| Deadline | Scholarship | Award | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | AMS Student Assistant Program | Housing, meal, and registration expenses at AMS Annual Meeting (Rutgers will pay travel expenses.) | Any student attending the AMS Annual Meeting, AMS member |
| October 2017 | AMS Student Annual Meeting Travel Grants | Housing, registration, and travel expenses at AMS Annual Meeting | Seniors and graduate students attending, but not presenting a paper, at the AMS Annual Meeting, AMS member |
| October 23, 2017 | National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program | $34,000 annual stipend and full tuition | Current seniors planning to attend graduate school in Fall 2018, and current first and second year graduate students, U.S. citizens |
| Various | Pathways to Science: Multiple opportunities for summer research | ||
| Various | Multiple opportunities with NASA for internships, fellowships, and scholarships | ||
| January 2018 | AMS Graduate Fellowships | $25,000 for first year of graduate school, and partial travel support to AMS Annual Meeting | Current seniors planning to attend graduate school in Fall 2018; GPA ≥ 3.25 |
| January 2018 | NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship | $9500/yr, plus $7000 summer internship with housing | Current sophomores; 3.0 or better GPA |
| Early February 2018 | SOARS, Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science | 10-week summer program at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado, with competitive wages, travel assistance to and from home, and paid housing and local transportation | Have completed 2 years of college; 3.0 or better GPA; member of a group that is historically under-represented in the atmospheric and related sciences, including students who are Black or African American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Hispanic or Latino; female or first generation students; or have experienced, and worked to overcome, educational or economic disadvantage; and/or have personal or family circumstances that may complicate their continued progress in research careers |
| Early February 2018 | AMS Minority Scholarship | $3000/yr for two years | Entering as Freshman in Fall 2018 |
| Early February 2018 | AMS Freshman Undergraduate Scholarship | $2500/yr for two years | Entering as Freshman in Fall 2018 |
| Early February 2018 | AMS Named Undergraduate Scholarships | Up to $10,000 | Current juniors; GPA ≥ 3.25 |
| Early March 2018 | International Summer Scholarships | Up to $5,000 | Interest in international summer experience |
| April 2018 | SEBS Scholarships | Over 500 scholarships will be awarded through this one application. Award amounts vary, and range up to $4,000. | SEBS freshmen (Class of 2021), sophomores (Class of 2020), and juniors (Class of 2019) |
| June 2018 | AMS Macelwane Award | A stipend of $1000, and partial travel support to the AMS Annual Meeting, awarded to the author of the best atmospheric science research paper. | An undergraduate when the paper was written. No more than two Rutgers students may apply in a given year. |
| June 2018 | Elizabeth and Arthur Reich Scholarship | $1,000 to $4,000 per year | [African American and/or Hispanic-American. U.S. citizens are eligible, regardless of their place of residence.] or [Graduates of public or private high schools in Atlantic City, Camden, East Orange, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick, Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, Union City or Trenton, regardless of their race or ethnicity are also eligible.] |
Please apply for all scholarships for which you are eligible. Contact Prof. Decker at or 848-932-5750 for assistance. Be sure to submit all required information by the deadline. Please look at How to Ask a Professor for a Reference Letter in advance to help you with your application.