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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> gradfunding-request@list.arizona.edu [mailto:gradfunding-request@list.arizona.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelley Hawthorne Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 27, 2012 12:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> GradFunding@list.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> GradFunding - Special Edition for New Graduate Students<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Are you just beginning your graduate career? This special edition of the GradFunding Newsletter contains opportunities specifically for incoming graduate students. See below for descriptions of and links to the following opportunities:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Critical Language Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>FLAS Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Fulbright Scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Gates Cambridge Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>German Academic Exchange Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Hertz Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>James Madison Memorial Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>National Physical Science Consortium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Project<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Rangel Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://clscholarship.org/">Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>A program of United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers intensive summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2012. Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) institutes provide fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master ’s and Ph.D. students. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Arabic and Persian: Advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced levels; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, and Urdu:<br>Beginning, intermediate and advanced levels; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: Intermediate and advanced levels. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/awards.html">FLAS Fellowship</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The FLAS Fellowship is an annual competition designed to finance graduate study in foreign languages and appropriately related area studies. FLAS Fellowship competition is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents whose academic interests involve studies in East Asia, East Europe, Latin America or the Middle East. Approved programs may be interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary and must always include study or research in an approved language of the area of specialization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'><a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_048001">Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards are made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. To be eligible for a Ford Foundation Fellowship award you must be a citizen of the United States, demonstrate evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs; practice oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. </span><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://eh0766.empetushosting.net/">Gates Cambridge Scholarship</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Gates Cambridge Scholarships are highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time graduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships will be hosting Captain Zach Watson, Gates Cambridge Scholar and Ambassador, to give a presentation and Q&A session, which will include application advice! Please join us:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Gates Cambridge Scholarship Information Session</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Tuesday, August 28 @ 3:30pm, PAS 224</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Please RSVP using the form at <a href="http://goo.gl/QVWvi">http://goo.gl/QVWvi</a>.</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> You can indicate on the form if you cannot attend, but would like more information. Please direct questions to Dr. Jeff Thibert at <a href="mailto:thibert@email.arizona.edu">thibert@email.arizona.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://us.fulbrightonline.org/#&panel1-1">Fulbright Scholarship</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>Fulbright offers recent graduates opportunities for personal and professional development and international experience that fosters mutual understanding among nations through study and research abroad. Created to increase mutual understanding among nations through education and cultural exchanges. Students design their own projects, which may include: university coursework, library or field research, classes in a music or art school, independent projects in the social or life sciences, assistant teach English, a combination of these or other activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The campus deadline for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is less than a month away, but <b>there's still time to put together a competitive application</b>. The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships will be holding one last information session for this year's application cycle:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Tuesday, August 28 @ 2:30pm</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Room to be determined</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Please RSVP to Dr. Jeff Thibert at <a href="mailto:thibert@email.arizona.edu">thibert@email.arizona.edu</a> </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>to receive an update on the room location. You're welcome to come even if you're not eligible to apply this year. You can also contact Dr. Thibert if you cannot attend but would like more information. Finally, if you're currently working on an application, but have not yet heard from Dr.Thibert, send him an email right away.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.daad.org/page/scholarship/index.v3page;jsessionid=5212o319bnmvj">German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The goal of DAAD is to primary goal is to facilitate transatlantic mobility to Germany. DAAD offers a wide range of funding opportunities for individuals and institutions in higher education. Funding is awarded on a competitive basis; consideration given to the academic merit of the individual, the feasibility and quality of the proposal, and the impact of the applicant and application as a whole. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.hertzfoundation.org/default.aspx">Hertz Fellowships</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Foundation supports graduate students working towards the Ph.D. degree in the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences. These fields include applied mathematics, statistics, and quantitative aspects of modern biology. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America, and be willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-arts-award/">Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Fellowship</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#111111'>The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Graduate Arts Award enables students or recent alumni with exceptional artistic or creative promise and significant financial need to pursue up to three years of study at an accredited graduate institution in the US or abroad. Awards can be as much as $50,000 annually. In 2012, the Foundation will select up to 15 recipients for this award.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#111111'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.jamesmadison.com/">James Madison Memorial Fellowships</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The James Madison Memorial Fellowships are awarded to U.S. citizens who demonstrate a commitment to civic responsibilities and to professional and collegial activities and who qualify for admission with graduate standing at an accredited U.S. university that offers a qualifying master's degree program. Applicants must be committed to teaching American history, American government, and/or social studies full time in grades 7–12.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><a href="http://ndseg.asee.org/">National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program</a></span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> (NDSEG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG) of the US Department of Defense is intended for students at or near the beginning of graduate study for doctoral degrees in mathematical, physical, biological, and engineering sciences. It is open to US citizens or nationals. It is a three-year award, which includes a stipend, plus full tuition and fees, not including room and board.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.npsc.org/">National Physical Science Consortium</a> </span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The National Physical Science Consortium is a partnership between government agencies and laboratories, industry, and higher education. NPSC's goal is to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in the physical sciences and related engineering fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool including women and minorities. The NPSC Graduate Fellowship is unique in being: open to all American citizens; lasting for up to six years; providing a $20,000 annual stipend; covering tuition; allowing a fellow also to hold a research or teaching assistantship; including one or two paid summer internships with a government agency; providing a mentor and the opportunity for a lasting relationship with the sponsor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.nsfgrfp.org/">National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships</a> (NSF GRFP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base in <strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-weight:normal'>biological science, technology, engineering, mathematics, physical science, earth science, and social science</span></strong> in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based masters or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>Applicant Support is available for U of A students who register <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UANSFGRF">here</a>. (Please check eligibility before registering.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.uncfsp.org/cms/default.aspx?page=program.view&areaid=1&contentid=177&typeid=jpfp">NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Project</a></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> (JPFP)</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#111111'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Project (JPFP) was developed in 2000 with a mission to increase the number of underrepresented persons with master's and doctoral degrees in the NASA pipeline, and ultimately in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'><a href="http://www.pdsoros.org/competition/index.cfm">The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'>The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The Program is established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family. Applicants must be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#403824'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'>A New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#403824'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'>Not yet 31 years old, as of the application deadline. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#403824'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'>A college senior or holder of a bachelor’s degree. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#403824'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#403824'>Not beyond your second year – if already enrolled -- in the graduate degree program for which you request support. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.rangelprogram.org/">Rangel Fellowship</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The Rangel Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. Each year, the Rangel Program offers 20 fellowships of up to $35,000 annually towards tuition, room, board, books, and mandatory fees for completion of two-year master’s degrees in international affairs or another area of relevance to the work of the Foreign Service. Rangel Fellows also participate in two summer internships (one for the U.S. Congress, one for a U.S. Embassy) and enter the Foreign Service upon completion of the master’s degree. Rangel Fellows must remain in the Foreign Service for at least three years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Shelley Hawthorne Smith, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>University of Arizona Graduate College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>520-626-0870 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="mailto:ssmith@grad.arizona.edu">ssmith@grad.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>