Minorities, Trustee Grants
| University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 |
$195,740 |
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| This grant supports a project at the University of Montana to increase the number of American Indian students earning Master's and Ph.D. degrees in science and engineering. American Indians are the largest minority in Montana, making up 6.2 percent of the population. Seven reservations and seven of the country's 34 tribal colleges are in Montana. Nine more tribal colleges are in neighboring North and South Dakota. The University of Montana campuses at Missoula and Butte have strong commitments to increasing the number of American Indian students on their campuses and to ensuring their success. In Missoula, the Division of Biological Sciences and the Departments of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Forest Management, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Geography, Mathematical Sciences, and Environmental Sciences will be included in the program. At Montana Tech in Butte, the departments within the School of Mines and Engineering will participate. Each campus will add to its existing recruitment and retention efforts directed at American Indian students. As for the comparable program at the University of Arizona, the program includes Sloan scholarships of $30,000 for new M.S. students and $36,000 for new Ph.D. students and will be administered by NACME in the same manner as for the regular minority Ph.D. program. The campuses will provide the needed additional support for each of the students by means of research or teaching assistantships. Project Director: David Strobel, Dean of the Graduate School. | |
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| The following grants are funded from appropriations approved by the Sloan Foundation Board of Trustees for the Minority Ph.D. Program and the University of Arizona American Indian Program. The aim of the Minority Ph.D. Program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority Ph.D.s in mathematics, science and engineering by 100 per year. The aim of the American Indian Program is to recruit and graduate American Indian science and engineering students at the Master and Ph.D. levels. Recruitment and retention efforts and direct aid for students are part of the programs, as are meetings of faculty participants and Sloan Scholars (students participating in the program). The programs are administered by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. The Minority Ph.D. Program includes a feeder component in which grants are made to selected departments that both have a high percentage of minority students and also send on for Ph.D.s in science and technology fields a significant number of their minority bachelor's and master's degree graduates. The aim is to encourage and support efforts within the selected departments to increase the number of such minority Ph.D. students. | |
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| American Indian Graduate Center Albuquerque, NM 87109 |
$20,000 |
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| Support to launch a pre-graduate school workshop for American Indian students. Project Director: Norbert Hill, Executive Director. | |
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| National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. New York, NY 10118 |
$3,375,130 |
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| This grant enables the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) to continue to administer the Sloan Foundation's Minority Ph.D. Program and the University of Arizona American Indian Program during the academic year 2004-05. NACME receives applications for Sloan scholarships from eligible students in both programs, selects awardees using Foundation-specified criteria, and makes scholarship payments. It monitors student progress. NACME also makes payments and monitors grants for the undergraduate and master's feeder programs for the Minority Ph.D. Program. Project Director: Aileen Walter, Vice President, Scholar Management. | |
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| National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. White Plains, NY 10601 |
$12,000 |
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| For a full-page ad in the journal associated with NACME's 30th Anniversary Gala and for a table seating 10. Project Director: Aileen Walter, Vice President, Scholar Management. | |
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| National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. Notre Dame, IN 46556 |
$20,000 |
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| To assist with recruiting of students for the Sloan Foundation Minority Ph.D. Program. Project Director: Saundra Johnson, Executive Director. | |
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| North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411 |
$139,000 |
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| To fund a meeting of faculty participating in the Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program. Project Director: Caesar Jackson, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. | |
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| National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology Lynchburg, VA 24502 |
$45,000 |
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| Support to increase the population of underrepresented minority students at Consortium schools. Project Director: Joan Barber, Senior Vice President for Student Life, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. | |
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| University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 |
$45,000 |
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| Help for the College of Forestry and Conservation to launch the Native American Program. Project Director: Project Director: James Burchfield, Associate Dean, College of Forestry and Conservation. | |
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