Avon/Tukman Scholarship
for Summer Research Residency Program
Columbia University Summer Research Program
Duke University Graduate School Visitation Program
The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT)
The Minority Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (MURAP)
Princeton Summer Research Experience
Project Ascend/McNair Early Initiative & Summer Research Program
The Leadership Alliance Summer Research-Early Identification Program
SSRC-Mellon Minority Fellowship Program/Summer
Conference
Avon/Tukman Scholarship
The Avon/Tukman Scholarship is available to female
and minority
1) the student’s transcript
2) a letter of recommendation from the student’s Hunter College
mentor/sponsor
3) a letter of support from the student’s intended research institution
mentor
4) a statement from the student providing the following: what the research
project will entail, the skills to be sought in carrying out the research,
where this research will take place (the institution, the program), who the
mentor at that institution will be, the amount of funding requested, and a
budget to substantiate this amount.
The
Eligibility
* U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
* African/Black American, Mexican American, Native American, and Puerto Rican
* 3.0 grade point average (GPA) or better
For more information and/or to request an application:
Telephone: (212) 854-1923
Email: gsasoma@columbia.edu
For an opportunity to experience an introduction to the graduate school
environment at
Dr. Jacqueline Looney
Office: (919) 681-1550
Duke
University
E-mail: jlooney@duke.edu
122 Allen Building
Box 90070
The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT)
The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) was founded in 1990 to increase the number of students of color pursuing advanced degrees for careers in high school and college teaching. The IRT offers two distinct programs: the Summer Workshop for rising college seniors who intend to pursue graduate study immediately upon completion of their undergraduate degree; and the Associate Program for college seniors and recent graduates. Participants in both programs are sponsored by the IRT as they apply to graduate schools in a consortium of 39 universities affiliated with the IRT. Since the IRT's inception in 1990, every IRT applicant has been admitted to at least one graduate school; most have been admitted to four or more. More than 90 percent of these students have received full tuition waivers and partial-to-full fellowship funding for up to six years of graduate study.
For more information and an application, call or write:
The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers
Phillips Academy
180 Main Street
Andover, MA 01810-4161
E-mail: irt@andover.edu
Ms. Alexandra M. Cornelius, Excecutive
Director
(978) 749-4114
** Note: Information and applications are available at the MMUF Office at
Room 1512HN.
The Minority Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (MURAP) based at the
For more information, please contact:
William Darity,
Jr.
Office: (919) 966-2156
The University of
Department of Economics
CB #3305
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Attention Prospective Graduate
Students!
Applications are available at the following web address:
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/GraduateSchool/AcademicAffairs/HomePage/PSREapp.htm
Completed applications should be sent to:
David N. Redman
Associate Dean
201 Nassau hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Applications are due by February.
For more information or to request an application: Please call or write
David N. Redman (609) 258-3032, dnredman@princeton.edu
or
Elaine Willey, ewilley@princeton.edu
Project Ascend/McNair Summer Research Fellowships Announces a New Early Identification Initiative
Project Ascend/McNair has been in operation at The Graduate School and
University Center of The City University of
The purpose of Project Ascend/McNair is to promote the entrance of students from historically underrepresented groups into doctoral study and, ultimately, careers in research and academia. Students who are currently CUNY undergraduates and who belong to at least one of the following groups are eligible for the Project:
-low income and first generation college attendee;
-African American;
-Latino/a;
-Native American.
Recommended academic qualifications are as follows:
-Students should apply for Project Ascend/McNair in the Fall
semester of
their junior year.
-Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and minimum GPA in major of 3.3.
-Interest in earning a doctorate in a discipline leading to a career in research and/or university teaching. (Students interested in MD/Ph.D. programs may apply to the Project, but we do not offer services designed for students interested in the MBA, MD, or law degree.)
Project Ascend/McNair accepts students from all disciplines and does not
recruit for the
The Project offers a series of academic-year workshops and a Summer Research
Fellowship. Workshop topics include: general orientation to the graduate school
application process; library research and writing skills; preparing the
Statement of Purpose; financial aid information; choosing a graduate school;
GRE preparation; and a variety of discipline-specific
topics.
Students who apply for Project Ascend/McNair in the Fall
semester should do so with the intention of also applying for the Summer
Research Fellowship. (Students who apply to the Project in the Spring may apply for the Fellowship the following year, if
they continue to be a matriculated undergraduate at a CUNY college.) The
Fellowship requires a separate
application, which includes a statement of purpose, research proposal, and two
faculty recommendations. Fellowship applications are generally available in
November, with a deadline for submission in late February. Students who plan to
apply for the Fellowship must attend a minimum of three academic-year
workshops, including the general orientation session.
The Fellowship offers:
• A stipend of $2,800 for the period June through August;
• mentored research with a CUNY doctoral faculty member (usually chosen by
the student from the student's home campus);
• mentor's compensation of $500;
• summer workshops on research and writing issues;
• participation in a research conference at the end
of the fellowship
period.
Interested students are advised to begin planning a research project early in the Fall semester and meeting with prospective faculty mentors on their home campus.
For further information on Project Ascend/McNair eligibility and
activities, or to arrange a meeting on your campus for student and/or
faculty groups, please contact Beth Stickney, Director
Project Ascend/McNair Center for Advanced Study in Education
The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
Suite 3300 365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4309
(212) 817-1828
email: BStickney@gc.cuny.edu
Project 1000 is a national program created to assist underrepresented students applying to graduate school. Students may apply to up to seven of the over 70 participating Project 1000 institutions by using one application.* Participation is FREE OF CHARGE to individual students and to the participating institutions!
For more information please visit their website at http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000
Or call 1(800) 327-4893
Email: project1000@asu.edu
The Leadership
The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) is designed to encourage historically underrepresented students to consider research careers in academia or the public or private sectors.
SR-EIP offers undergraduate students in the sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities quality research experiences during eight to ten-week summer internships. These interships are under the guidance of faculty or corporate mentors at some of the top research institutions in the country.
Eligible students must have completed at least two and not more than seven semesters of college and have demonstrated interest and potential to pursue graduate school through previous research and/or their personal statements and faculty recommendations.
For further information, contact the Hunter College SR-EIP Director, Mekbib Gemeda @ (212) 650-3957 or
by email at gemeda@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Website: www.theleadershipalliance.org
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Students...............
SSRC-Mellon Minority Fellowships
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this program builds on the Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program, established in 1989 as the centerpiece of the Mellon Foundation's effort to support the development and training of minority scholars. The MMUF Program aims to increase the number of African Americans, Latinos/as and Native Americans in core fields within the arts and sciences, and to diversify the faculties at colleges and universities by providing support for qualified minority scholars.
Under the program structure, students are typically identified in the sophomore year at 27 colleges and universities. An additional 17 institutions participate through a grant made to the United Negro College Fund. Fellows are eligible to apply for the predoctoral research grant program and attend the annual summer conference.
The predoctoral research grant is designed to defray part of the expenses associated with graduate study and research and to encourage students to provide regular data about their progress in graduate school. The $5,000 research grant is available to MMUF students currently enrolled in PhD programs in Mellon designated fields.
All Fellows are invited to participate in a summer conference that is designed to provide a forum where they can present their work, share their experience in the academy and initiate and expand professional networks with others who share similar conceptual, methodological and policy concerns.
Eligibility
Applications are limited to Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellows attending
participating colleges and universities.
Application Deadline for Predoctoral
Research Grant
July 1 - November 15 of each year.
Summer Conference Deadline:
February (early to mid) of each year.
Please contact SSRC for further information
Email: mellonminority@ssrc.org
web address: www.ssrc.org