The 2012 competition for the UNCF/Merck Science Initiative Research Scholarships and Fellowships is currently underway. This initiative began in 1996 in support of science education and is sponsored by The Merck Company Foundation and Merck, and administered by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
The UNCF/Merck Science Initiative is dedicated to supporting the training of world-class African American Biological and Chemical scientists and Engineering scientists toward achieving the complementary goals of national economic competitiveness and social diversity. This initiative provides scholarships, internships 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.
Applications should be submitted on line at http://umsi.uncf.org no later than December 1, 2011.
