RGi Scholarship info Deadline May 16th

 FYI -- $10,000 scholarship opportunity for geospatial undergraduates!  Deadline coming up! MAY 16TH

RGi website

Apply for Summer/Fall 2021 BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds!

 

Apply today for BSOS Summer/Fall 2021 Undergraduate Experience Funds! These funds assist undergraduate BSOS majors engaged in experiential learning outside the classroom, such as unpaid internships, research, service-learning, and professional or academic virtual conferences. The funds are intended to help offset expenses related to such activities including, but not limited to; pandemic conscious travel/transportation expenses pandemic related relocation expenses  professional attire opportunity costs, (i.e. the need to give up a part-time paid job in order to take an unpaid internship.) software/technology, material needs, not provided by employer/University, but essential to the experience.  conference fees For additional examples on the kinds of expenses that may be considered for funding, please click here. If you are a BSOS student with financial need that is preventing you from taking advantage of an unpaid opportunity, you are encouraged to apply for BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds. The best consideration date for Summer/Fall 2021 experience applications is Tuesday, June 1, 2021 by 5 PM. Funding will be allocated on a rolling basis, based on the availability of funds. This application will close on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 by 5 PM or when funding for Summer/Fall 2021 experiences has been exhausted.  Click here to apply.  Before submitting your application, make sure to review the eligibility criteria. Questions regarding the scholarships or the application process can be e-mailed to bsos-scholarships@umd.edu.

$2,000 Scholarship Opportunity - UMD Alumni Association

 The Alumni Association will be awarding 33 scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

 

All current students who have completed one semester at the University of Maryland College Park and will be enrolled full time (12+ credits for undergraduate students and 48+ units for graduate students) during both Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters are eligible to apply. Scholarship award recipients will receive $1,000 each semester. 

 

All applications are due by Sunday, April 4, 2021 by 11:59pm ET. 

Here's the link if the hyperlink doesn't work: https://alumni.umd.edu/students/scholarships-and-awards.

Good luck!

Ed Snider Center Leadership Award- Opportunity for Undergraduate Students

 

Receive up to $15K with a USGIF Scholarship

 

FYI -- our GEOG students have had success with USGIF scholarships in the past! Check it out!

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Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized and rewarded for academic achievements?   USGIF's Scholarship Program annually awards students studying geospatial intelligence and related fields with financial assistance. We offer multiple scholarships at various amounts for high school seniors all the way through the Ph.D. level.    Stu Shea Scholarship applications due: Feb. 26 All other applications due: May 16  Apply for a Scholarship Scholarships Stu Shea USGIF Endowed Scholarship - $15,000 This new scholarship is awarded to one Ph.D. student studying cartography, geography, or imaging science.   Ken Miller Scholarship for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications - $10,000 Created in partnership with Riverside Research, this scholarship is awarded annually to one master's student working in or planning to enter the Defense and/or Intelligence workforce.   RGi Scholarship for Geospatial & Engineering - $10,000 This scholarship, in partnership with Reinventing Geospatial Inc. (RGi), will be awarded to one undergraduate student who demonstrates financial need and is interested in or studying both the engineering and geospatial disciplines.    USGIF also awards several scholarships at the doctoral, graduate, undergraduate, and graduating high school senior levels. $3,000 is given to doctoral, graduate, and undergraduates, while high school seniors receive $1,000.    Support our Schorlarship Program by donating to the EdGEOcation Giving Campaign. Help us reach our $70,000 goal. Donate today! Build the Community | Advance the Tradecraft | Accelerate Innovation 13665 Dulles Technology Drive, Suite 100, Herndon, VA 20171

APPLY TODAY for the Sebastian Herbstein Memorial Scholarship in Fiction Writing. Deadline: 3.5.21

 

APPLY TODAY: Applications for the Sebastian Herbstein Memorial Scholarship in Fiction Writing are due March 5, 2021 by 5 PM. Attention creative writers! Are you a passionate fiction writer with a flair for storytelling? If so, submit your application today. The Sebastian Herbstein Memorial Scholarship in Fiction Writing is a memorial scholarship that honors the memory of Sebastian Herbstein, a talented writer, dedicated scholar and son of UMD professor, Judith Freidenberg, which provides two prizes, $600 for first prize and $300 for second prize, for works of short fiction of 5,000 words or less. All full-time UMD undergraduate students are eligible to apply.  For complete award criteria, instructions, and an online application, please visit go.umd.edu/herbstein. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2021.  Questions regarding the scholarships or the application process can be directed to bsos-scholarships@umd.edu.

