PKP Membership NOT Required:
· SIUE Undergraduate Scholarship: 1 scholarship of up to $1500 (which must be applied to undergraduate or graduate tuition and fees at SIUE) may be awarded. Eligibility requirements: Must be an undergraduate with at least junior standing (60 hours) at the end of the fall semester 2014, must have a minimum GPA of 3.5, and must have earned at least 24 semester hours at SIUE by the end of the fall semester 2014. Students with a 100% waiver for tuition and fees are not eligible. Please note: Applicants DO NOT have to be PKP members. For more information, see http://www.siue.edu/pkp/Awards.shtml. Deadline = 4:30 p.m. Friday 3/20/15.
SIUE Undergraduate Paper Contest: Three cash prizes will be awarded for papers meeting the criteria. Submissions are to be scholarly essays or research papers on any academic topic that can be understood by a lay audience. This contest is open to ANY SIUE undergraduate. For more information, seehttp://www.siue.edu/pkp/Awards.shtml. Deadline = 4:30 p.m. Friday 3/20/15.
Study Abroad Award: The national office of PKP will award 50 awards of $1000 each to ANY undergraduate who has been accepted into a study abroad program and has a 3.75 GPA. For more information, see http://www.phikappaphi.org/grants-awards/study-abroad#.VM-oQGjF98E. Deadline = 2/15/15 OR 9/15/15.
PKP Membership Required:
SIUE Graduate Fellowship: Graduating seniors with superior academic and leadership records, who are or will be members of Phi Kappa Phi by the application deadline, and who have applied to enroll as a full-time student in a post baccalaureate program of study for the 2015-2016 academic year are eligible to apply. One fellowship award of up to $1000 will be given through our local chapter and then this person will be entered into the national contest where 51 fellowships of $5000 and 6 fellowships of $15,000 will be awarded. For more information, see http://www.siue.edu/pkp/Awards.shtml. Deadline = 4:30 p.m. Friday 3/20/15.
Graduate Love of Learning Awards: The national office of PKP will award 160 prizes of $500 each to help fund PKP members’ post-baccalaureate studies such as masters theses. For more information, see http://www.phikappaphi.org/grants-awards/love-of-learning#.VM-pDWjF98E. Deadlines = 4/1/15 and 10/1/15.
Thank you for your interest,
Laura Pawlow, Ph.D. SIUE PKP Chapter President
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