{"id":1462,"date":"2013-10-29T07:23:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T15:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2013-10-29T07:23:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T15:23:39","slug":"funding-opportunities-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/2013\/10\/29\/funding-opportunities-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some funding opportunities for your students:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ford Foundation Fellowships:\u00a0Nov 20, 2013;\u00a0http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/FordFellowships\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NSF Graduate Research Fellowships:\u00a0Nov 4th<\/sup>, 2013;\u00a0http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201<\/a>\u00a0http:\/\/www.nsfgrfp.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wei Family Foundation Fellowships-\u00a0http:\/\/www.wfpf888.org\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(see below)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SACNAS is another place for recruiting minority students:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/sacnas.org\/students\/opportunities\/grad<\/a>\u00a0(and to advertise for faculty)<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.spo.berkeley.edu\/fund\/womenminority.html<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 I have recently met with the Wei Family Private Foundation folks.\u00a0 As some of you may know:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

They support a number of students in science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, etc. at OSU, over a dozen scholarships for over $130k last year alone.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Supports approximately $12k\/yr for grad and $9k\/yr for undergrad.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 It is not sent to the student bank account since that would be taxable.\u00a0 OSU helps the students with general advice regarding those funds.<\/p>\n

Please make use of this info as you see fit with your students.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Their money is restricted to be used for OSU and Columbia only.\u00a0 They typically advertise these through their own websites and network.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wfpf888.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Mission Statement<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Offering<\/p>\n