Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship Nominations 2012

These past few months have been busy ones for us, at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, as we continue work on the highly competitive selection process for the 2012 cohort of Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows. The Teaching Fellowship received unprecedented interest this past year with 48,000 inquiries into the program and 1500 applications submitted.
 
As the Early Decision deadline approaches on October 19th, we are sending this reminder that nominations for the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship are currently being accepted through January 10, 2012.

The nomination and application process has several important steps. First, you will need to submit your nominations (of current students or alumni) by filling out a brief online form. The nomination form may be filled out at any time before the January deadline.  

The students you nominate should have a 3.0 undergraduate GPA with an undergraduate major or minor in a STEM field and a commitment to teaching.

Once you submit your nomination, they will then need to register and complete the full application with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button at the top of this template or on our website at www.wwteachingfellowship.org. (This is a secure site, where personal information will be protected.) Technical assistance will be available at Tech-Help@woodrow.org, should they have any difficulty.

Recommendation forms are provided at the end of the application.  All recommendations should consist of a letter and a form, and should be completed by a faculty member who has worked directly with the student in his/her classes, on special projects, or in other situations where they can provide information on the student’s excellence, character, academic ability, and commitment to teaching.  The recommendations are to be completed and submitted directly to the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

The completed application with responses to the two essays, a resume, test scores (where applicable), three letters of recommendation (with corresponding forms), and an official transcript should be submitted (by the student) online.  Please let us know if you have questions about the application process. All nominated students will be interviewed.
 
We hope that this information is helpful and will allow you to effectively support your students as they prepare their applications. Should you need to contact me with questions, please do not hesitate to do so at 609-452-7007, ext 145 or via email at kovac@woodrow.org.

Sincerely,

Sylvia Kovac

Digital Outreach & Recruitment

Teaching Fellowships

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes

The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally  engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in eight-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, round-trip airfare to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location.

The 2012 application is now open and will close at 5:00 pm proposer’s local time on November 9, 2011.  Application instructions are available online at www.nsfsi.org. For further information concerning benefits, eligibility, and tips on applying, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nsf.gov/eapsi or www.nsfsi.org .

NSF recognizes the importance of enabling U.S. researchers and educators to advance their work through international collaborations and the value of ensuring that future generations of U.S. scientists and engineers gain professional experience beyond this nation's borders early in their careers. The program is intended for U.S. graduate students pursuing studies in fields supported by the National Science Foundation. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply for the EAPSI. Applicants must be enrolled in a research-oriented master's or PhD program and be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents by the application deadline date. Students in combined bachelor/master degree programs must have matriculated from the undergraduate degree program by the application deadline date.

The first Summer Institutes began in Japan in 1990, and to date over 2,400 U.S. graduate students have participated in the program.

Should you have any questions, please contact the EAPSI Help Desk by email at eapsi@nsfsi.org or by phone at 1-866-501-2922.

Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Program

I write to make you aware of a tremendous scholarship-for-serviceopportunity for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students and to request thatyou encourage your best students to apply to the SMART Scholarship Program. This is a highly-selective, prestigious, national program that fullysupports their education, including full tuition, a very generous stipend,book allowance, and Summer internship, while they are in school, and then provides guaranteed employment with the Defense Department upon graduation.

The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART)scholarship-for-service Program fully funds undergraduate and graduatedegrees in a wide range of technical areas, including all fields of engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, andMathematics.

A SMART brochure and a poster are attached and the application web page is at www.asee.org/SMART.  The application deadline is December 1, 2011 for the 2012 school year.  SMART provides:

·        Full Tuition – to any accredited U.S. University
·        A very generous stipend while in school
-         $25,000 for undergraduates
-         $33,000 for masters candidates
-         $36,300 to $41,800 for doctoral candidates
·        Book allowance – $1,000
·        Health Insurance
·        Paid Summer internships
·        All required student fees
·        Travel for internships

Summer internships at Labs are required.  In return for fully funding their education, students are required work as a civilian employee at a Service (Army, Navy, Air Force) or DoD Agency (NSA, DIA, DARPA,
etc.) laboratory, or other research and development activity for a period equal to the time the program paid for their school. Students must be U.S. Citizens, able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance, and be willing to work as a civilian in the DoD upon graduation.

There will be approximately 300 new awards this year.  A list of SMART awards from previous years is listed by University at: http://smart.asee.org/schools/scholar_directory

While SUNY Buffalo is one of the top schools in terms of the number of SMART recipients, I think we can greatly increase the number of your students supported in this program.  I would appreciate your help in disseminating this information to your students, faculty, undergraduate advisors, and graduate coordinators, and by encouraging your best students to apply for this tremendous opportunity.

Please direct your interested students to: www.asee.org/SMART. There are links to the application portal and other program related information.  Additional applicant and SMART related questions for students can be answered via:

            Email:  smart@asee.org
            Phone:  (202) 331-3544

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.  If you have questions at the university/ college/department level, please feel free to contact me.

