2014-2015 Fall Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Award

Thermo Fisher Scientific is offering our future science scholars an opportunity to win $10,000 in scholarship funding for the 2014-2015 Fall semester. This scholarship was created to help provide educational opportunities for the future generation of scientists. Graduate students or undergraduate students must be enrolled in an accredited college for the 2014-2015 Fall semester to qualify for this scholarship. A pre-selected committee will award two $10,000 scholarships and four $5,000 scholarships among the candidates.

Scholarship Award Criteria:

• - Candidate must be enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student at an accredited college or university for
     the 2014-2015 Fall semester
• - Candidate must have a declared major of Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or a related life science field
• - Graduate students must have received a cumulative undergraduate GPA of > 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• - Graduate students should be maintaining a GPA of > 3.0 on a 4.0 scale during Graduate School
• - Sophomores and Juniors must have a cumulative college GPA of > 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• - Freshman must have a cumulative high school GPA of > 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• - Candidates must complete an application & submit unofficial transcripts [if selected, an official transcript will be required]
• - Although not required for an application, references can be submitted to:
     Thermo Fisher Scientific
     Attn: Scholarship Reference
     3734 N. Meridian Rd
     Rockford, IL 61107
     or via email to PierceScholarship@thermofisher.com.
• - Deadline for applicants is 3:00:00 p.m. on August 1, 2014

Complete details and application may be found online at http://www.pierce-antibodies.com/PierceScholarship/.

Questions should be directed to: piercescholarship@thermofisher.com.