Promoting Equality in the Sciences Scholarship
Purpose
The Promoting Equality in the Sciences Scholarship was established by Joseph and Shannon Fluder with the purpose of offering a scholarship which will support and promote an individual with a commitment to diversity and inclusion at Illinois State University. The scholarship may be awarded as either a recruitment scholarship for an incoming undergraduate student (first-year or transfer) or to a continuing undergraduate student.
Selection Process and Criteria
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be enrolled in a major in one of the following departments: Geography, Geology, and the Environment; Sociology and Anthropology; Social Work; Politics and Government; and Psychology.
- Demonstrate financial need.
- Prepare a personal statement (approximately 300 words) which demonstrates how their life experiences have fostered an understanding of and commitment to addressing issues of diversity and inclusion in the following communities: Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), or LGBTQ+.
- Where the scholarship is to be awarded to a continuing ISU student, preference is given to those students who are a member in one of the following student organizations:
- African Student Association
- Asian Pacific American Coalition
- Association of LatinX American Students
- Bangladesh Students Association
- Black Artists League
- Black Girl Code
- Black Excellence
- Black Student Union
- Chinese International Association
- Colors International
- Diversity Advocacy,
- Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower
- Future Educators of Color
- Hear My Soul
- Indian Student Association
- Japanese Language and Culture Club
- Korean Student Union
- Minorities in Agriculture
- Natural Resources and Related Sciences
- Minority Students for Political Change
- Moor Pride Incorporated (Black LGBTQ)
- Muslim Student Association
- My Brother's Keeper
- My Sister's Keeper
- National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
- PRIDE
- Society Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
- South Asian Student Alliance
- Taiwanese Student Association
- Where the scholarship is to be awarded as a recruitment scholarship for an incoming student, no preference for student organization membership is required.
Proposal Process and Submission Deadlines
Applications for the 2023-2024 school year are due to the College of Arts and Sciences office by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, February 3, 2023. Scholarships will be awarded after the 10th day of the start of fall semester 2023. You must be enrolled as a full-time student in the fall to be awarded a scholarship. Applications can be submitted to cas@ilstu.edu with the name of the scholarship in the subject line or by bringing a copy to Room 141 in Stevenson Hall.
Proposal Format
Students must fill out the application form above.
Recipients of the Promoting Equality in the Sciences Scholarship