Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Summer Undergraduate

Program Number: 78119
Title: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
(RSMAS) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

Sponsor: University of Miami

SYNOPSIS:
The program is designed to introduce bright and energetic undergraduates to research in the marine sciences. The intensive summer program allows undergraduate students the opportunity to experience graduate level research and school. The students will spend eight (8) weeks engaged in laboratory research at RSMAS.

Deadline(s): 02/11/2005
Established Date: 01/20/2004
Follow-Up Date: 12/01/2005
Review Date: 11/10/2004

Contact: Dr. Frank Millero, Associate Dean

Address:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
U.S.A.
E-mail: fmillero@rsmas.miami.edu
Web Site: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/grad-studies/application_summer_ug.pl
Program URL: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/grad-studies/sumfel.html
Tel: 305-361-4155
Fax: 305-361-4771
Deadline Ind: Postmark
Deadline Open: No


Award Type(s): Fellowship, In-Residence, Summer

Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: U.S. Permanent Resident, U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)
Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories)

Appl Type(s): Undergraduate Student

Target Group(s): NONE
Funding Limit: $2,000 SEEBELOW
Duration: 8 WEEK(s)
Indirect Costs: Unspecified
Cost Sharing: No
Sponsor Type: College/University

Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS

OBJECTIVES:
The summer undergraduate fellows will conduct their research at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science located on Virginia Key, an island in Biscayne Bay connected by a causeway to metropolitan Miami, Florida. A RSMAS faculty member is assigned to each summer undergraduate fellow, according to the student's educational background and interests. The School's basic and applied research interests have grown to encompass virtually all of the marine-related sciences in all oceans: Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biology and Fisheries, Applied Marine Physics, Physical Oceanography, Meteorology, and Marine Geology and Geophysics.

ELIGIBILITY
Fellowships are offered on a competitive basis to United State citizens or permanent residents who are juniors or seniors enrolled full-time at a four-year college or university, and have a grade point average of 3.0 or better.

FUNDING
All fellows are expected to attend scientific lectures relevant to current research in the marine sciences, and present a ten-minute seminar on their summer research experience. The fellowship includes a $2,000.00 stipend, campus housing in the dorms on a share basis, with the possibility of travel expenses. The Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program runs from June 1, 2005 through July 31, 2005. (kww)

KEYWORDS:
Fish and Fisheries
Meteorology
Marine Biology
Marine Geology
Marine and Ocean Sciences
Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Applied Physics

Pam Daale Memorial Scholarship in Meteorology

The Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association and WOI-TV in Des Moines, IA are sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship in memory of broadcast meteorologist Pam Daale. Pam Daale was best known as a television meteorologist at KMGH in Denver, but had numerous ties to Iowa. She was born and raised in Iowa, graduated from Iowa State University, and first worked at WOI-TV. Pam was an extremely popular meteorologist who courageously overcame adversity to not only succeed in her career but to help others. A horseback-riding accident at age 16 left her a paraplegic, but this did not stop her from becoming a popular broadcast meteorologist. Later, as she fought cancer for nearly two years before her death in April 2004, she used her experiences to educate her viewers about the disease. In every aspect of her life, she had a tremendously positive impact on those around her. Her courage, strength, and concern for others, springing from a deep faith in God, should inspire us all.

Eligibility: The $1,000 scholarship is available to all full-time meteorology students having sophomore or junior status at the time of the chapter's annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference (March 31-April 2, 2005) and a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or greater (on a 4.0-point scale). The award will be presented at the conference, and the winner must attend the conference to receive the scholarship.

Application Procedures: To apply for the scholarship, the following items are necessary:

1. Complete the application
2. Send official transcripts from all post-secondary schools attended
3. Provide the name, address, phone number, and email of 2 references (at least one must be from a professor/instructor)
4. Complete the two essays on the application
Please send all materials to:
Central Iowa Chapter
National Weather Association
P. O. Box 7512
Urbandale, IA 50322

Evaluation and Selection: Evaluation of applicants will be performed by the Awards Committee, consisting of National Weather Service and media meteorologists, along with meteorology professors from several universities. University personnel on the committee will excuse themselves from evaluating applicants with ties to their own universities. The candidate selected will be contacted before the conference to ensure their attendance at the conference - a necessary requirement to receive the scholarship.

Deadline: Application materials must be received by February 15, 2005. The winner will be notified on or before March 10, 2005.

For information, send email to iowanwa@everythingweather.com

GRO Undergraduate Fellowships

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering Greater Research Opportunities Undergraduate Fellowships for bachelor level students in environmentally related fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is November 23, 2004. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 15 new fellowships by July 21, 2005. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support for the three-month summer period.

See: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2004/2005_gro_undergrad_fellow.html for more information.

Green Corps Fellowship

We're looking for the next generation of environmental leaders.

