If you're looking for graduate funding in the sciences, this is the directory to use. Described here are more than 1,200 fellowships, loans, grants, and awards set aside just for students interested in working on a master's or doctoral degree in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, dentistry, engineering, environmental sciences, geology, genetics, mathematics, medicine, nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, physics, technology, zoology, or any other scientific field.Here is a sample of the kinds of funding covered in the 1996-1998 edition of Money for Graduate Students in the Sciences: $16,000 per year for graduate study or research in the space sciences; up to $21,000 annually for dissertation research in lung disease; tuition and $13,250 annually for doctoral study in the physical sciences; full tuition and $14,000 per year for graduate research in math; $10,000 for graduate research on critical care nursing; and $10,000 for students working on a graduate degree related to water supply.You'll find it easy to use the directory. Each program is clearly described -with detailed information given on purpose, eligibility requirements, financial data, duration, special features, limitations, number awarded, and deadline date. Entries are grouped by level (master's and doctoral) and purpose (research or study), so you can zero in on just the kind of aid you need. You'll even find the same convenience in the indexes, where title, organization, geographic coverage, subject, and deadline date entries are subdivided by both level and type of program.This directory is part of a unique three-volume series, published by Reference Service Press, that describesfunding available to support graduate study and research. The other volumes cover the humanities and the social sciences. Each volume may be purchased separately.

In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose of developing high-quality education programs, at all levels, that are vertically integrated with the research activities of these departments. To date, more than 50 departments at 40 institutions have received VIGRE awards. As requested by NSF, the present volume reviews the goals of the VIGRE program and evaluates how well the program is designed to address those goals. The book considers past and current practices for assessing the VIGRE program; draws tentative conclusions about the program's achievements based on the data collected to date; and evaluates NSF's plans for future data-driven assessments. In addition, critical policy and programmatic changes for the program are identified, with recommendations for how to address these changes.

The Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy updated its 1999 analysis (Appendix A, Securing America's Industrial Strength, 1999) of changes since 1990 in the distribution of federal research funding by field of science and engineering) by incorporating FY 1998 and FY 1999 obligations from the NSF Federal Funds survey, with particular attention to the trends in basic research support, changes in research fields' relative dependence on research-sponsoring agencies, and the relationship between changes in research support and changes in enrollment in graduate training in selected fields of research. The Board did not recommend funding levels for any discipline but addressed procedural aspects of R&D budgeting.

Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.

Issued by the Nat. Center for Educ. Statistics (NCES). Provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. Includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by NCES. Chapters: (1) all levels of education; (2) elementary and secondary education; (3) post-secondary education; (4) federal programs for education and related activities; (5) outcomes of education; (6) international comparisons of education; and (7) learning resources and technology. Includes 33 figures and 434 tables.