AmeriCorps Education Awards in the College of Natural Sciences
Information and resources for the scholarship applicant:
College of Natural Sciences students active in volunteer, education, research, internship, and fieldwork experiences may be eligible for an AmeriCorps Education Award through the UCAN Serve Program. How it works:
- A student engages in service activities and keeps a log of hours for his/her site supervisor. A student can serve under more than one supervisor during the year and accumulate hours through a variety of volunteer projects and programs. Service hours must be unpaid (a small stipend is acceptable if less than minimum wage). Service sites MUST be nonprofit organizations.
- The hours accumulate over 12 months' time. Students have the entire summer to complete their hours. Commitment to service completion is requisite for enrollment.
- A student commits to 300 hours of service for a scholarhsip of $1000 or 450 hours of service for a scholarship of $1250.
- 20% of service hours can be spent in professional development, such as trainings, class time, research, workshops, conferences, or any activity that has you planning and/or preparing for a future as a professional.
- 10% of service hours can be spent on helping your organization fund raise.
- The scholarship can be used to pay for tuition, make payments on existing student loans, or be saved for up to seven years for use in graduate school or continuing education in the future.
Further information and the AmeriCorps application form can be obtained at: http://www.slice.colostate.edu/slice/volunteer/americorps.aspx
Application procedure:
* Submit the completed application form to Office of the Dean, College of Natural Sciences, 117 Statistics Building. Applicants must be full-time students with a major in one of the departments (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Math, Natural Sciences, Physics, and Psychology) in the College of Natural Sciences.