Some funding opportunities for your students:

1.       Ford Foundation Fellowships: Nov 20, 2013; http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/

2.      NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: Nov 4^th, 2013; http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 http://www.nsfgrfp.org/

3.      Wei Family Foundation Fellowships- http://www.wfpf888.org/   (see below)

4.      SACNAS is another place for recruiting minority students:  http://sacnas.org/students/opportunities/grad (and to advertise for faculty)

5.      http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/fund/womenminority.html

3.  I have recently met with the Wei Family Private Foundation folks.  As some of you may know:

“In 1936 Ms Chung Kwai Lui arrived in the USA as an exchange student on scholarship from China. While experiencing cultural and dietary differences and adjusting to them, she also had to balance her studies with work. She worked at different jobs with odd hours to support herself financially and to avoid interference with her studies. Dr. Chung Kwai Lui overcame these challenges and in 1941 she was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Physics from Oregon State University. Dr. C.K. Lui went on to become a nationally ranked research scientist who worked on the “Manhattan Project” and who was named “Woman of the Day” by Eleanor Roosevelt on May 30, 1949.”

They support a number of students in science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, etc. at OSU, over a dozen scholarships for over $130k last year alone.  There are more funds to support OSU students, and in fact, this year, they had to transfer some funds to students at Columbia since they did not receive enough applications from OSU students.  Supports approximately $12k/yr for grad and $9k/yr for undergrad.  Check is not written to OSU Foundation (because of its restriction to students of Chinese heritage- too specific), but it is written to OSU student account that the student has a direct control over.  It is not sent to the student bank account since that would be taxable.  OSU helps the students with general advice regarding those funds.

Please make use of this info as you see fit with your students.  Their hope is that Science makes effective use of resources that some of their students are eligible to receive, and recruit the best students to OSU.  Their money is restricted to be used for OSU and Columbia only.  They typically advertise these through their own websites and network.

http://www.wfpf888.org/

Mission Statement

The Wei Family Private Foundation a non-profit organization was established to honor the memory of Dr. (Mrs.) Chung Kwai Lui Wei and Mr. Hsin Hsu Wei. Its purpose is to award scholarship grants to students of Chinese heritage with high academic credentials who are pursuing a degree in Science or Engineering or Mathematics at Oregon State University or an Electrical Engineering graduate degree at Columbia University

Offering

• Scholarship Grants to Students of Chinese Heritage
  • American or Overseas Born
• GPA: 3.5 or higher
• Pursuing an Electrical Engineering Graduate Degree at Columbia University
  • Scholarship Grant Awards
    • Up to three grants available per academic year
    • Up to 50% of tuition cost per grant

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• Pursuing a Science or Engineering or Mathematics Degree at Oregon State University
  • Scholarship Grant Awards
    • Up to eight grants available per academic year
    • Up to 80% of tuition cost per grant

Contact Information

Email: info@wfpf888.org