APPLY TODAY for the Terp DREAM Scholarship. Deadline- 3.24.21

 APPLY TODAY: Applications for the Terp DREAM scholarship are due on March 24, 2021 by 5 PM. 

The Terp Dream Scholarship is intended to provide scholarships to undergraduate first-generation college students who have completed at least one semester at the University of Maryland. This scholarship will provide aid to undergraduate students who also have prevalent financial need. Multiple scholarships will be distributed. The monetary award for these scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year will range between $500 - $1,000. For complete award criteria, instructions, and an online application, please visit go.umd.edu/terpdream. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.  Questions regarding this scholarship or the application process should be directed to bsos-scholarships@umd.edu.

Two AGI Scholarship Opportunities for Geoscience Students

 For those pursuing Master's or doctoral degress, see below

 

Dear Colleagues,

The American Geosciences Institute has two scholarship programs for the 2021-2022 academic year.  Please pass along the information to interested and eligible students.

Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship

There are two awards available with this scholarship program for 2021-2022.  The scholarship is available for female students pursuing a master's or doctoral degree at an accredited institution of higher education in a recognized geoscience program. Each scholarship award is $5,000.

One master's candidate and one doctoral candidate will be selected for the 2021-2022 scholarship cycle. Applicants may either be entering graduate school or already enrolled in a graduate program in the geosciences.  We strongly encourage incoming master's students to apply. Successful applicants will be thesis-based, full-time students and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The application deadline for the 2021-2022 academic year is February 7th, 2021.

For more information and to encourage your students to apply, please visit: https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/harriet-evelyn-wallace-scholarship

Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession

This scholarship is a $5,000 award to support geoscience graduate studies by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) and will be entering a graduate geoscience program for the first time.  To be eligible, a student must have completed, or be within two semesters of completing, a bachelor’s degree at a recognized geoscience program and not actively enrolled in a graduate program.

The application deadline is February 21, 2021. The scholarship winner will be notified in April 2021. To learn more, see https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/agi-scholarship-advancing-diversity-geoscience-profession

Please send any inquiries regarding to these scholarships to Christopher Keane at keane@americangeosciences.org. 

We look forward to reviewing your students' applications! 

Sincerely, 

Christopher Keane
Director, Geoscience Profession and Higher Education
American Geosciences Institute

APPLY TODAY for BSOS College Scholarships

 

APPLY TODAY: Applications for BSOS College Scholarships are due on February 26, 2021 by 9AM.

The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences offers a variety of scholarships to current students! We encourage you to apply now for an award for the Fall 2021 semester. Before submitting your application, make sure to review each scholarship's unique eligibility criteria. To explore all of our BSOS scholarships, and determine which ones suit you, please visit go.umd.edu/BSOSscholarships.

AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession

 Scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors applying to graduate schools! 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce its new Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. The scholarship is a one-time $5,000 award supporting geoscience graduate studies by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) and is within two semesters of completing a recognized geoscience program. "The geosciences can thrive only with full participation from all communities, yet research shows that many underrepresented minority students face obstacles in the transition from undergraduate to graduate studies," says AGI Interim Executive Director Sharon Tahirkheli. "Supporting the next generation of aspiring minority geoscientists has perhaps never been more important." The application deadline is February 21, 2021. The scholarship winner will be notified in April 2021. To learn more, see https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/agi-scholarship-advancing-diversity-geoscience-profession. If you have questions, please contact AGI Geoscience Profession and Higher Education Director Christopher Keane at keane@americangeosciences.org. About AGI The American Geosciences Institute (AGI), a federation of scientific and professional associations representing over a quarter-million geoscientists, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to serving the geoscience community and addressing the needs of society. AGI headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia.

Apply for Winter Spring 2021 BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds!

