UNCF/Merck Science Initiative

We are pleased to announce the 2013 competition for the UNCF/Merck Science Initiative Research Scholarships and Fellowships. Each scholarship/fellowship can be from $30,000 to $92,000. This continues the initiative which began in 1996 in support of science education and is sponsored by The Merck Company Foundation and Merck and administered by UNCF. This
commitment has been renewed through 2015.

The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative is dedicated to supporting the training of world-class African American biological and chemical scientists and engineers toward achieving the complementary goals of national economic competitiveness and social diversity. This initiative provides scholarships
and fellowships to at least 37 outstanding African American students per year- 15 at the undergraduate level, 12 at the graduate level and 10 at the postdoctoral level. In addition, the UNCF/Merck Science Initiative may provide grants to the science departments of the recipients'
home institution.

Applications should be submitted on-line at UNCF.org/umsi. Applications must be submitted on-line no later than December 3, 2012. 

If there are questions regarding the information enclosed, please do not hesitate to call UNCF at (202) 810-0331 .