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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program recognizes outstanding scholarship and encourages independent graduate level research — particularly by female and minority students — in oceanography, marine biology and maritime archaeology. Congress authorized the Program, as described in the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-513), soon after Dr. Foster’s death in June 2000, as a means of honoring her life?s work and contribution to the nation. The program is administered through NOAA?s Office of Education and funded annually with one percent of the amount appropriated each fiscal year to carry out the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.More details will be provided upon publication of the Federal Register Notice.Application Process* IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE APPLICATION PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 22, 2010, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION AGAIN. *The new application form is corrected to include only the SF-424 as a mondatory document.Applicants should apply on-line through?grants.gov. Follow the instructions on grants.gov carefully. The on-line process has several steps and takes time to complete, so visit the grants.gov site early in order to accomplish all steps. The deadline date including time of day is firm. All documents in the application package must be in ?word? or scanned as PDF files and uploaded into grants.gov.Paper applications will be accepted only from those ision – Leave blankType of Applicant: select P. Idual, not necessarily as a scientist, and your motivation for applying for this scholarship. This statement should demonstrate your organizational and written communication skills. The statement of intent should be typewritten, single-spaced, and should not exceed one page in length. Statements longer than one page will not be accepted and will result in the application being disqualified.STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL NEEDTo evaluate financial need, NOAA will use the Department of Education’s Expected Family Contribution (EFC) determination. To receive an EFC determination, applicants must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the Department of Education. See http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. In response to the FAFSA, the Department of Education will provide the applicant with a Student Aid Report (SAR), which will contain the EFC determination. A copy of the SAR and a 1 page, single spaced essay describing your financial need must be submitted with the application. In your essay describing your financial need, discuss how you plan to fund your graduate level education and what the impact will be if you do not receive this scholarship. Also, list the following in the order stated: estimated amount needed for tuition and fees, all resources currently available to you to cover your graduate studies (e.g., grants, student loans, scholarships, research or teaching assistant positions, personal funds), the length of time these resources will be available and if they include work requirements, other resources for which you have applied and have received, as well as those for which you have not received a response. Statements longer than one page will not be accepted and will result in the application being disqualified.INSTITUTE CERTIFICATIONduals selected to receive the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship award must provide proof of acceptance into a graduate program at the time of notification or the iduals who have knowledge of your academic record, research effort, work and/or life experience. One of these letters must be from your academic advisor. Relevant paid work, such as internships and volunteer efforts, are applicable. Letters of recommendation must be mailed to:Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship ProgramATTN: Dr. Priti BrahmaNOAA Office of Education1315 East West HighwaySSMC3, Room 10725Silver Spring, MD 20910Or emailed to: fosterscholars@noaa.gov by the idual writing the recommendation must sign across the seal of the envelope containing the letter. All letters must be received by 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on March 17, 2010. Applications without two signed letters of recommendation will result in the application being disqualified.DECLARATIONApplicants must certify that all statements and information in their applications are true and correct by copying the following on a plain piece of paper, signing it, and including it in their application in Grants.gov as an attachment:I, the undersigned, declare, under penalty of perjury, that all statements and information in my application are true and correct.Executed on [insert date].______________________Print or Type Name_____________________________Signature_____________________________________Failure to include this statement, signed by the applicant, will result in the application being disqualified.For Details Visit Official Announcment
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