The Young Scientist Program

Washington University in St. Louis http://ysp.wustl.edu/

Science as a profession needs talented individuals from every source. Founded in 1991, the Young Scientist Program (YSP) is designed to attract high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds into scientific careers through activities emphasizing hands-on research and individualized contact between young people and active scientists. In addition, the YSP targets St. Louis City Public High School teachers with resources that facilitate inquiry-based learning in the classroom. Each year the program reaches hundreds of high and middle school students and teachers in the St. Louis City Public Schools.

A unique feature of YSP is that it is entirely run by graduate / medical students and postdoctoral volunteers from the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. As students and scientists, it is our hope that sharing our enthusiasm for what we do will encourage younger individuals to also pursue careers in science.

YSP is currently supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pfizer Inc, The Washington University Medical School Alumni Association, The Washington University Medical School Office of Diversity Programs, The Washington University Medical Scientist Training Program, and the American Association of Anatomists.

Support Program for Students, Graduate Students, and Young Scientists

http://www.dynastyfdn.com/english/programs/science/grants

The focus of the Foundation's programs is fundamental physics.

After winning places in the Foundation's programs, dozens of young scientists have the opportunity to continue their research and training at home in Russia.

The Dynasty Foundation maintains four programs to support students, graduate students, and young scientists working in theoretical physics.

Stipend Program. Upper-year university students compete for yearlong stipends of 4,000 rubles;

Support Program for Graduate Students and Young Pre-Degree Scientists. Competition winners receive grants that provide them with 8,000 rubles a month over a one- to three-year period;

Support Program for Young Scientists with a Kandidat (Ph.D.) Degree. This program finances ten new positions for young scientists. Competition winners receive grants of approximately 15,000 rubles over a one- to three-year period. These positions are the equivalent of postdoctoral fellowships in the west;

Support Program for Young Scientists with (Russian) Doctoral Degrees. This program funds six new positions. Competition winners receive monthly grants of approximately 20,000 rubles a month.

These grant competitions are conducted annually.

In 2009, 50 students, 40 graduate students and scientists with only an undergraduate degree, 12 candidates and 6 doctors of science from various colleges and scientific centers around the country (Moscow and Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Ekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok, Nizhny Novgorod, Irkutsk, and others) received support from the Foundation for continuing education and scientific research.

The Dynasty Foundation's student grant recipients usually continue their scientific research careers after graduation. In 2008, one third of the winners in the competition for graduate students and young scientists were former student scholarship recipients of the Dynasty Foundation. Half of the grant-winning candidates of science previously received scholarships and grants from the Foundation as undergraduate and graduate students. Also, two out of the six doctors who received grants in 2008 were repeat winners of the Dynasty Foundation. One more positive outcome of our program is that it has encouraged three physicists to come back to Russia from Europe and the US to continue their scientific careers at home.

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