The Josephine De Kármán Fellowship Trust was established in 1954 by the late Dr. Theodore von Kármán, world renowned aeronautics expert and teacher and first director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, in memory of his sister, Josephine, who passed away in 1951. The purpose of this Fellowship program is to recognize and assist students whose scholastic achievements reflect Professor von Kármán's high standards. The fellowship is for one academic year and may not be renewed or postponed. Students in any discipline entering their senior undergraduate year or a candidate for a PhD who will defend his/her dissertation by June 2009 are eligible for a 2008-2009 fellowship. Postdoctoral and masters degree students are not eligible for consideration.

While university researchers are scrambling to find grants, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can't seem to give its money away. The department has nearly $2 million dollars to pay for research into security-related video technology, and it hasn't been getting many takers, according to Jennifer White of the Touchstone Consulting Group, which is supervising the grant application process. For the last round of funding, she says, they had only 18 inquiries and nine actual proposals. "And only two of them were deemed acceptable, leaving us with more than $1-million that we couldn't give out." They hope to do better this time around. The money is supposed to go for research into "interoperability": systems that can move video data from one agency to another or from one type of technology to another. The deadline for applications is June 25.

These grants range from $2,500.00 to $5,000.00 per year. Dependent sons and daughters of enlisted men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard or U.S. Coast Guard Reserve on active duty are eligible to apply. Deadline: 1 April 2007

This program provides funds for academic year and summer fellowships to IHEs in order to assist graduate students in acquiring foreign language and either area or international studies competencies. Students apply directly to IHEs that have received fellowship allocations from the Department of Education. Applicants must meet eligibility criteria in order to receive fellowships.

By simply completing and submitting your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you’ll be considered for the Federal Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant. This grant is need-based and can help you pay for any educational expenses, such as tuition, fees, room and board, and/or living expenses. The SMART Grant is available to undergraduate students who are Federal Pell Grant recipients and who are enrolled full-time in their third and fourth year academic level in a four-year degree granting program pursuing a major in mathematics, science (including physical, life and computer sciences) technology, engineering or critical foreign language. The maximum grant amount is up to $4,000 per academic year and students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in coursework required for the major.

+ Congress established that first-year students may receive up to $750 and second-year students up to $1,300 in Academic Competitiveness Grants, if the student has successfully completed a rigorous secondary school program of study. Second-year recipients must also have attained at least a 3.0 grade point average in their first year of study. According to the statute, a rigorous secondary program of study is one that is established by a State or local educational agency and recognized as such by the Dept. of Education + Up to $4,000 in National SMART Grants will be available to students in the third and fourth years of college and pursuing a major in mathematics, physical sciences, life sciences, computer sciences, technology, engineering, or a critical need foreign language. Students must have a cumulative 3.0 college grade point average. + To qualify for either program, students must also be eligible for federal Pell Grants, be United States citizens, and be full-time students enrolled in a two- or four-year degree-granting institution of higher education. In addition, for Academic Competitiveness Grants, a first-year student must not have been previously enrolled in a program of undergraduate education.

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