Pre-College Opportunities

2017 Astra STEAM Summit
San Jose, CA; August 17-18, 2017
For girls (grades 6-12) interested in STEAM subjects and entrepreneurship. This event marries mentoring by STEAM industry women and pitching ideas to a panel of experts to give girls additional self-confidence and the practical business experience of working in teams. 

University of Denver All-Girls SciTech Camp- Denver, Colorado
The DU camp is Aug. 7 to 11 and is open to girls going into 6th to 9th grades. To register, email duscitech@gmail.com. Space is limited.

SciGirls STEM training hosted by Concordia University Chicago
River Forest, IL; August 12, 2017
Based on the Emmy-award winning PBS KIDS television series SciGirls, educators who work with middle and high school girls are invited to participate in this hands-on, minds-on professional development training. Attendees will learn the latest research for exciting and engaging girls (and boys) in STEM, experience hands-on STEM activities, leave with curriculum that puts a creative twist on teaching STEM, learn how to modify activities to engage kids in STEM using the SciGirls Seven and discover additional online resources that enhance teaching and learning experiences for all kids.

Annual CGTrader Scholarship 2017
CGTrader is the largest 3D model marketplace backed by the strong designer community of more than 500k members. CGTrader was founded with the goal to ensure fair marketplace conditions for 3D designers. Enter the CGTrader Scholarship 2017 challenge to win $3,000 for your education bills. The best submission will be awarded $2,000 while the two runners-up will receive $500 each.

NASA Internships 
Educational hands-on traineeships that provide unique NASA-related research and operational experiences for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students as well as educators. These internships integrate participants with career professionals emphasizing mentor-directed, degree-related, real-world task completion. During the internship participants engage in scientific or engineering research, development, and operations activities. In addition, there are non-technical internship opportunities to engage in professional activities which support NASA business and administrative processes.

Undergrad Opportunities

Phoenix AISES Professional Chapter Scholarship Program
Administered by Phoenix AISES, this scholarship is made available to American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian high school seniors and college students who attend an accredited two year or four year college/university in the state of Arizona. The award is for the 2017 fall semester and will be awarded in October 2017.

Virtual Presentation Opportunity
The Virtual Poster Showcase (VPS) is a low-cost and high-value online poster presentation opportunity that allows students to share their research without having to travel to a conference. Students are guided through the essential peer-review process, during which they learn to evaluate each other’s research.

SIPES Foundation Earth Science Scholarship Program
The SIPES Foundation has awarded scholarships to more than 200 outstanding earth science and engineering students since it was founded in 1981.Applications are accepted each year from upper-division or graduate students majoring in any earth science, geophysics or petroleum engineering who have an overall grade point average of 3.5 or higher and are U.S. Citizens.

Discover UChicago
The University of Chicago is offering talented individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations an expenses-paid opportunity to explore graduate education at the University of Chicago. Join us for a weekend of graduate admissions workshops, conversations with world-renowned faculty and their graduate students, and informal socials. Receive advice on submitting a competitive application to graduate programs and learn how to develop your own career as a scientist, academic, or professional.

Annual CGTrader Scholarship 2017
CGTrader is the largest 3D model marketplace backed by the strong designer community of more than 500k members. CGTrader was founded with the goal to ensure fair marketplace conditions for 3D designers. Enter the CGTrader Scholarship 2017 challenge to win $3,000 for your education bills. The best submission will be awarded $2,000 while the two runners-up will receive $500 each.

Graduate/Postdoc Opportunities

CryptoClub Leader Training (One or Two Day Training)
Bothell, WA; August 22-23, 2017
The CryptoClub Project develops classroom and web-based materials to teach cryptography and related mathematics to middle-grade students in informal settings. It was developed with National Science Foundation support and has been nationally field-tested. Club Leaders will receive training for the curriculum, materials for implementing, and access to online resources as well as an active community of practice. Formal and informal educators, choose between the one day (less content) or two day training.

Virtual Presentation Opportunity
The Virtual Poster Showcase (VPS) is a low-cost and high-value online poster presentation opportunity that allows students to share their research without having to travel to a conference. Students are guided through the essential peer-review process, during which they learn to evaluate each other’s research.

Intel HPC Developer Conference
The Intel HPC Developer Conference is the premier technical training event to meet and hear from Intel architecture experts and connect with HPC industry leaders. Join in to learn what's next in HPC, attend technical sessions, hands-on tutorials, and poster chats that cover parallel programming, high productivity languages, artificial intelligence, systems, enterprise, visualization development...and much more.

Microsoft Azure for Research Awards
Faculty, researchers, and graduate students are qualified to submit proposals for Azure awards for research projects. Masters and undergraduate students require a faculty project supervisor to submit their proposal. Apply now for cloud computing resources for your research project.

Mayo Clinic Pathways to Physician and Physician/Scientist Diversity: A National Summit
MAYO CLINIC EDUCATION CENTER | PHOENIX, ARIZONA | FEBRUARY 9-10, 2018
This summit is designed to encourage a national conversation on current challenges and
future solutions by involving a national group of stakeholders in exploring the current state of the access pipeline for under-represented students in medical education. Participants will engage in deconstructing the M.D./M.D.-Ph.D. pathway to identify ways to increase diversity in medicine.Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development-Email mca.cme@mayo.edu

Annual CGTrader Scholarship 2017
CGTrader is the largest 3D model marketplace backed by the strong designer community of more than 500k members. CGTrader was founded with the goal to ensure fair marketplace conditions for 3D designers. Enter the CGTrader Scholarship 2017 challenge to win $3,000 for your education bills. The best submission will be awarded $2,000 while the two runners-up will receive $500 each.

Professional Opportunities

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB)
in identifying a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for the appointment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), as well as six SAB subcommittees. The CASAC and the SAB are chartered federal advisory committees that provide independent, expert advice to the EPA Administrator on a range of environmental science, engineering and economic issues.

Intel HPC Developer Conference
The Intel HPC Developer Conference is the premier technical training event to meet and hear from Intel architecture experts and connect with HPC industry leaders. Join in to learn what's next in HPC, attend technical sessions, hands-on tutorials, and poster chats that cover parallel programming, high productivity languages, artificial intelligence, systems, enterprise, visualization development...and much more.

Microsoft Azure for Research Awards
Faculty, researchers, and graduate students are qualified to submit proposals for Azure awards for research projects. Masters and undergraduate students require a faculty project supervisor to submit their proposal. Apply now for cloud computing resources for your research project.

Mayo Clinic Pathways to Physician and Physician/Scientist Diversity: A National Summit
MAYO CLINIC EDUCATION CENTER | PHOENIX, ARIZONA | FEBRUARY 9-10, 2018
This summit is designed to encourage a national conversation on current challenges and future solutions by involving a national group of stakeholders in exploring the current state of the access pipeline for under-represented students in medical education. Participants will engage in deconstructing the M.D./M.D.-Ph.D. pathway to identify ways to increase diversity in medicine. Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development- Email mca.cme@mayo.edu

Discover UChicago
The University of Chicago is offering talented individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations an expenses-paid opportunity to explore graduate education at the University of Chicago. Join us for a weekend of graduate admissions workshops, conversations with world-renowned faculty and their graduate students, and informal socials. Receive advice on submitting a competitive application to graduate programs and learn how to develop your own career as a scientist, academic, or professional.

National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN)
Students and researchers in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences: You can access FREE virtual mentorship, networking, grant writing coaching, mentorship training and more professional development programs and resources through the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), funded by the NIH.