MINORITY AWARDS PROGRAM - Internship and Visiting Student Awards In-residence Internships and Visiting Student awards at the Smithsonian are available for students to participate in research or museum-related activities for periods of 10 weeks. The appointments carry a stipend of $400 per week and travel allowances may be provided. U.S. minority undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Research fields include Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics; Anthropology, including archaeology; Astrophysics and astronomy; Earth sciences and paleobiology; Evolutionary and systematic biology; History of science and technology; History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts; Social and cultural history of the United States; Folklife. Postmark Deadline for Summer and Fall: February 1 Internship Awards are available for students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program and an overall G.P.A. of 3.0 or its equivalent generally is expected. The relevance of an internship at the Smithsonian to the student's academic and career goals will be an important part of the evaluation of an applicant. Most successful candidates are students of the disciplines in which the Smithsonian conducts research. Visiting Student Awards are available for currently enrolled advanced graduate students in fields that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution. Visiting Students pursue independently designed research projects in association with Smithsonian staff. Applications can be downloaded from www.si.edu/research+study Office of Fellowships Smithsonian Institution Victor Building Suite 9300 MRC 902 PO Box 37012 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 www.si.edu/research+study 202.275.0655 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).