Student Application Form - 2009 UF Beckman Scholars Program Award

Spring 2009

Applications are now welcome for this year's competition. Watch this spot for further information. Applications are due by 5pm on March 27, 2009

Note: This application requires that you choose a UF faculty mentor from the Beckman Scholars mentor list and work with that professor to construct a research plan that spans at least two full calendar years and three summers. Make sure the research plan is complete before you begin to fill out this form.  A list of Beckman Mentors is at the bottom of this form.

After completion of this form, we will arrange for a statement of support to be sent from your faculty mentor. Applicants must be freshmen (first year at UF) at the time of application and must be US citizens or permanent residents. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.


Your Last Name: Your First Name: UFID (digits only; no -):

Date of Birth:    Sex: Male Female

Citizenship:  (non US citizens are eligible for support)

Address During Academic Year:
Street Address: 
City, State, Zip Code: 
Best cell (preferred) or local Phone: 
Best E-mail address: 

Your uploaded documents will need to be in pdf format in order to complete your application. You can create your file in Microsoft Word and use a third party plugin to save it as a pdf. PDFCreator is a free utility that can convert a file created with many programs into a pdf. There is also an add-in that will allow you so save a Word 2007 document as a pdf.

Proposed Research Statement
Instructions: Remember that to be eligible you must have contacted one of the eleven UF Beckman faculty mentors and have worked with that professor to construct a research plan that spans at least two full calendar years and a third summer. Your research plan is limited to 2 pages of 12 point font and should state the objectives of the research, a short summary of previous results in this area of research, your planned research and its significance. Graphics and references to the literature are helpful and you may put the references on a third page.

Career and Leadership Statement    Instructions:
Upload career and leadership statement below. The Beckman Foundation expects Beckman Scholars to develop leadership skills as well as research skills and to play an active role in promoting and enhancing the Beckman Scholars program. This statement should explain how you expect to integrate the research supported by the Beckman award and related leadership activities into your time at UF. It should give the reader an idea of your commitment to a long-term research project in your mentor's group, willingness to adjust current volunteer activities if appropriate, and how you plan to divide your time between research, leadership, and coursework activities. In addition, please address how these activities will benefit your longer term career plans. You should have discussed with your faculty mentor what would be necessary to merit being a co-author on a peer-reviewed scientific publication and you should consider this in developing your plan. We welcome descriptions of potential other activities if the research goes well, such as presenting your results at national meetings, inviting your external mentor to campus, visits to the external mentor's laboratories off-campus, plans to compete for prestigious awards, and the like. This statement is limited to two pages.

Resume 
Upload PDF (preferred) or MS Word file of  your resume highlighting academic success, research skills, and awards.  Please also list all science and mathematics courses you have taken at UF including those you are in this semester and reiterate those you accrued by AP exam or IB.

Transcript
Please upload a PDF copy of your transcript (unofficial OK)



 

Academic Information

Current Year (freshman = first year at UF):      Planned Graduation Date: 

National Merit/Achievement/Hispanic Scholar?
Merit  Merit honorable mention Achievement Hispanic  None          

Number of credits by AP/IB at UF      Subjects ?   math  biology physics  chemistry
other sciences

Cumulative UF GPA (respond with "N/A" if you are in your first semester): 

SAT Verbal score:   SAT Quantitative  

Planned Major at UF:  Double Major?  Triple Major? 

Number of credits registered at UF this semester (Example 18)

Number of credits last semester Number of credits previous semester (if applicable - put "N/A" if you weren't at UF)

  (note your most challenging/advanced courses in your resume)

Have you engaged in academic research?  Yes  No

If yes, where and when? - describe the main topic and results in one page or less. If you already have research results from your UF mentor's group, you may put that information here




Information on Parent(s) or Guardian(s)

Last Name:  First Name: 
Best Cell Phone: 
Address: 
E-mail: 
Last Name:  First Name: 
Best Cell Phone: 
Address: 
E-mail: 

 

Instructions:
This is contact information for the UF faculty mentor you propose to work with. Remember to remind this professor that s/he will need to supply the UF Beckman program with a recommendation. The faculty statement should be e-mailed to mglover@chem.ufl.edu, duran@chem.ufl.edu, and lmwhite@chem.ufl.edu

Have you enrolled in research for credit (i.e. IDH 4917 CHM4905) at UF? yes  no

Proposed Beckman Mentor:  Name  

H ave you volunteered or done research in this group?   yes  no

If so, for h ow many months?

 

If chosen as a Beckman Scholar, I agree to participate fully in the activities of the Program, and its promotions, including engaging in three summers of full-time research and two academic years of part-time Honors research  (2008 and 2009). I realize that the Beckman Foundation allows research credit, but prohibits awardees from taking any other coursework during their initial confirm that I will be able to attend the Beckman Scholars symposium in the late July/early Aug of 2008 (it was July 26-28, 2007) and a similar date over my third summer. I realize that the UF Beckman Scholars program will have on campus activities that will help me develop leadership and professional skills including an annual fall poster session, undergraduate research seminars, receptions, and the like.  There may also be assessment activities.

Yes            No

OPTIONAL, but helpful for our program: To be used for statistical purposes only

Please describe your ethnic/racial status:
 
American Indian or Alaskan Native  Asian  Hispanic 
White, not of Hispanic origin  Pacific Islander  African American 

Are you a member of the UF Honors Program? Yes  No

May we use the data you provided? Note, your identity will be kept confidential and this is for our assessment group and also to satisfy all Beckman Foundation tracking requirements only.

Yes       No

 

 

List of Beckman Scholars faculty mentors

                    

University of Florida Mentor Department External Mentor Institution
Ben Dunn Biochem A. Wlodawer NCI-Frederick
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Biochem T. Baker Purdue
John Reynolds Chemistry Art Epstein Ohio State
Randy Duran Chemistry Curt Frank Stanford
Art Edison Biochem Christine Li City College NY
Lou Guillette Zoology H. Bern UC Berkeley
David  Julian Zoology G. Somero Stanford
Lisa McElwee-White Chemistry R.G. Bergman UC Berkeley
Jon Stewart Chemistry Romas Kazlauskas U. Minnesota
Mike Scott Chemistry Ken Raymond UC Berkeley
Cammy Abernathy Materials Science V. Narayanamurti Harvard