Funding Opportunities

In order to facilitate student experiences beyond the classroom, The Office of Student Development provides funding assistance in the form of grants for undergraduate students to pursue research. These grants may be used to support senior thesis research or to supplement another research program that the student may be involved. It is anticipated that The Office of Student Development will be establishing an industry-sponsored scholarship program during the 2006-2007 academic year. The Energy Institute also supports collaborative funding with other colleges.

Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry Summer Fellowship

The CECG accepts fellowship applications each spring for Penn State undergraduate or graduate students to pursue work on research topics related to environmental chemistry during summer sessions. This is a broad request where research areas ranging from the biological sciences to engineering to geochemistry are considered. This year, we are especially encouraging proposals that contain a computational component, although all proposals are welcome and will be given full consideration. Students submitting winning proposals receive $3,000, to be paid via wage payroll. Students are selected on the basis of intellectual promise, academic record, and faculty recommendations.

Recipients of the 2006 Summer Fellowships include:
Apurba Sakti - Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, graduate student
Laura Hoch - ERM and Chemistry, undergraduate student
Barbara Fricks - Soil Sciences, graduate student
Suzanne McFarland, Biology, undergraduate student
Joshua Middaugh - Chemical Engineering, undergraduate student

Recipients of the 2005 Summer Fellowships include:
Jennifer Vrentas - Biology, and Molecular Biology, undergraduate student
Jeffrey McDonough - Civil and Environmental Civil Engineering, undergraduate student
Geoffrey Bowers - Chemistry, graduate student
Sharmishtha Dattagupta - Biology, graduate student

For more information check out the website at http://www.essc.psu.edu/CECG/funding.htm