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Dr. K.C. Channabasappa Memorial PhD Scholarship 2024-2025

Scholarship Application Process is Now Open. Submission deadline is March 31, 2024.

Objective

The objective of the Dr. K.C. Channabasappa Memorial PhD Scholarship is to encourage engineers and scientists to further their education in subjects related to desalination and water re-use. The Scholarship provides financial assistance to undergraduate students who have been accepted into a graduate program of doctoral studies and who intend to pursue a desalination and water reuse related research thesis.

Monetary Award

The total maximum grant per student is up to $10,000 USD. The award is paid in two equal installments: the first upon notification that the recipient has won, and the second after IDRA has received a mid-term progress report from the student’s academic advisor. The individual selected for scholarship must have other sources of funds to supplement this grant that will allow the student to complete graduate degree requirements.

Eligibility

Applicants must have graduated from an accredited university and must be from the top 10% of their class in science or engineering. The applicant must prove full-time admission to a graduate program of doctoral studies in desalination or water re-use and must exhibit leadership and achievement potential. Applicants must be an IDRA member.

Basis of Award Application

Applications are considered on the basis of their undergraduate and graduate transcripts, university staff and IDRA member references along with the individual’s motivation statement for a planned career in desalination or water re-use technologies.

For more information contact easg@idadesal.org.

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