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National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship
What:
The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research. The program is designed to improve access to education leading to research careers for those who have had fewer career opportunities than others. The program is designed to provide an incentive for exceptional scholars to pursue research careers at the NIH.
Who is eligible:
To apply, you must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or national of the U.S., be enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited institution, have a GPA of at least 3.5 or be ranked within the top 5% of your class, and be from a disadvantaged background. To be considered as someone from a disadvantaged background means that 1) either your undergraduate institution classifies you as having "exceptional financial need" using the Federal Government's standards, or 2) you come from an environment that inhibited (but did not prevent) your obtaining the knowledge, skills, and ability required to enroll in an undergraduate institution. (If you do not qualify on the basis of "exceptional financial need," you may still qualify as being from a "disadvantaged background" by providing a personal statement explaining your situation.)
Selection Procedure:
Applications request that you discuss your commitment to biomedical science and your personal abilities. Along with this information, three letters of recommendation, provided by references who have direct knowledge of your research and academic qualities, play an important role in the evaluation of your application. Applicants must also submit an undergraduate institution certification form. At the discretion of the NIH UGSP, interviews may be conducted with scholarship finalists in person or by telephone. If necessary, these interviews take place in early August.
Deadline: External 2/28/2010
Who wins:
First priority: Applicants who have completed at least 2 years of undergraduate course work, including four core science courses, and are classified by their educational institutions as juniors or seniors as of the beginning of the academic year of scholarship. (Core science courses include biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus; others may be considered.) Applicants who have completed four core science courses, as defined above. Third priority: Applicants who are freshmen or sophomores. Fourth priority: Applicants who are high school seniors and have been accepted for enrollment as full-time undergraduate students in accredited colleges or universities.
Finances:
The NIH Undergraduate Scholarships offer up to $20,000 for each academic year to cover tuition and other expenses, and is renewable for up to four years. In return for the scholarship, recipients commit to two types of service obligation for each year of scholarship: 1) a 10-week summer service as a paid employee in an NIH research laboratory, and 2) after graduation, 1 year of full-time paid employment in an NIH research laboratory.
World Wide Web: Further information and applications are available at:
https://ugsp.nih.gov/home.asp?m=00
For applications and more information, contact the Scholarship
Opportunities Program at 824-5461 in the Office of the Campuswide
Honors Program, 1200 Student Services II.
SOP is able to provide counseling and applications to UCI Students only.
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Division of Undergraduate Education