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Yvonne Claeys Brill was a pioneering propulsion engineer and tireless advocate for women in the engineering profession. Yvonne's family endowed the scholarship to honor Yvonne, who was an inspiration. This scholarship is available to Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering or Biomedical Engineering majors. SWE scholarships support students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in engineering, engineering technology, and fields related to engineering. Applicants must be studying at an ABET-accredited program in engineering, technology or computing in the upcoming academic year. Students who attend an ABET-accredited community college program are also eligible to apply. A SWE membership is not required to apply. However, becoming a SWE member may qualify applicants for additional scholarships and add additional points to the applicant's application review score. The scholarship reviewers focus on extracurricular activities, work history, volunteerism, and interest and involvement in STEM. Applicants must submit one reference, either from someone who can speak to the applicant's academic work, such as a teacher, or someone who knows the applicant well and can speak to their character, such as a coach or supervisor. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Society of Women Engineers for more information.

The American Fisheries Society is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the J Frances Allen Scholarship for a doctoral fisheries student. The scholarship fund was established with the intent of encouraging women to become fisheries professionals. The qualified applicant must be a PhD student conducting aquatic research in line with AFS objectives, which include "all branches of fisheries science, including but not limited to aquatic biology, engineering, fish culture, limnology, oceanography, and sociology." Applicants must also be current AFS members. Applicants must submit their dissertation research narrative. The research proposal should encompass the applicant's entire dissertation research (not a single project/chapter). Three letters of recommendation are also required. One must be from the applicant's major advisor and one must be from an AFS member. Each letter should address (1) the applicant's promise as a fisheries scientist, (2) the potential of the applicant to complete their proposed work and (3) significance of the applicant's proposed research to the advancement of fisheries science. Awardees will be selected on a competitive basis, with an emphasis placed on research promise, scientific merit, and academic achievement. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Chuck Yost Memorial Scholarship Fund is open to Danville Area High School graduating seniors. Other than a strong potential for success, such factors as class rank and grade point average will not be criteria in making a selection. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania for more information.

The C. Kent Warner Annual Scholarship is available to undergraduate students who are majoring in biology or biotechnology and demonstrate superior academic achievement. The recipients of this scholarship are selected by the Department of Biology.

The Krebs Memorial Scholarship is offered to individuals whose very promising research career has been interrupted for extraordinary non-academic reasons and/or those ineligible for public funds. The Krebs Memorial Scholarship will be offered for 1 academic year in the first instance but can be renewed up to a maximum of 3 years. Applicants can be of any nationality. Applicants must be planning to study for a PhD in Biochemistry or an allied biomedical science. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that their promising research career has been interrupted for quite extraordinary non-academic reasons e.g. outbreak of war, outbreak of disease (e.g. global pandemic), having to flee from country of origin, becoming a refugee. Applicants must also be ineligible for an award from public funds. Applicants will be expected to have made prior arrangements with the UK university at which they intend to hold the award. During the application process, candidates will be required to upload a letter from the intended Supervisor, the Head of Department, and two academic referees. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Louise Torraco Memorial Scholarship for Science will be awarded to students currently pursuing a degree in the Physical Sciences including but not limited to Agro-Sciences, Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Physics; or in the Life Sciences including but not limited to Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Microbiology and Zoology. This program is open to applicants of all ethnicities. Online degree programs are not eligible for UNICO scholarships. Applicants must also reside in or have a UNICO Chapter or District sponsor from one of the eligible states. Submission of letters of recommendation is optional. If the applicant is being sponsored by a local chapter, a chapter of a family member or a local district, the applicant will be asked to provide the name and email address for the chapter or district contact for the option of attaching a letter of endorsement. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the UNICO Foundation Inc. for more information.

This scholarship was created in honor of the late Richard Caris. Applicants must pursue biology, ecology, engineering, mathematics, sciences, or STEM at Eastern Arizona College or Gila Community College. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Arizona Community Foundation for more information.

The August C. Krueger Memorial Endowed Scholarship is open to students pursuing a degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Education. Deserving students pursuing degrees in biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and physics will also be considered.

Steve was also a teacher, an author and a docent at Calaveras Big Trees State Park as well as a park naturalist at Sequoia National Park. He taught biology at San Joaquin Delta College for more than 30 years. Calaveras Big Trees Association created the Stephen K. Stocking Memorial Scholarship in Steve's memory to inspire young naturalists to pursue a career in the footsteps of a great friend of Calaveras Big Trees State Park who dedicated his life to educating the conservationists of tomorrow. The scholarship will provide a monetary award to a promising upper division or graduate student who shows a commitment to communicate and interpret a love of nature and an understanding of the need to practice conservation. The scholarship will be awarded to a student whose educational career goals clearly are directed towards communicating and interpreting nature's wonder. Students pursuing degrees in environmental protection, forestry, wildlife and fisheries, biology, parks and recreation, park management, environmental law and public policy, environmental art, and California history are encouraged to apply. Dedication to the ideals of the scholarship's honoree will be considered at least as important as financial need in making the award. Applications may be sent through email or mail. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Calaveras Big Trees Association for more information.