- Scholarships to cover tuition, room and board, books and supplies, up to a maximum of $10,000 annually.
- The program also loans students laptops. The laptops are only loaned, and must be returned when the student graduates or leaves the program, so they be passed on to the next cohort of awardees. Students needing help with their laptops should contact Heather Miles in Moln D120, 595 - 2592, miles at uwp dot edu.
- A community mentorship program, where students are paired with community members in their fields of study to help guide them in their preparing for their professional lives.
- There are limited number of funds available to help students prepare for and take graduate school exams. Students may be reimbursed for the purchase of study books, exam registration fees or other fees associated with the GRE or other graduate school exam. Students wanting to be reimbursed for these expenses should see Connie Wheeler in Moln 248, 595 - 2314, wheelerc at uwp dot edu.
- If an awardee is involved in a research project, or has other reasons to attend a conference, e.g. if the conference is a good venue to explore graduate studies, we have some resources to support travel. Please see Professor Hansen, Moln 251, 595-3395, hansen at uwp dot edu, to discuss available funding.
- be of junior standing at the beginning of the award period,
- have a GPA of at least 3.0 at their current post-secondary institution,
- take at least 12 credit hours each semester they are in the program,
- have declared a major in Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geoscience, or Physics, and
- qualify for federal financial aid.
UW-Parkside Science Scholars Program
The Science Scholars Program awards scholarships to deserving UW-Parkside students in Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, and Physics. The amount of the awards are based on the student's federal financial need and vary from year to year and student to student. The program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation S-STEM program. Funding began in Fall 2008.
Benefits
Eligibility
To be eligible, a student must:
Students currently attending UW-Parkside and transfer students are encouraged to apply.
Contacts
The departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences and Physics are all involved with the science scholars programs. Faculty contacts are:| Prof. Stuart Hansen
(PI) Department of Computer Science UW-Parkside 595 - 3395 hansen at uwp dot edu |
Prof. Patricia Cleary Department of Geosciences UW-Parkside 595-2380 cleary at uwp dot edu |
| Prof. Gary Wood Department of Chemistry UW-Parkside 595 - 2430 woodg at uwp dot edu |
Prof. M. Scott Thomson Department of Biological Sciences UW-Parkside 595 - 2547 thomson at uwp dot edu |
| Prof. Jeffrey Schmidt Department of Physics UW-Parkside 595 - 2134 schmidt at uwp dot edu |
To Apply
Complete the UW-Parkside scholarship application found at:
http://www.uwp.edu/beta/scholarships/
Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, available from: http://www.uwp.edu/beta/financial.aid/
Application Deadline:
FAFSA- as soon as possible after Jan 1
For more information contact
Stuart Hansen, Department of Computer Science
University of Wisconsin – Parkside
900 Wood Rd.
Kenosha, WI 53144
(262) 595 – 3395
Contact
Support for this work is provided by the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program under Award No. 0728701. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
