Minority/Low Income High School Science Research …



Invitation to Minority/Low Income High School Students

Application Deadline: June 11, 2004

Minority/Low Income High School Science Research Mentoring/Internship Program at Washington State University Tri-Cities (WSUTC)

(In collaboration with American Chemical Society Project SEED)

Program Mission

A mentoring program designed to introduce minority high school students from low income backgrounds to science research with an intent to encourage the students to pursue science based higher education.

American Chemical Society (ACS) Project SEED

The ACS Project SEED, co-sponsored by WSUTC, is designed to encourage economically disadvantaged high school students to pursue career opportunities in the chemical sciences. Direction for Project SEED is provided by the ACS Committee on Project SEED. During the summer, students work in the laboratory doing hands-on research guided by a scientist-mentor. Project SEED is for the student from an economically disadvantaged background. Students who have not graduated from high school are eligible for the summer program. College scholarships are available for SEED students who have graduated from high school and plan to attend college.

Stipends & Duration of Program 

Each Summer Intern should receive a total of $1,750 for the duration of the program (June 21 through August 13, 2004).

Requirements: Students eligible to apply must be enrolled in or have completed a chemistry course, must have an interest in science, and comply with the ACS definition of disadvantaged as:

Students from households with a low-family income whose household annual income is below $30,000 or does not exceed 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for family size. Reasonable exceptions are made for total household income up to $42,000 for:

1. Students belonging to an ethnic group underrepresented in the sciences (African American, Hispanic, American Indian),

2. Students whose parents did not attend college, and

3. Students from a single-parent or a large family.

Eligible students must submit a letter of interest no later than June 11, 2004 to

Asopuru Okemgbo, Ph.D.

High School Science Research Mentoring/ACS Project SEED Internship Program

Washington State University Tri-Cities

2710 University Dirve

Richland, WA 99352

Email: asopuru@wsu.edu

The letter of interest should include verifiable student grade in high school chemistry, high school GPA, verifiable family income, and the email address or phone contact of at least one reference.

Summer 2004 Internship Program

Location of the Internship

The Internship will be held at Washington State University Tri-Cities in the East Building, Lab 114, Analytical Instrumention Laboratory. Selected students would spend time in the CIC library (for literature work) and in the laboratory (for hands-on research).

Research Project Objective

Students will investigate the principles and techniques of extraction of environmental organic pollutants of regulatory importance in the safe processing, treatment, and dispoal of Hanford nuclear waste. Students will learn how to operate gas and liquid chromatographic instruments to separate and measure the compounds.

For additional information, please contact

Asopuru Okemgbo, Ph.D.

Mentor/Principle Investigator

Phone: 509-372-0666

Email: Asopuru@wsu.edu

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