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Undergraduate Scholarships
Sponsored by
BioQuip
Products and the Entomological Foundation
last updated March 3, 2004
Each year
BioQuip Products, a major supplier of entomology
equipment, sponsors a $2,000 undergraduate scholarship to assist
students in achieving their goal of obtaining a degree in entomology or
pursuing a career as an entomologist.
Eligibility for the BioQuip sponsored scholarship
Applicants must have been enrolled in the previous Fall as
an
undergraduate student in entomology at a college or university in the
United States, Mexico or Canada; or if the college or university
the student is attending does not offer a degree in entomology, the
student, through his/her studies, must be preparing for a career as an
entomologist. The student must also have accumulated a minimum of 90
college credit hours at the time the award is presented in September and
either completed two junior-level entomology courses or have a research
project in entomology. Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial
need.
Eligibility for the Entomological Foundation sponsored
scholarship
Applicants must have been enrolled in the previous Fall as
an
undergraduate student in entomology, zoology, biology, or a
related science at a college or university in the United States,
Mexico or Canada and must have accumulated a minimum of 30
college credit hours at the time the award is presented in August.
Students
must have completed at least one course in Entomology
or a project in
Entomology. Preference will be given to students
with demonstrated financial
need.
Previous Winner
Please click
here to learn more about the most
recent award recipients.
Nomination Process
Applications must be submitted electronically. Please click
here
for
details on electronic submission requirements.
Award Procedures
The completed application must contain the following:
- Letter of nomination
(student can write letter of nomination to request consideration)
- Statement from the
student concerning interest in entomology, career goals, financial need,
and other pertinent factors which illustrate qualifications for the
scholarship (limited to two typewritten pages)
- Three typewritten
statements from school officials or other knowledgeable individuals
attesting to entomological interests, character, aptitude, and financial
need
- Current official
transcript of college grades (may be sent separately)
- Application, attach to
assembled packet. Application is required and can be downloaded as an MS Word
document. Please download, fill-out, save to the hard drive, and attach
application to the packet.
- Background information
and research. Click here for Guidelines for
Developing Award CV. Complete
section 1 only.
Deadline
Application packages must be received by the Entomological
Foundation Headquarters at 9332 Annapolis Rd. #210 Lanham, MD 20706
(for transcripts), electronic submissions are to be e-mailed to:
melodie@entfdn.org by July
1..
Renomination
Scholarship winners may reapply up to three times.
Any applicant
not selected, may reapply no more than two times within the
two-
year period after his/her initial submission. Application packages
will be
retained for two years by the Entomological Foundation
Headquarters.
Applicants must send a letter of reapplication to
melodie@entfdn.org by
the award
deadline. Previously submitted documentation will be used for
the
evaluation process unless the applicant submits new or updated
documents.
The reapplication e-mail must contain this additional
documentation. New
or updated documents must follow the
electronic
submission requirements.
Notification
The Entomological Foundation Headquarters will notify all applicants with
the results of their application.
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