The Puerto Rico - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP program
Submitted by Elvin Joel Estrada Garcia on
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The Puerto Rico - Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) is pleased to announce its 2018-2019 RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP opening for undergraduate students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The PR-LSAMP scholarship provides training, mentoring, professional development, travel, and stipends to undergraduate research students.
Participation requirements:
If you are a new PR-LSAMP applicant, please:
1. create an account and a student profile on the PR-LSAMP website: http://prlsamp.rcse.upr.edu/index.php/e-registration;
2. submit two letters of recommendation (from faculty) that address your academic and research qualities to:
Javier Figueroa
PR-LSAMP
Resource Center for Science & Engineering
PO Box 23334
San Juan, PR 00931-3334
3. Upload a statement of purpose, as a Word® document, in the PR-LSAMP registration webpage (maximum of 1,000 words). The statement of purpose must address: your motivation to study STEM, your rationale for selecting a particular STEM field, your goals as a STEM researcher, and your perception on how the PR-LSAMP scholarship will assist you in achieving your goals.*
4. Submit a research title. **
5. Submit a brief research summary (i.e. an explanation of your research project). **
If you are an active PR-LSAMP student, please update:
1. your profile on the PR-LSAMP website: http://prlsamp.rcse.upr.edu/index.php/e-registration;
2. your statement of purpose;
3. your research title;
4. your research summary;
New applicants and current PR-LSAMP students should:
1. be a fulltime undergraduate student (i.e. enrolled on 12 or more credits per semester);
2. have a general grade point average (GPA) of 3.10 or higher;
3. have a grade point average of 3.10 or higher in your major (i.e. concentración de estudios);
4. submit the most recent official academic transcript that includes your grades and GPA obtained as of the past academic year of 2017-2018 to:
Javier Figueroa
PR-LSAMP
Resource Center for Science & Engineering
PO Box 23334
San Juan, PR 00931-3334
*The statement of purpose must be uploaded in the PR-LSAMP registration webpage when you register for the first time or update your registration.
**The research title and research summary should be inserted in the appropriate text boxes located in the PR-LSAMP registration webpage.
We invite you to apply to the PR-LSAMP $800-per-semester scholarship by submitting all required documents by August 10, 2018. No applications will be accepted after the deadline.
For additional registration instructions please visit: https://prlsamp.rcse.upr.edu/index.php/e-registration/e-registration-faqs-students/35-how-to-register-into-undergraduate-research-activity
Register here: http://prlsamp.rcse.upr.edu/index.php/e-registration