NOBCChE annually recognizes outstanding minority graduate students by awarding deserving candidates who have made significant contributions to science and/or engineering research. All
Fellowships applications should be submitted electronically, transcripts and letters of recommendation must be emailed to NOBCChE at the addresses indicated below. All email contacts
should have the phrase “NOBCChE Fellowship” and the applicants surname in the subject line.
The awards will be presented at the Annual Award Banquet at the Annual Meeting-NOBCChE 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, March 29 - April 3, 2010.
All awardees will be expected to present their work as part of the meeting technical sessions. As a consequence, all applicants should also submit as part of their package, a title and an abstract conforming to the criteria for the technical sessions for their presentation at the national meeting.
Awardees will be highlighted in the meeting brochure in order to facilitate the opportunity for recruiters to attend the technical presentation of the award winners.
The deadline for receipt of all application materials will be November 2, 2009 ‡ . Late or incomplete applications will not be processed.
We are seeking nominees for the following African-American Graduate Fellowship Awards:
The Dow Chemical Company Fellowship Award
The Eastman Kodak Dr. Theophilus Sorrell Fellowship Award
The E.I. DuPont Fellowship
The Dolphus E. Milligan Graduate Fellowship Award ‡
The Lendon N. Pridgen, GlaxoSmithKline - NOBCChE Fellowship Award †
The Procter & Gamble Fellowship Award
† In memory of Dr. Lendon N Pridgen, GlaxoSmithKline offers a fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. The fellowship is targeted at African-American candidates currently in their third or fourth year of graduate study and majoring in S YNTHETIC O RGANIC C HEMISTRY .
‡ The Milligan Graduate Fellowship is only for students entering Graduate School at the University of Maryland-
College Park. It has been made possible through support from the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
(CSTL) at NIST and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park.
The deadline for this award is January 15, 2010. Please read further for the Milligan Fellowship guidelines.
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1.
Currently a candidate in a Ph.D. program for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, or Life
Sciences.
2.
Applicant must be in at least their second year of graduate study (with the exception of the
Milligan Fellowship which is for entering graduate students).
3.
Applicant must be enrolled in their Ph.D. program for the Fall/Spring 2010-2011 academic year.
4.
The following materials are required for a complete application packet. All must be received electronically by the November 2 deadline. The applicant should send the following (preferably in 1 zipped file):
1.
Official transcripts from undergraduate and graduate schools
2.
Completed application
3.
Resume
4.
Research description (one page)
5.
Career objective (one page)
6.
Title and Abstract for presentation at the meeting.
7.
Official transcripts from undergraduate and graduate schools
8.
Two completed recommendation forms (At least 1 must be from thesis advisor)
Please send a request for all applications materials (application and recommendation forms) to the
NOBCChE Awards Committee Chair at nobccheawards@gmail.com
.
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‡
A Graduate Fellowship Award, focused on increasing the number of African-Americans in the chemical sciences, is being offered in memory of Dolphus E. Milligan, a preeminent scientist at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr. Milligan was instrumental in the formation of The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and
Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). The Milligan Graduate Fellowship has been made possible through support from the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) at NIST and the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park. Fellows will be chosen
annually through a formal competition at the NOBCChE annual meeting.
Terms of the Fellowship
The Fellowship includes a $30,000 annual stipend, plus tuition, for each of two years to support graduate study at the University of Maryland in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and a 10-week internship within CSTL at NIST during the summer that precedes the beginning of graduate studies.
Fellowship Eligibility
Fellowship candidates must be U. S. citizens, who will have completed their undergraduate degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related discipline by August, 2010.
Application Process
The application deadline for the Milligan Fellowship is January 15, 2010
To apply for the Fellowship, candidates must:
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Send an email communication to the NOBCChE Awards Committee Chair expressing an intention to apply for a Milligan Fellowship. Include as an attachment a written description of research (up to 3 pages, extended abstract format okay) conducted by the applicant prior to obtaining a degree from an undergraduate program of study. All email contacts should have NOBCChE Fellowship and the applicant’s surname on the subject line and should be submitted to nobccheawards@gmail.com
.
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Submit a complete application for admission to the graduate program of the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park via the following online application link: www.chem.umd.edu/GraduateProgram/application.php
. (Note: The graduate application fee will be waived for Milligan Fellowship applicants.)
Fellow Selection
All applications will be reviewed by a selection panel with representation from NOBCChE, NIST, the
University of Maryland, and the Milligan Family. Fellowship finalists will be invited to the NOBCChE
National Meeting (all travel expenses covered) to participate in a competition in which each student will present an oral presentation on his/her research. The fellowship winner will be selected after consideration of the finalists’ records and presentations, with the award presented at the Annual
Awards Banquet.
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