 

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Apply today for BSOS Winter/Spring 2021 Undergraduate Experience Funds! These funds assist undergraduate BSOS majors engaged in experiential learning outside the classroom, such as unpaid internships, research, service learning, and professional or academic virtual conferences. The funds are intended to help offset expenses related to such activities including, but not limited to; pandemic conscious travel/transportation expenses pandemic related relocation expenses  professional attire opportunity costs, (i.e. the need to give up a part-time paid job in order to take an unpaid internship.) software/technology,material needs, not provided by employer/University, but essential to the experience.  virtual conference fees For additional examples on the kinds of expenses that may be considered for funding, please click here. If you are a BSOS student with financial need that is preventing you from taking advantage of an unpaid opportunity, I encourage you to apply for BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds. Applications for Winter/Spring 2021 experiences are due no later than December 7.  Click here to apply.  Before submitting your application, make sure to review the eligibility criteria. Questions regarding the scholarships or the application process can be e-mailed to bsos-scholarships@umd.edu.

USGIF 2021 Scholarship Program Now Open

 Check out this opportunity!  Our GEOG students have had great success with these scholarships in the past.

https://usgif.org/education/scholarships

2020 Scholarship Winners

USGIF is dedicated to supporting promising high school, undergraduate, and graduate students studying geospatial intelligence core disciplines such as geography and GIS, remote sensing, geospatial database management and data visualization, and/or related disciplines.   USGIF has awarded more than $1.4 Million in scholarships since the program began.

Stu Shea Scholarship application due: February 26 All other applications due: May 16

Support our Schorlarship Program by donating to the EdGEOcation Giving Campaign. Help us reach our $70,000 goal.

Build the Community | Advance the Tradecraft | Accelerate Innovation 13665 Dulles Technology Drive, Suite 100, Herndon, VA 20171

Hollings Scholarship - Environmental Science / Policy

 Attention SOPHOMORES studying atmospheric and oceanic sciences, environmental engineering, environmental sciences and policy, or ANY major with a strong environmental focus or interest!

 

The Hollings Scholarship provides two-year academic scholarships (up to a maximum of $9,500 per year) for full-time study, and a 10-week, full-time, paid internship position ($700/week) the summer after junior year at a NOAA facility. In the last six years, 29 Maryland students have won Hollings Scholarships!

To learn more, and to gain access to our ELMS resource site for applicants, please click here to complete a brief questionnaire, or write to us at noaahollings@umd.edu

Eligibility requirements: applicants for Hollings Scholarships must be US Citizens; and must have GPA's of 3.0 or higher each semester and in their major.

Deadline to apply: February 1, 2020

Francis DuVinage, Ph.D.
Director, National Scholarships Office and Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research
2403 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Phone: (301) 314-9458
http://www.scholarships.umd.edu
http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu

Udall Scholarship - Environmental Leadership

Are you a sophomore or junior strongly committed to making a difference in environmental issues through your studies, community service, and career plans? Do you have an outstanding record of activism, leadership, and research on environmental issues? Do you have an excellent record of undergraduate studies, internships and/or research related to the environment? 

Learn about the Udall Scholarship in Environmental Issues, a program that seeks to identify future environmental leaders in fields including public policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. Udall Scholars take part in a five-day conference in Tucson, Arizona where they meet with other Scholars, elected officials and environmental leaders. Scholars also gain access to a network of environmental policy professionals through the Udall Alumni listserv. Students from all majors are eligible. 

Award Amount: The Udall Scholarship provides up to $7,000 for tuition, room and board, or other educational expenses. Udall Scholarships may be used for tuition, fees, books, room and board, or other specifically approved expenses.

Duration: The Udall Scholarship provides one year of support. Scholars are required to participate in the five-day retreat in early August. 

To learn more email Dr. Leslie Brice at lbrice@umd.edu

UMD Campus Deadline:  January 20, 2021 - This is to be considered for campus nomination. 

Who can apply: U.S. Citizens, nationals and permanent residents - Sophomores, Juniors - GPA of 3.5 or higher recommended - All Majors - IMPORTANT: All UMD candidates for Udall Scholarships must be nominated by the University. 

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. 

Critical Language Scholarships for Summer 2021

** Would you like to study one of these critical languages during summer 2021 – all expenses paid?* 

ARABIC - AZERBAIJANI - BANGLA - CHINESE – HINDI - INDONESIAN - JAPANESE - KOREAN - PERSIAN - PORTUGUESE - PUNJABI - RUSSIAN - SWAHILI - TURKISH - URDU 
To learn more about the U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) summer 2021 programs and about preparing a strong application by the Nov. 17 deadline, please fill out this brief survey. 
We will also enroll you in our CLS resource page on ELMS. 
 *At this time, the CLS program intends for in-person instruction in the host countries. If the Department of State determines later that this will not be possible due to COVID-19, CLS will offer virtual instruction at full capacity. 
Application Deadline: November 17, 2020 
ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: Applicants must be: US Citizens; currently enrolled freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate students. A GPA of 3.2 or higher recommended; all majors are eligible. 
 PLEASE NOTE: CLS programs in Arabic, Chinese and Japanese require two years of previous study by the start of the program. Korean, Portuguese, and Russian require one year of study by the start of the program. 
For details see: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants 
 For more information about the CLS Program, please visit the CLS website.

