Collegiate Inventors Competition

OBJECTIVE: Introduced in 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has recognized, rewarded, and encouraged hundreds of students to share their inventive ideas with the world. The Competition promotes exploration in invention, science, engineering, technology, and other creative endeavors and provides a window on the technologies from which society will benefit in the future.

ELIGIBILITY: Students must be enrolled (or have been enrolled) full-time in any U.S. or Canadian college or university at least part of the 12-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted. In the case of a team (maximum of four students), at least one member of the team must meet the full-time eligibility criteria.  The other team members must have been enrolled on a part-time basis (at a minimum) sometime during the 24-month period prior to the date the entry is submitted. 

Finalists receive an all-expenses paid trip to Washington DC to present their project to the judges. Undergraduate awards range from $500-$2,500. Graduate awards range from $1,000-$5,000.

Deadline: June 15, 2012

For details, see http://www.invent.org/collegiate/overview.html

AAUW Fellowships and Grants for U.S. and International Women

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) offers fellowships for women, in all research areas, once they complete a bachelor's degree. They also have a fellowship for non-US citizens. Deadlines are in December.


http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellows_directory/index.cfm



American Fellowships:  Support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships, dissertation fellowships, and summer/short-term research publication grants are offered.


Career Development Grants: Support women who hold a bachelor's degree and who are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.


Community Action Grants: Provides seed money to individual women, AAUW branches and AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.


International Fellowships: Awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.


Selected Professions Fellowships: Awarded to women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who intend to pursue a full-time course of study (during the fellowship year) in designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low.

US Dept. of Homeland Security Scholarships and Internships (undergrad, grad, faculty)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces two opportunities, see 

http://www.orau.gov/dhseducationprograms 

DHS Scholarship Program 

Eligibility: undergraduate students , must be U.S. citizens 

Funding available for fall 2010:

- full tuition and monthly stipends 

- 10-week summer internships at federal research facilities or DHS Centers of Excellence

Application Deadline: January 5, 2010 

DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program 

Eligibility: undergraduate students , must be U.S. citizens 

Funding available for summer 2010 

- 10-week summer research experiences at federal research facilities 

- $500 weekly stipends plus transportation expenses to/from the internship location 

Application Deadline: January 5, 2010 

DHS Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions 

Description: Early career faculty teamed with undergraduate and graduate students 

Eligibility: undergraduate and graduate students and faculty, must be U.S. citizens

Funding available: for summer 2010 

- 10-week summer research experiences at DHS Centers of Excellence 

- Stipends plus transportation expenses to/from the internship location for faculty and students 

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010 

If you have questions:

E-mail to dhsed@orau.org

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Science Education Programs

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Oak Ridge, TN 37831