[Scholarship_alert] Fwd: Gates Millennium Scholars Program

[Engineering Scholarships Alert]

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>Program Number:   04665
>Title:            Gates Millennium Scholars 
>Program 
>
>
>Sponsor:          Gates (Bill and Melinda) Foundation
>
>SYNOPSIS:
>  The sponsor provides funding to provide outstanding, low income
>African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific
>Islander American, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity
>to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline area
>of interest.
>
>Deadline(s):      01/11/2010
>Established Date: 12/15/2009
>Follow-Up Date:   11/01/2010
>Review Date:      12/15/2009
>
>Contact: 
>
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>Address:          PO Box 1-500
>                   Fairfax, VA 22031-8044
>                   U.S.A.
>E-mail:
>Web Site: http://www.gmsp.org/
>Program URL: https://nominations.gmsp.org/GMSP_App/
>Tel:              877-690-4677
>Fax:
>Deadline Ind:     Receipt
>Deadline Open:    No
>
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>Award Type(s):    Student Scholarship
>
>
>Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
>                   U.S. Non-Citizen National
>                   U.S. Permanent Resident
>                   U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)
>
>Locations Tenable:    U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories)
>
>
>Appl Type(s):     Undergraduate Student
>                   Minority Individual
>
>
>Target Group(s):  Minorities
>
>Funding Limit:    $0   NOT PROV
>Duration:         4 YEAR(s)
>Indirect Costs:   Unspecified
>Cost Sharing:     No
>Sponsor Type:     Foundations
>
>
>Geo. Restricted:  NO RESTRICTIONS
>
>CFDA#:
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>OBJECTIVES:
>  The goal of the program is to promote academic excellence by
>providing thousands of outstanding students, who have significant
>financial need, the opportunity to reach their full potential. The
>program offers leadership development programs with distinctive
>personal, academic and professional growth opportunities including
>mentoring services and an online resource center that provides
>up-to-date information on internship, fellowship and scholarship
>opportunities, as well as graduate and post-graduate resources and
>conferences.
>
>ELIGIBILITY
>  Eligible applicants: are African American, American Indian/Alaska
>Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American; are
>citizens, nationals or legal permanent residents of the United States;
>have attained a cumulative high school GPA of 3.3 on an unweighted 4.0
>scale or have earned a GED; will be enrolling for the first time at a
>U.S. accreditedcollege or university as a full-time, degree-seeking,
>first-year student in the fall 2010; have demonstrated leadership
>abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular,
>or other activities; and meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility
>criteria.
>
>FUNDING
>  The award provides: support for the cost of education by covering
>unmet need and self-help; renewable awards for Gates Millennium
>Scholars maintaining satisfactory academic progress; and graduate
>school funding for continuing Gates Millennium Scholars in the areas
>of computer science, education, engineering, library science,
>mathematics, public health or science. (bjv)
>
>KEYWORDS:         Leadership Development
>                   EDUCATION
>                   Minority Education
>                   ENGINEERING
>                   Public Health
>                   Computer Science
>                   Mathematics
>                   Library Science
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