Maryland Parent & Family Association Student Scholarship Awards

SCHOLARSHIPS OF UP TO $2,000 AVAILABLE FOR 2020-2021!

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, MAY 18.

Applications are being accepted for the Maryland Parent & Family Association Student Scholarship Awards. The scholarships provide assistance to current undergraduate students in good standing who may be unable to continue their education at the University due to extenuating personal or family financial circumstances. A minimum of 15 scholarships will be awarded for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Award criteria, instructions, and an online application can be found at https://terpfamily.umd.edu/mpfa-student-scholarship-award. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2020.

Questions? Contact the Office of Parent and Family Affairs at 301.314.8429 or terpfamily@umd.edu.

RGi Scholarship

USGIF Scholarship Program

Scholarship Deadline Fast Approaching   USGIF's Scholarship Program annually awards students studying geospatial intelligence and related fields with financial assistance. We offer multiple scholarships at various amounts for high school seniors all the way through the Ph.D. level.  Scholarship applications due: May 15

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Scholarships

Ken Miller Scholarship for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications - $10,000 Created in partnership with Riverside Research, this scholarship is awarded annually to one master's student working in or planning to enter the Defense and/or Intelligence workforce. RGi Scholarship for Geospatial & Engineering - $10,000 This scholarship, in partnership with Reinventing Geospatial Inc. (RGi), will be awarded to one undergraduate student who demonstrates financial need and is interested in or studying both the engineering and geospatial disciplines.  USGIF also awards scholarships at the doctoral, graduate, undergraduate, and graduating high school senior levels. $5,000 is given to doctoral, graduate, and undergraduates, while high school seniors receive $2,000.

Bright Futures Scholarship 2020

 

The Bright Futures Initiative awards students with need-based scholarships ranging from $100-$1,000 to help offset expenses incurred during unpaid internships with non-profit organizations and government agencies.  

The Bright Futures application for summer 2020 is now open!

DEADLINE: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Access to the Application: go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

Eligible Candidates 

All registered University of Maryland, College Park undergraduate students returning to campus for the fall 2020 semester, who have an internship for summer 2020, are eligible to apply. Graduating seniors (May 2020 & August 2020) are not eligible. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors graduating in December 2020 and to those who have not previously received an award.  In order for a student's internship to qualify for funding support, it must satisfy the following criteria:

• Unpaid on-campus or off-campus internship with a non-profit organization or government agency
• Offered during the summer and completed by the start of fall semester
• Supervised by a professional in the field

To Apply:  go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

Submission Deadline: Monday, May 18 at 5 p.m.

Questions?

Visit go.umd.edu/BrightFutures

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Info Sessions

If you are considering pursuing a PhD - you should apply for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! This is a very prestigious fellowship open to first and second year graduate students (you apply when you are a senior or first year grad student). If you win one, acceptance into a good PhD program is all but guaranteed (since you'll be "self-funded!"). Scheduled information sessions available below. 

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) provides 3 years of full support for PhD studies, with an annual stipend of $34,000, in science, math, engineering, and social/behavioral science fields. 

The NSO will hold two early NSF GRFP information sessions for students planning to apply this Fall 2020 or in subsequent years. You can learn more about the NSF GRFP award by clicking here. 

Current undergraduates at all levels and recent alumni are welcome to attend, as are those who will be first or second year graduate students in Fall 2020. (Click here for an online info session schedule.)

1. Monday, February 24 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm, PLS 1130 (Plant Sciences building)
2. Thursday, February 27 from 4:00 - 4:50 pm, ESJ 2212 (Edward St. John building)

RSVP to nsfgrfp@umd.edu - indicate which session you plan to attend.

Eligibility: You must be a US citizen or Permanent Resident to apply for the NSF graduate research fellowship. You must be applying for graduate studies in an NSF supported field.