High school students are invited to participate in the Association for Women in Science Essay Contest. How do you envision science in the 21st century and women’s role in the sciences? What role do you see yourself playing in the scientific community? What kind of discoveries do you think will be made? First place winners will receive an award of $150, second place winners will receive $50, and third place winners will receive a book on women in science. AWIS will publish the winning essays in its magazine and on its website.
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The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has launched a new series of Saturday programs designed to interest and challenge your best science students. Please read the invitation information below; if you know any students who might be interested in Science Spectrum please forward the invitation to them. We need for students to RSVP as soon as possible since the enrollment is limited to the first 50 students that sign up. Just e-mail sklapper@email.unc.edu.
Students who have demonstrated an interest in and aptitude for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and geography (STEM+G) can apply for NASA’s Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program. Each year, NASA selects about 400 students to work with some of the agency’s top science professionals on cutting-edge research projects. Internships last at least eight weeks. Precollege students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the STEM+G fields are particularly encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://www.nasasharp.com.
Action for Nature (AFN) is seeking applications from students from around the world 8 to 16 years old for its 2005 International Young Eco-Hero Awards Program. This program recognizes the individual accomplishments of young people who have carried out environmental action projects.
Projects must concern environmental action, advocacy, environmental health, research, or protection of the natural world.
Cash prizes up to $500 will be awarded.
Click on http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/ for guidelines and an application form.
National Energy Foundation is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Igniting Creative Energy Challenge. The Challenge is an educational competition designed to encourage students to learn more about energy and the environment and demonstrate that understanding.
One teacher and three students will be named as Grand Prize Winners. Each Grand Prize Winner will receive a hosted educational trip of a lifetime for two to Hawaii. Winners will also participate in the National Energy Efficiency Forum in Washington D.C.,where they will >b?share their Challenge entries and ideas with government officials and energy leaders from across the nation. For guidelines, entry forms and to see previous winning projects, visit the official website at www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org.
The science and technology program of SustainUS, is pleased to announce the first-ever Citizen Scientist science writing competition for young people (ages 13-26) in the United States. The best scientific papers written for a general audience on any topic relating to the economic, social, or environmental dimensions of sustainable development will be published in the Citizen Science online journal. Authors will receive a free magazine subscription and have an exclusive opportunity to present their respective ideas at the United Nations. Competition details are available in the application, available at www.sustainus.org/mambo/cs/csapplication.doc. For more information about SustainUS, visit www.sustainus.org.
Two high school seniors will receive a full scholarship to exchange ideas with scientists and other professionals from the academic and corporate worlds. The four-week experience includes lectures and hands-on research projects presented by scientists from across the nation; three overnight expeditions into the National Forest; and a visit to Washington D.C. The selected delegates must not only demonstrate academic achievement in science, but also show potential for thoughtful scientific leadership.
The NYSC experience is offered at no cost to its participants, so that selected delegates may attend regardless of their financial status. Through contributions from the National Youth Science Foundation®, delegates get a “once in a lifetime” experience. Educational and recreational programming, as well as meals, lodging, and round-trip air passage on scheduled airlines are provided free of charge.
Delegates will arrive in Charleston, West Virginia. The camp is held at Bartow in the eastern mountains of West Virginia, near the Monongahela National Forest. Application forms are available on the NYSC website at www.nysc.org and must be submitted directly to:
Eleanor Enthoven Hasse, Ph.D.
Science Consultant
Division of Instructional Services
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6352 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6352
The Application deadline is February 17, 2006.
