Sources of Money 35: American Heart Association Undergrad Research

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Susan planned a career working as a chemist or chemical engineer. She completed her sophomore year of college in her mid-30’s. She still needed to find money to help pay for her junior and senior year of college. She worked with a couple of mentors in her church after attending one of our workshops. She earned enough scholarships to pay for the tuition, books and housing for the rest of her undergraduate program.

Characteristics of the American Heart Association’s Program

The American Heart Association sponsors an Undergraduate Student Research Program:

“The purpose of this undergraduate research training program is to encourage promising students from all disciplines, including women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the sciences, to consider research careers while supporting the highest quality scientific investigation broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke.”

Requirements for the Program

“At the time of application, undergraduate student with legal ability to study in the United States and:

• Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree program in either a four-year college or university, or a two-year institution with plans to transfer to a four-year college or university by the fall semester immediately following the summer program.
• Junior or senior academic status in the fall of given year.  Students who will graduate in September or before are not eligible.
• Completed at least four semesters or six quarters of any combination of the following courses by May preceding the summer fellowship; biological sciences (biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology or lab) and/or physics and/or chemistry (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry or lab).
• Completed at least one quarter of college level or AP credit calculus, statistics, computational methods or computer science
• Attending an institution in, or be a resident of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah or Washington.”

Disadvantages of the Program

• Limited to one $6,500 award
• Limited to certain western states
• Direct use of award funds to pay tuition is prohibited
• AHA will not pay dependent allowances.

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