Award Amount: $25,000 grand prize, two $15,000 runners-up (one undergrad, one graduate student)
Deadline: May 16, 2008
Available to: Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled full-time at any U.S. or Canadian college or university for at least part of the 12-month period leading up to the date you submit your entry
Requirements: Essay on a new idea, process, or technology; a literature/patent search and summary; and a letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor
Award Amount: $7,500 to apply toward the costs of a semester in the “Math in Moscow” program at the Independent University of Moscow (five winners)
Deadline: September 30, 2008 (for Spring 2009)
Available to: U.S. undergraduate math or computer science majors applying to the Math in Moscow program
Requirements: Two letters of recommendation, along with a written discussion of how the Math in Moscow program may help your development as a math or computer science student and how the program fits with your future plans
Award Amount: $100,000 first place, $50,000 second place, $40,000 third place, $30,000 fourth place, $20,000 fifth place, $10,000 sixth place, $3,000 for regional winners, $1,000 for regional finalists
Deadline: October 1, 2008
Available to: High school students in good standing
Requirements: One research project in the fields of mathematics, engineering, neuroscience, or the biological or physical sciences
Award Amount: $1,000 (four winners)
Deadline: November 4, 2008
Available to: Undergraduate biology majors currently enrolled in a course in general biology or to any student who has successfully completed a general biology course between June 2006 and June 2008
Requirements: Letter of recommendation from your biology professor and a one- to two-page letter to an elected official at the local, state, or national level that expresses your opinion about a biology-related issue
Award Amount: $20,000
Deadline: December 1, 2008
Available to: Undergraduate and graduate students from NCIIA member institutions
Requirements: Grant proposal for an innovative product or technology from idea to prototype to market, including an abstract (max 250 words) with your top three objectives, proposal narrative (max five pages), support for your proposal from your department chair and the principal investigator, evaluation and sustainability plan, and budget template detailing use of grant funds. You may also submit, through YouTube, a 60-second video “elevator pitch” describing your project.
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