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Chapter Scholarships - Europe Germany - U.S. Forces Bonn Chapter AFCEA Bonn e.V. is awarding its fifth “Student Awards” in 2012. Approximately USD 22.000 will be awarded for outstanding technical theses from university in the Bonn region. The two universities of the German Armed Forces in Munich and Hamburg are also eligible to nominate final theses. AFCEA Bonn e.V. is starting a new secondary high school support. Schools in the Bonn region can apply for project funds to improve their SMINT capabilities, like equipment or software. Depending on the project, funds vary between USD 3.000 to 6.000. One to two schools will be awarded each year. Contact: Jochen Reinhardt, AFCEA Bonn e.V., +49 151 1401 1812
Kaiserslautern Chapter Scholarships totaling up to $15,000 ($200 per military recipient and $400 per civilian recipient each semester) will be awarded to active-duty junior officers, enlisted, civil service and family members currently employed or residing within the Kaiserslautern military community and pursuing a communications or electronics degree. Applications are accepted at the beginning of each semester and are awarded five times per year. Up to $28,000 will be awarded to eligible high school seniors graduating from DoDDS schools located in the Kaiserslautern school district with individual amounts up to $5,000. Nominations are accepted March 1 to May 1 and awarded during the Scholarship presentation ceremony at each school .Applications and information are available at www.kmcafcea.org/content/high-school-scholarship, and must be submitted by e-mail to scholarships@kmcafcea.org. One $1,000 Innovative Use of Technology Essay Contest award and one $1,000 Science Teaching Tools award also will be awarded to a DoDDS school, program, teacher or group of students for applications of current technologies to improve capacity for learning in the field of science. Nominations will be accepted starting in January of each year, and awards will be issued in the spring. Contact: Kirk Theophanous, Maj. James Skelton, or MSgt Leroy Gutierrez Telephone (outside Germany): 011-49-6371-405-0625 Telephone (inside Germany):06371-405.0625 E-mail: scholarships@kmcafcea.org, kyriakos.theophanous@ramstein.af.mil, james.skelton@ramstein.af.mil, or leroy.gutierrez@ramstein.af.mil.
Stuttgart Chapter Scholarships totaling at least $15,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds will be awarded to high school seniors in the Stuttgart area. Candidates are selected from local area schools (Patch High School and the International School of Stuttgart) as well as home-schooled students heading to college. Nominations traditionally open in February and close in April. Competitive selections are made by a special AFCEA board, and winners are recognized at the chapter's annual scholarship luncheon in May. Contact: Sandra Iwai, 011-49-711-68639-5323 or DSN (314) 434-5323 E-mail: Sandra.Iwai.ctr@disa.mil or Sandra.iwai@afcea-stuttgart.org
Southern Europe - U.S. Forces Hellenic Chapter The Chapter is planning to use the $1,000 of the AFCEA Educational Foundation’s Science Teaching Tools Grant, to support the setup tools of a series of training lectures, to be held at the Hellenic Air Force Communications School. Web site: www.afcea.gr
Rome Chapter Second Level Master in Advanced Communication and Navigation Systems (it is one year study program for post-graduate students corresponding to 60 ECTS). Roma Chapter has sponsored one scholarship of 6500Euro that will cover the whole subscription expenses to the Master for one military student. The student will have the opportunity to improve its knowledge both in the field of communication and navigation via satellite, but also in towards novel concept related to the integration of communication, navigation and Earth Observation. The students will have the opportunity to get in contact with the major companies in the Italian industry park on the space field (such as Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, Selex SI and Selex Elsag) as many lecturers are from people coming from companies but also because several visits to companies and other research and operative centers are organized during the Master. Moreover, the last 5 months of the Master are supposed to be spent in one company or in another institution working on a specific project. The topics taught in the Master are hot topics both for civil and military applications. AFCEA had sponsored several scholarships in the past years and the experience gained by the students during the Contact: Dr. Ernestina Cianca, Assistant Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and teaching coordinator of the study program.
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