Scholarship: National Institute of Health:

Feb 28 application deadline for the National Institute of Health's Undergraduate Scholarship Program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research. Requirements include: GPA of 3.5 (or be within the top 5 percent of your class), and enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full-time student for the 2007-2008 academic year at an accredited, 4-yr. undergraduate institution. The scholarships pay for tuition and reasonable educational and living expenses up to $20,000 per academic year. After each year of the scholarship, each student is required to work for 10 weeks in the summer as a paid employee in an NIH research laboratory. After graduation, recipients are required to serve as full-time employees in an NIH research laboratory for 1 year of full-time employment for each year of the scholarship (students may defer service obligations for appropriate graduate or medical studies). NIH expects to award 15 scholarships for 2007. FMI: NIH (ph) 1.888.352.3001. (e) UGSP@NIH.GOV (url) http://www.ugsp.nih.gov/