An in-depth research experience, working one-on-one with a faculty mentor, is the main focus of the program. The program goal is to interest talented undergraduate minority students in academic careers and to enhance their preparation for graduate study through intensive research experiences with faculty mentors. All Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) students on the host campus meet weekly as a group for educational enrichment activities with special seminars. The conference program gives SROP students the opportunity to discuss their projects with one another, hear talks given by former participants, meet Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) graduate students, and learn about graduate admission procedures and financial aid.

Funding: Unspecified
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: February 02, 2004

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is selecting students from Schools of Library and Information Science to join our work in U.S. Library Program states as Gates Library Interns. Once implementation of the U.S. Library Program begins in their state, Schools of Library and Information Science are asked to submit proposals for participation in the Gates Library Intern Program.

The intern position requires traveling to a variety of public libraries, assisting with the installation of computers in the libraries, training librarians, and providing technical field support for libraries in the state. This internship is an unparalleled opportunity to merge technological skills with a commitment to public libraries, learn about public access computing through formal classes and by working with Foundation staff. The experience provides interns with valuable knowledge to serve them in their future careers including a tremendous boost when they embark upon job searches.

Funding: The award amount is unspecified. Internships are for one year. Compensation includes tuition reimbursement, an hourly wage, and reimbursement for travel expenses.
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: Continuous. The foundation is proactive in providing eligible states and libraries the application materials.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) Western Civilization Fellowship Program is designed to address our culture’s loss of memory by supporting at the graduate level the study of the institutions, values, and history of the west. The intricate process of renewing our civilization will be immeasurably aided by a new generation of scholars who value the western heritage.

Funding: Three fellowships will be awarded per year. Each fellow will receive a $20,000 grant to pursue studies at the school of his or her choice.
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: February 15, 2004

The primary goals of the foundation are to provide financial assistance to persons of Korean ancestry to pursue undergraduate or graduate studies devoted to any subject offered by well-established universities throughout the world (financial assistance may be provided to persons of Asian ancestry other than Korean as determined from time to time, and to provide financial assistance to persons of any national origin to pursue graduate studies devoted to the neural bases of language. Selection is based on academic record and evidence of financial need, as well as a statement on the part of the applicant as to why he or she is applying to this foundation.

Funding: Every year the foundation distributes one or more grants of up to $18,000 per year. The normal duration of the grant is three years, but may be extended for up to one additional year
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: February 01, 2004
Contact: William Orr Dingwall Foundation
43 Topaz Way
San Francisco, CA 94131
1 415.641.7142
woding@aol.com

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research Grant Program funds empirical research related to legal education in the United States and in the common law schools of Canada. The program welcomes research proposals proceeding from any of a variety of methodologies, a potentially broad range of topics, and time frames that range from students’ undergraduate consideration of legal education to their first jobs following law school.

Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed and the quality of the research designs. The grants subcommittee encourages coherent, productive collaborations between legal educators and administrators who know legal education most intimately and those who have experience in designing and conducting empirical research.

Although the program supports only empirical research, a meritorious project might be informed by any disciplinary perspective and be guided by any of a variety of methodologies. Projects can be qualitative as well as quantitative; cross-sectional or longitudinal; surveys; experiments; correlation studies; systematic observational studies; and so on. The methods will be evaluated in terms of their appropriateness to the research questions posed by the project.

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is a nonprofit corporation whose members are 198 law schools in the United States and Canada. It was founded in 1947 to coordinate, facilitate, and enhance the law school admission process. All law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) are LSAC members. Canadian Schools recognized by a provincial or territorial law society or government agency are also included in the voting membership of the council.

Funding: Unspecified
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: February 01, 2004

The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF) provides support for scientific studies on the use and prevention of misuse of alcoholic beverages. Funding is provided for interdisciplinary research in the biological, medical, epidemiological, behavioral, and social sciences in this field.

Pilot or Preliminary Studies funds may be requested to conduct preliminary studies to determine the feasibility of conducting a study of interactions of biological and behavioral variables that would result in a larger and more expensive research project. Such a study may be designed to test a new method or approach to study biobehavioral events, or to collect data on a sample of subjects to document the practicality of an interdisciplinary project.

Funding: Approximately $2,000,000 is available each year to fund newly approved applications and continuation of previously funded projects. Funds may be requested for a two year period with funding of the second year depending on the availability of funds and satisfactory progress during the first year. Most annual awards do not exceed $50,000 which includes a maximum of 15 percent indirect costs.
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: February 01, 2004

This scholarship may be used towards business studies.

Funding: The award amount equals 50 percent of the state’s cost per academic year to fund an undergraduate student’s public postsecondary education
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: Varies

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) Western Civilization Fellowship Program is designed to address our culture’s loss of memory by supporting at the graduate level the study of the institutions, values, and history of the west. The intricate process of renewing our civilization will be immeasurably aided by a new generation of scholars who value the western heritage.

Funding: Three fellowships will be awarded per year. Each fellow will receive a $20,000 grant to pursue studies at the school of his or her choice.
Letter of Intent: Unspecified
Date of Proposal Submission: February 15, 2004