Respectfully,

Knox
Senior Administrator for the DoD SMART Program
______________________________________

Knox T. Millsaps, Sc.D.
Professor and Chairman
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
700 Dyer Road, Room 338
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5100 USA

web: www.nps.edu/mae
Phone: (831) 656-2586, 656-3382
Fax: (831) 656-2238
email: millsaps@nps.edu

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Application Deadline(s) (submitted by 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time):

November 16, 2011

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF's mission. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research. The ranks of NSF Fellows include numerous individuals who have made transformative breakthroughs in science and engineering research, many who have become leaders in their chosen careers, and some who have been honored as Nobel laureates.

Award Information

Estimated Number of Awards: 2,000 new Fellowships will be offered pending availability of funds.

Applicants are urged to visit the NSF web page at http://www.nsf.gov/ for more information and guidance about current and emerging themes for NSF.

III. AWARD INFORMATION

The NSF expects to award 2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships under this program solicitation pending availability of funds.

For each matriculated Fellow, the institution receives up to a $40,500 award per Fellow tenure year (12-month increments) to cover the costs described below. For 2012, it is anticipated that the cost-of-education allowance will increase to $12,000, as indicated in the FY2012 Budget Request.

The Graduate Research Fellowship stipend is currently $30,000 for a 12-month tenure period, prorated in whole month increments of $2,500.

Categories of applicants that are always ineligible:

Those who do not hold US citizenship, national, or permanent resident status by the application deadline.
Those who were previously awarded a fellowship from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program and accepted it.
Those who have declined the offer of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and who did not notify NSF by the published deadline for accepting the Fellowship.
Those who have earned any graduate or professional degree, except applicants who have completed a joint BS/MS program and have not completed any further graduate study outside the joint program
Current NSF employees.

1. Citizenship

Applicants must be United States citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States by the application deadline.

The term "national" designates a native resident of a commonwealth or territory of the United States, such as American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. It does not refer to a citizen of another country who has applied for US citizenship.

2. Degree Requirements

Fellowships are awarded to individuals in the early stages of their graduate study. Below are general guidelines for determining eligibility according to the degree requirements criterion:

Applicants are expected to have adequate preparation to begin graduate study and research by Summer or Fall 2012. This is nearly always demonstrated by receipt of a bachelor's degree in a science or engineering field earned prior to Fall 2012.
Individuals are typically eligible to apply:
During the senior year of college
After graduating from college and prior to entering graduate school
During the first year of graduate school
Prior to completing the Fall term of the second year of graduate school.
Applicants must have completed no more than 12 months of full-time graduate study or its equivalent as of August 1, 2011. Full-time graduate study is as defined by the universities attended.
Applicants who have completed part-time graduate study must have completed no more than 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours or their equivalent as of August 1, 2011. This credit hour limit applies only to part-time graduate students; there is no credit hour limit for full-time students.
All post-baccalaureate, graduate-level study is counted toward the allowed 12 months of completed graduate study. This includes all Master's and doctoral programs.

Applicants in joint BS/MS programs are typically eligible to apply prior to completion of any further graduate study.

In four-year joint programs, applicants may apply in the fourth year and after completion of the program. Completion of any graduate study outside of the joint program will disqualify an applicant.
In five-year joint programs, applicants may apply in the fourth and fifth years of the program and after completion of the program. Completion of any further graduate study outside of the joint program will disqualify an applicant.

Definition of Completed Graduate Study and Extenuating Circumstance

Applicants may have completed no more than 12 months of full-time graduate study or its equivalent by August 1, 2011. Pre-graduate participation in summer activities (e.g., bridge programs, field studies, lab rotations) offered by a graduate program prior to the start of the Fall graduate program are not included in this total.

All post-baccalaureate, graduate study is counted towards the allowed 12 months of graduate study. This includes the following:

All Master's programs (including research-based or coursework-based programs, and "terminal" programs as well as those that are contiguous with a Ph.D. program)
All Doctoral programs
Post-baccalaureate, graduate-level coursework completed outside a degree program
Both full-time and part-time graduate programs.

Extenuating Circumstance

Applicants who have completed more than twelve months of graduate study and who have not earned a graduate degree may be considered eligible if they have had an interruption in graduate study of at least two consecutive years prior to November 2011. An eligibility essay is required in the application.

Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching

Starting September 1, 2011 Applications will be accepted for the 2012 Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Full eligibility information and online applications are available on the website at: http://nationalacademies.org/ford

Eligibility Requirements: 

* U.S. Citizen or National
* Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or
university level in a research-based filed of Science, social  science
or humanities

Stipends and Allowances:
* Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of  $2,000 for three years
* Dissertation--$21,000 for one year
* Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution

Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows.

Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies.

Application Deadline Dates:

     * Predoctoral: November 14, 2011
     * Dissertation: November 17, 2011
     * Postdoctoral: November 17, 2011

For Further information please contact:

Fellowships Office
National Research Council of The National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW
Keck 576
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.334.2872
Fax: 202.334.3419
Email: infofell@nas.edu