The scholarships support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives. The recipients will be chosen at ISA’s annual Spring Leaders Meeting in 2011. Scholarships of $5,000 are provided to the top two undergraduate students while the amounts of the other scholarships vary. More than $62,000 was awarded to the 2010 recipients.
To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be enrolled currently in a graduate or undergraduate program in an instrumentation, systems or automation discipline at an educational institution in their country of residence. Two-year-program applicants must have completed at least one academic semester or 12 semester hours (or equivalent). Four-year-degree program applicants must be in the sophomore year or higher of their study (or equivalent) at the time of application. Also, applicants must be full-time students and have an overall grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
For more information about the Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based association's scholarship program, call Dianna Noyes at (919) 990-9234 or visit www.isa.org/scholarships.