Bachelors Degree | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 121

Undergraduates Crown Investment Scholarships funded by Crown Investment Corporation

Undergraduates Crown Investment Scholarships funded by Crown Investment Corporation

Study Subject: Leadership, Management experience, and Community service

Employer: Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan

Level: Undergraduate

Scholarship Description:

To be eligible for this bursary, applicants must:

* be entering or continuing undergraduate student at the University of Regina, including students enrolled through the First Nations University of Canada, Campion College or Luther College, with a minimum Entrance Scholarship Average of 70% or an Undergraduate Grade Point Average (UGPA) of 70%
* be a Status Indian, Non-Status Indian, Metis, or Inuit (self-declared)
* be a Saskatchewan resident, for a minimum of the past twelve consecutive months
* submit a statement of contributions to date with respect to leadership, management experience, and community service
* submit a statement of career goals and future employment plans
* submit a statement of financial need

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1st Nov 2010 for Winter Semester

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Scholarship for undergraduate students, National Institute of Health

Scholarship for undergraduate students, National Institute of Health

Study Subject
biomedical, behavioral, and social science

Employer
National Human Genome Research Institute

Level
Undergraduate

Scholarship Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds that are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. The program offers scholarship support, paid research training during the summer, and paid employment and training at NIH after graduation. Currently, the UGSP provides up to $20,000 per academic year in tuition, educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses to scholarship recipients. Scholarships are awarded for one year and can be renewed up to a maximum of four years. For each full or partial scholarship year, UGSP participants are committed to two service obligations: a ten-week summer laboratory experience under the mentorship of an National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) investigator, as well as one full year of research in an NHGRI laboratory. To be eligible for the UGSP, students must: * Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student at an accredited, four-year undergraduate institution. * Be a United States citizen, national, or qualified non-citizen. * Be from a “disadvantaged background” with demonstrable financial need. * Have a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), or be within the top five percent of their class.

Scholarship Application Deadline
February 28, 2011

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Scholarships for Undergraduate

Scholarship for those students who are studying abroad in any country except Cuba or a country on the U.S. Department of States

Job Description: The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.

Eligibility
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is open to all U.S. citizen undergraduates, in good academic standing, who meet the criteria listed below:

* The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term of his/her study abroad.
* The applicant is applying to or has been accepted into a study abroad program eligible for credit by the student’s accredited institution of higher education in the U.S.
* The applicant is studying abroad for at least four weeks in one country. Programs going to more than one country are eligible if the student will be studying in one country for at least four consecutive weeks.
* The applicant is studying abroad in any country except Cuba or a country on the U.S. Department of State’s current Travel Warning list.

Application deadline: October 5, 2010 for submission of online application.

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