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AAAS SCIENCE POLICY FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS

The one-year fellowships for scientists and engineers to participate in public policy activities in congressional offices and federal agencies are offered in six program areas: congressional; diplomacy; national defense and global security; health, education and human services; energy, environment, agriculture and natural resources; and global stewardship.

The deadline for individuals to apply for the 2008-2009 science and technology fellowships offered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is Thursday, December 20.

DEADLINE FOR AAAS SCIENCE POLICY FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS IS DECEMBER 20.

Additional information about the fellows program is available at: Visit Fellowships.

NASA Scholarship

It is a scholarship that will not only pay your College tuition, but offers you a job at NASA when you graduate! Sign up to receive application information as soon as it becomes available. Visit the website at: http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/stsp/

STAR Scholarship

New EPA Fellowship Opportunities

STAR Fellowships

University of Arizona Graduate College for Native American master's and Ph.D. students

We would like to introduce you to a new source of funding available at the University of Arizona Graduate College for Native American master's and Ph.D. students. The Graduate College has partnered with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to offer fifteen (15) graduate fellowships per year to Native American graduate students entering master's or Ph.D. programs in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Agriculture. A list of eligible programs is on the following web-site (see "departments"): http://grad.arizona.edu/multi/sloanna/sloan_index.php.

Each fellowship offers:

• $30,000 for Master's students ($15,000 each year)
• $36,000 for Ph.D. students (to be used as needed)
• In-state and Out-of-State Tuition
• Individual Health Insurance
• Academic Support Services
• Limited travel for family emergencies and ceremonies
• Cultural and social support through the American Indian Graduate Center (Stipends may be supplemented by graduate teaching or research assistantships, tribal funds, and other fellowships and scholarships).

To be eligible for the graduate fellowships, students must:

• be US citizens
• be officially enrolled or affiliated with a federally or state recognized tribe
• demonstrate financial need
• be regularly admitted to a graduate program in science, engineering, mathematics, or agriculture at the University of Arizona
• maintain a minimum enrollment of six (6) units of graduate credit each semester of the award; and
• make satisfactory academic progress toward their degree.

The UA/Sloan Native American Partnership is designed to address the national need for academically prepared Native Americans who can help spur economic development in their communities and reservations and/or occupy leadership positions in universities, government, and the corporate world.

For more information, please contact Donna Treloar at (520) 621-7808, e-mail: dtreloar@grad.arizona.edu.