There are so many educational opportunities for us minorities, yet we do not often know about them. This page is a resource library of all these educational opportunities. Yes that’s right! You can use this page to learn about scholarships, internships, events and even role models for minorities. You can also use our forums to discuss these resources or even recommend others ones. This page will be edited and changed periodically, to feature new resources and opportunities that are available!
College is approaching fast and you’re probably wondering, what are top Scholarships for minorities? Don’t worry, read about them below
The Gates Millennium Scholarship
- GMS will select 1,000 talented students to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. We provide Gates Millennium Scholars with personal and professional development through our leadership programs along with academic support throughout their college career. (http://www.gmsp.org/publicweb/aboutus.aspx)
The Ron Brown Scholar Program
- The Ron Brown Scholar Program provides Scholars with the financial resources to attend some of the finest colleges and universities in the country. Upon acceptance, Scholars are each awarded $40,000 ($10,000 per year for 4 years) that may be used at the college or university of their choice…( http://www.ronbrown.org/AboutUs.aspx)
Internships / programs
XStudio
- Summer and academic year internship program, hosted by The Robert R. Taylor Network at MIT which brings together college and high school interns to work on science, technology, research and entrepreneurship related research projects in a professional setting… (http://www.rrtn.org/en/about/programs/institute/)
MIT Mites
- A rigorous six-week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science and engineering…( http://web.mit.edu/mites/About.html)
Events and conferences
- 10th Biennial Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference (http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/about-office/events/193/biomedical-science-careers-student-conference)
- Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference (BEYA) (http://www.beya.org/)
Role models
- Philip Emeagwali (http://wiki.rrtn.org/wiki/Philip_Chukwurah_Emeagwali)