Applications are due Tuesday January 3, 2012 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. You are eligible to apply if one of the following circumstances applies to you at the time of applying: - You are an undergraduate senior, planning to apply to qualified graduate programs (see below) this year and be enrolled by Fall 2012. - You are a first year or second year Master’s or Ph.D. student in a qualified graduate program. - You are in your last year of a BS/MS program and plan to be enrolled in a qualified Ph.D. program by Fall 2012. - You are not currently enrolled in a graduate program, but have been accepted into a qualified graduate program that will begin in the Spring or Fall of 2012. - You have completed your undergraduate degree and are not currently enrolled in a graduate program, but plan to apply to qualified graduate programs and be enrolled in Fall 2012. You are NOT eligible to apply if one or any combination of the following describe your graduate education status: - You will be in your third year of a Master’s program in Fall 2012. - You have completed more than 6 semesters/9 quarters (*) of cumulative graduate work at the time of applying. - You have completed more than 3 semesters/5 quarters (*) of cumulative graduate work in a Ph.D. program at the time of applying. - You seek to pursue a second Ph.D. degree. - You are currently in your second Master’s degree program and will not be in a qualified Ph.D. program by Fall 2012. https://scgf.orau.gov/index.html