UND NSPA Monthly Communiqué

Description: SMART stands for Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation. SMART is seeking students interested in joining a Department of Defense Workforce that works in technology and innovation to protect national security.

• Applicants MUST be pursuing a technical degree in one of the 21 STEM disciplines. SMART will not fund any management or non-technical degrees. Discipline information may be found here.
• Applicants MUST be a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Further information may be found here.
• Applicants MUST be citizens of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or United Kingdom at time of application. Citizenship information may be found here.

National Deadline: 12.1.20

Description: RISE stands for Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Germany offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. RISE Germany is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

• Students are matched with a host university or institute according to their area of interest (biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering, or a closely related field)
• DAAD provides students a monthly stipend for three months to help cover living expenses
• Host universities, universities of applied sciences (UAS) and institutes provide housing assistance and match students with Ph.D. student mentors or researchers (only UAS)
• German language is not required and the working language will be in English

National Deadline 12.15.20

Description: The Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics in the United States, seeks to identify and support college sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise of becoming this Nation’s next generation of research leaders in these fields.

The characteristics the Foundation seeks in a Goldwater Scholar include:

• strong commitment to a research career in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering,

• effective display of intellectual intensity in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, and

• potential for a significant future contribution to research in their chosen field.

Campus Deadline: 12.21.20

The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation offers $24,000 James Madison Graduate Fellowships to individuals desiring to become outstanding teachers of the American Constitution at the secondary school level. Fellowship applicants compete only against other applicants from the states of their legal residence. As funding permits, the Foundation plans to offer one fellowship per state per year.

The goal of the James Madison Fellowship is to help secondary level history, government, and civics teachers to become outstanding educators of the U.S. Constitution.

This Summer Residential Program / stipend + housing is a highly competitive fellowship seven-week, full scholarship summer program in Washington, DC on politics and public policy for college undergraduates and recent graduates. Due to the pandemic, location of programming is still being planned.

Hertog Summer Fellows take courses in a wide variety of subjects, from political philosophy to contemporary public affairs, from economics to foreign policy.

Applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens, nor are they required to have studied in the U.S. International applicants should be highly proficient in the English language, and all application materials, including essays and academic writing samples, must be submitted in English.

These summer courses are in the form of 1-2 weeks Seminars / stipend + housing and appropriate for students seeking a more specialized experience within the Political Studies Program that best fit their interests and knowledge level. They are fully funded where students stay in Washington, DC. Due to the pandemic, location of programming is still being planned.

This is an option to the Summer Residential Program for students who have other jobs, internships, or commitments during the summer.

Students may apply simultaneously to both the Hertog Political Studies Program and to specific Hertog Summer Courses. Only one application is necessary to apply to any of the Hertog programs.