Sigma Delta Epislon/Graduate Women in Science
Awards of $24, 999 are made to women of outstanding ability and promise in research in STEM fields.
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Contact Jodi Lehman (jglehman@mtu.edu) if interested in applying.
Opportunities for funding graduate education.
NPSC Graduate Fellowships in Physical Science
Michigan Tech female and minority graduate students are qualified, as Michigan Tech is a participating NPSC Member University, for the NPSC fellowship.
NPSC welcomes applications from any qualified U.S. citizen who has the ability to pursue graduate work at an NPSC member institution. NPSC attempts to recruit a broad pool of applicants with special emphasis on underrepresented minorities and women. Applicants should be in one of the following categories:
For the Traditional Program:
- Be in your senior year with at least a 3.0/4.0 GPA
- Be in your first year of a graduate program.
- Be in a terminal master’s program (your university offers no Ph.D. in your discipline).
- Be returning from the workforce with no more than a master’s degree
For the Dissertation Support Program, be near the point at which your research will begin.
Fields of Study:
Though the fields supported can vary annually depending on employer needs, in general NPSC covers the following: Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and their subdisciplines, and related engineering fields: Chemical, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical.
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If interested in applying, please contact Jodi Lehman (jglehman@mtu.edu)
Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program
The
Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of
scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to
undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These
$25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show
potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the
history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere
in the world. This highly competitive program aims to identify the most
talented researchers conducting dissertation research related to
education.
More information on how to apply.
Deadline Wednesday, October 21st.
Michigan Tech’s S-STEM Scholarship is awarded to qualified U.S. graduate students enrolled in:
- PhD Program in Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering
- Peace Corps Master’s International MS in Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering
- MS Program in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering Science and Civil Engineering
The scholarship is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
For more information visit: http://www.sfi.mtu.edu/s-stem/
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately ten weeks from June to August (specific dates are available and updated at www.nsf.gov/eapsi).
2010 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships online applications are NOW LIVE and accepting registrations.
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
See the Ford Fellowship web site for more information.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline is October 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM for receipt of paper applications, and October 22, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 120 new fellowships by June 30, 2010. Master’s level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship.
For more information visit: http://www.epa.gov/ncer
The National Science Foundation has awarded $4.1 million for eight research projects involving departments across the University.
The research includes sustainable fuel production from lactose; rural and global watershed research and education; using metal organic frameworks for hydrogen storage; high school study of hydrogen-based energy; using electronic and plastic waste to improve the mechanical properties of asphalt materials; developing a better approach to energy control and management; integrating computational models into volcano research; investigation of aerosols in climate models; and improvement of wireless networks.
For the full story, see http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2009/september/story19079.html .
The Washington Post mentioned the $3 million in federal stimulus funds Michigan Tech is receiving to develop a hybrid electric engineering curriculum.
See full ESD article for more information
The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD), Michigan Technological University (MTU), and AVL are reaching out to help Michigan’s automotive engineers prepare for the industry’s movement into sustainable hybrid vehicle technology. The semester-long course, Advanced Propulsion for Hybrid Vehicles with Concentration in Battery Engineering, will be offered this fall.
The graduate-level, three-credit class will focus on engineering skills that apply to next-generation hybrid and electric vehicles with an emphasis on battery design and hands-on learning. The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth as well as the Michigan Academy for Green Mobility are sponsoring the course.
This course will take place September 3 through December 10, 2009, and be held at ESD’s headquarters in Southfield on Thursdays from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. It will be taught by a group of MTU faculty and staff from the College of Engineering and key experts in industry providing guest lectures with Associate Professor Jeffrey D. Nabor being the lead instructor.