Can you imagine yourself running a campaign to defend old growth forests from corporate logging companies, protecting local communities from pesticides, or starting your own environmental group? Green Corps' one-year, full-time, paid Environmental Leadership Training Program gives you the best training available to launch an organizing and advocacy career.

Organization. Green Corps is a non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to identify and train the next generation of environmental leaders. Our program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental and public health campaigns, and placement in permanent leadership positions with leading environmental groups.

Training. The Introductory Classroom Training, held in Boston, Mass., exposes you to the environmental movement and teaches you to mobilize grassroots support, train community leaders, and work with the media. You will learn about issues you care about including global warming, corporate accountability, toxic threats, and sustainable development. You will learn from environmental leaders who have real-life experience fighting to protect our environment like Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra Club, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of United Farm Workers. Four subsequent week-long classroom training sessions held throughout the year teach you additional skills and hone your ability to plan and implement effective campaigns.

Locations & Dates: We place Field Organizers in cities across the nation, which may include Washington, D.C., and cities in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. The program begins in August 2005, with the Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with graduation in August 2006.

Responsibilities. As a Green Corps Field Organizer, you'll plan and implement a series of environmental campaigns conducted on behalf of groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and World Wildlife Fund. Your responsibilities will include recruiting, training, and supervising volunteers, interns, and staff; working with the media; fundraising; and mobilizing grassroots support.

Job Placement. Our graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs working on issues they care about. After you complete the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations with open positions and other opportunities for full-time social change work. Green Corps' graduates have held positions of leadership in organizations such as the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, U.S. PIRG, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense, ACLU, United for a Fair Economy, and Friends of the Earth.

Qualifications. We will invite 25 people to participate in the 2005-2006 Environmental Leadership Training Program. We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have experience working with environmental or social change issues, and have demonstrated leadership experience.

Salary & Benefits. Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment program for qualifying staff.

To Apply. To apply for Green Corps' 2005-2006 Environmental Leadership Training Program, fill out our online application by the Nation Early Submission deadline of January 14th, 2005. Regional deadlines, campus interview dates, and online application are at www.greencorps.org.

Scholarship for George H. Cook Scholars Honors Program Students

The Center for Environmental Prediction (CEP) announces the availability of two $1000 scholarships to support two undergraduates in their senior year who are conducting research consistent with the objectives of CEP. These scholarships are available to students who are currently participating in the George H. Cook Scholars Honors Program and are supervised by a faculty member who has an association with CEP. Interested students should prepare the application for the scholarship, which must be typed, and be a maximum of 3 pages, single-spaced, with the following elements:

1. Title of project
2. Name of student
3. Scientific objectives of the project (clearly stated)
4. Methodology and procedures to be used
5. Expected results
6. References
7. Signature lines for the student and faculty advisor
8. Copy of an up-to-date transcript (not included in the 3-page limit)

The application should be submitted no later than January 31, 2005 to Dr. Tony Broccoli (Acting Director of CEP), preferably in electronic form to broccoli@envsci.rutgers.edu. Proposals will be reviewed by a CEP committee and notification of awards will be made by March 1. Successful applicants will receive $1000 at the end of the spring semester upon satisfactory progress in the research.

The Morris K. Udall Scholarship

If you're interested in being plugged into a growing network of environmentally-committed students across the country, and you answered "yes" to any of the questions above, you should check out the Udall Scholarship.

The Udall Scholarship seeks to reward undergraduates with the commitment and potential to make significant contributions to the fields of the environment, tribal health, or tribal governance.

Eighty $5,000 scholarships are available each year for:
Undergraduate sophomores and juniors in fields related to the environment
Undergraduate sophomore and junior Native American/Alaska Native students in fields related to health care, or tribal public policy

To be eligible for the Udall Scholarship, you must be nominated by your institution's FacRep. To find your FacRep, and application materials please visit the Udall Foundation's web site at www.udall.gov/p_scholarship.htm.

Email millage@udall.gov with questions.

Center for Environmental Prediction Scholarships for George H. Cook Scholars

The Center for Environmental Prediction (CEP) announces the availability of two $1000 scholarships to support two undergraduates in their senior year who are conducting research consistent with the objectives of CEP. These scholarships are available to students who are currently participating in the George H. Cook Scholars Honors Program and are supervised by a faculty member who has an association with CEP. Interested students should prepare the application for the scholarship, which must be typed, and be a maximum of 3 pages, single-spaced, with the following elements:

1. Title of project
2. Name of student
3. Scientific objectives of the project (clearly stated)
4. Methodology and procedures to be used
5. Expected results
6. References
7. Signature lines for the student and faculty advisor
8. Copy of an up-to-date transcript (not included in the 3-page limit)

The application should be submitted no later than January 31, 2005 to Dr. Tony Broccoli (Acting Director of CEP), preferably in electronic form to broccoli@envsci.rutgers.edu. Proposals will be reviewed by a CEP committee and notification of awards will be made by March 1. Successful applicants will receive $1000 at the end of the spring semester upon satisfactory progress in the research.