Research Associateship Program encourages engineering and scientific professionals opportunities to further their research by working in laboratories where they can conduct their own independent research while contributing to the overall vision of the laboratories.

Eligibility and Application: Applicants must have earned a Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., D.V.M., or academically equivalent research doctorate before beginning tenure. If you have not received the degree, the graduate dean, registrar, or recorder (not the department chairman or major professor) must certify in writing–directly to the Associateship Programs Office–that you have met all requirements for the degree.

Application deadline is May 1, 2010.

“Participating laboratories receive a stimulus to their programs by the presence of bright, highly motivated, recent doctoral graduates and by senior investigators with established records of research productivity. New ideas, techniques, and approaches to problems contribute to the overall research climate of the laboratories. Indirectly, Associateships also make available to the broader scientific and engineering communities the excellent and often unique research facilities that exist in the sponsoring laboratories”.

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The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program has announced its fellowship program for outstanding students pursuing research based Ph.D. degrees in the scientific and engineering fields with a emphasis on the computational sciences.

The $32,000 yearly stipend funded by the DOE’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration provides support for students in their first or second year of graduate study in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences.

“The fellowship provides support and guidance to some of the nation’s best scientific graduate students, and these graduates now work in DOE laboratories, private industry and educational institutions. Over 250 students at more than 50 U.S. universities have trained as Fellows, and the demand is only growing”.

For further information, please see the Fellowship Eligibility and Requirements section of the program announcement.

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering in an effort to increase engineering and scientific talent among underrepresented minority students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematical fields (STEM) has implemented several fellowship opportunities for university students. NACME’s commitment to implementing effective programs to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of under-represented students in the Engineering fields has partnered with several leading corporations and foundations to provide scholarship opportunities. Application and Eligibility requirements are provided with an extensive list of several fellowship and scholarship opportunities.

NACME FELLOWSHIPS

“The NACME Fellows program was created to provide an opportunity for individuals and companies interested in establishing a named scholarship program in support of NACME’s mission to increase the representation of underrepresented (URM) minorities in engineering.”

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ASEE and NSF are currently sponsoring the Corporate Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, which provides engineers the opportunity to conduct their postdoctoral research at a corporate sponsor. “Up to 40 positions are anticipated. Each research fellow will receive a stipend of at least $75,000 plus health insurance benefits, of which the host company would provide a minimum of $27,500 and other non-cash support.”

Currently, corporations are now encouraged to register on https://aseensfip.asee.org/ and add information about possible fellowship opportunities.

Engineers will be able to register and apply for the openings soon.

The deadlines for the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program are approaching this Monday. If you have applied or are finishing an application for the program, be sure to mark your calendars and be attentive of the impending deadline dates.

Application Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s local time):

November 02, 2009

Interdisciplinary fields of Study

November 04, 2009

Mathematical Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering

November 05, 2009

Social Sciences; Psychology; Geosciences

November 06, 2009

Life Sciences

November 10, 2009

Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy

November 12, 2009

Engineering

The Department of Energy has opened a new fellowship for undergraduate seniors and graduate students interested in pursuing research based graduate degrees in physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computer science and environmental science.

The $12.5 million fellowship budget set aside for the new program is essential to training the next generation of U.S. scientists and engineers, according to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

Members of the DOE hope that this new fellowship opportunity will encourage students to pursue research based graduate degrees in science and mathematics in order to make lasting contributions in their respective fields.

Students are encouraged to begin applying now and are able to do so until the November 30 deadline.

DOE fellowships are scheduled to be awarded in early 2010.

“Training the next generation of U.S. scientists and engineers is critical to our future energy security and economic competitiveness,” says DOE Secretary Steven Chu. “This fellowship is part of the administration’s effort to encourage students to direct their talents towards careers in science and our nation’s next technology revolution.”

To apply, visit: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/

The National Science Foundation hopes to jump-start women’s involvement in STEM fields by awarding $250,000 to create a Fast-Track Math for Women program at Sacramento State in California.

This K-12 program provides public school math teachers and community college professors with techniques to utilize in the classroom such as “creating a friendlier environment for female students and encouraging them to do well in math,” according to Program Researcher and Sociology Professor Mridula Udayagiri.

“If a woman or anybody is going to go to these technical fields”, Director of Sacramento State’s Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement program, Madeline Fish, said, “ the key classes that they have to do well in and keep taking are math classes.”

Educators dedicated to the program trust that Fast-Track will raise awareness of gender issues in the classroom, especially among women in STEM fields.

“We believe that a lot of students, after taking a lot of years in math, very often end up with gaps in their math education, and those gaps make it impossible for them to really be math thinkers,” Fish said. “We have a math program that we think can help repair those gaps. What we’re doing is we’re isolating each student’s problem area or gaps and we’re filling those. So we’re going to teach math teachers how to administer that math program.”

Teachers who participate in Fast-Track‘s summer training sessions will begin training fellow teachers at their schools in addition to teachers throughout their respective school districts.

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship application is now available online.

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship is a highly competitive, portable fellowship that is awarded to U.S. citizens and nationals who intend to pursue graduate study in one of the 15 supported disciplines. NDSEG confers high honors upon its recipients, and allows them to attend whichever U.S. institution they choose. NDSEG Fellowships last for three years and pay for full tuition and all mandatory fees, a monthly stipend, and up to $1,000 a year in medical insurance.

The application deadline is on January 4, 2010 at 1:00pm EST. The fellowship offers will be announced on or around March 29, 2010. For Eligibility and Application Requirements, please visit the NDSEG Application Information Page.

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