Application for The Rose Marie Pangborn
Sensory Science Scholarship
for the 2016-2017 Academic Year
Please provide the information requested below. You MUST use each of the headings on
your application. Return completed application and 3 recommendation letters to:
Dr. Richard Mattes,
Purdue University
Department of Nutrition Science
Stone Hall, Room 212
700 W. State St.
W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2059, USA.
All applications must be postmarked by June 10, 2016 to be considered for the award.
1.
List your name, mailing address, campus address (If different from your mailing address),
phone and e-mail
2.
List all colleges and universities attended. For each indicate:
A.) Name of institution
B.) Years in attendance
C.) Date and degree received
D.) Grade point average (GPA)
3.
GRE (Grad Record Exam) Scores (Attach photocopy of scores if available).
4.
Current institution and program in which you are a PhD candidate? (Provide address).
5.
Present GPA and the number of units taken towards this GPA.
6.
Include a copy of your undergraduate and graduate transcripts (photocopies acceptable).
7.
Date you expect to complete your graduate studies and receive your PhD.
8.
Please list the courses and degree requirements that you need to fulfill before graduation.
9.
Please list the source and amount of all current scholarship or assistantship support.
10.
Please provide your employment record since high school (list most recent first).
11.
Please list all teaching assistantships and specify:
A.) Company/University
B.) Dates
C.) Job title, job description
11
List three references qualified to comment on your academic and personal performance.
For each, provide their name, title, mailing address, FAX and e-mail.
12
Enclose the three sealed (confidential) completed letters of recommendation with your
application. Do not have them mailed separately.
13
Attach a sheet listing your publications. (If you have no publications, but have abstracts for
talks presented at meetings, you may list these.)
14
Attach an essay in which you describe the origin of your interest in a career in sensory
science. Specifically address your motivation to teach and conduct research in this field at
the university level. Indicate your future goals. If you have a research project under way or
proposed, please state the objective of your research, and briefly outline the protocol. If you
do not yet have a project, please briefly indicate what type of project you would like to
conduct for your PhD thesis.
15
Please have your application endorsed by the department chairman of your current major
professor.
LETTER Of RECOMMENDATION for Applicant_____________________________
From ________________________________. Are you the thesis supervisor? YES NO
(Signature)
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(PLEASE PRINT) Name, Title, University or Company, Address
The individual listed on the first line has applied for a scholarship from the Sensory Science
Scholarship Fund. The award will be made to a student presently enrolled in a PhD program,
who intends to teach and conduct research in (Human) Sensory Science at the university level.
We would appreciate your candid evaluation of the applicant as a candidate for this Scholarship.
Please include specific comments that define the length of time and in what capacity you have
known the candidate. Please evaluate the applicant's potential as a teacher and ability to conduct
independent original sensory research. Please address the applicant's commitment to an academic
career in human sensory science. Include comments that assess the candidate's strengths and
weaknesses with respect to an academic career.
Please return this letter of recommendation in a sealed envelope to the candidate in time for the
applicant may submit the letter with the application no later than June 10, 2016.