The Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR) is part of a major National Science Foundation funded initiative that focuses on the science of photonics and its applications in materials science and information technology.

Loans Available to Promising Doctoral Students The purpose of this program is to increase the number of promising full-time doctoral students (lecturers are eligible and encouraged to apply) who are interested in applying and competing for future instructional faculty positions at any one of our 23 CSU campuses. The program seeks to accomplish this goal by providing financial aid in the form of loans to doctoral students with the motivation, skills, and experience needed to teach the diverse student body of the CSU.

This program offers graduate students who are interested in doctoral programs the opportunity to explore doctoral study with a cash award of $2000 to the student and $1000 to the faculty mentor.The money can be used for travel expenses to prospective universities, applications to prospective universities, conferences, attending seminars, subscriptions to publications etc.

The California Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce its new statewide program: the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP).

Interdisciplinary REU Program in the Structure and Function of Proteins at the University of Michigan The Interdisciplinary REU program will provide undergraduate students with a 10-week summer research experience in the areas of biochemistry, biophysics, cheminformatics, computational chemistry, enzymology, marine biology, medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceutical sciences and plant biology. The research projects featured in this program all involve studies of the structure and function of proteins.

The Biophysical Society Summer Course in Biophysics, which the Society is again offering in 2010. Applicant Eligibility: Open to minority & Canadian aboriginal junior and senior undergraduate students involved in the areas of quantitative sciences. Two semesters of calculus level physics and 3.0 or greater GPA in science courses are required. Includes: Three course credits, stipend, lab experience, career counseling, and more.

AMGEN SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Caltech’s Amgen Scholars Program is geared towards students in biology, chemistry, and biotechnology fields. Some of these fields include biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and chemistry.

Attached is 46+ pages of scholarship opportunities for students of all ages, compiled by Congresswoman Roybal –Allard’s office.

It was updated Aug. 2009.

2009-2010 Paying for College Resource Guide is provided by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard’s District Office.

Constituents of the 34th District may request hardcopies be mailed to them directly. Click here to download the .pdf version of the Resource Guide.

This directory is updated once a year. Please check with each scholarship contact for the most current information.

WTS San Diego 2009 scholarship opportunity for graduate and undergraduate women pursuing a career in the field of transportation. WTS will award four scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each for two graduate and two undergraduate students. The winners will be automatically entered in the WTS national scholarship competition, where they could win an additional $3,000 scholarship.