$3000 scholarship for STEM students residing in New York City, Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange Counties).
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The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration is pleased to offer an annual STEM Scholarship in memory of James Fabian, Esq., former President of The Eye-Bank in the amount of $3,000.
Mr. Fabian was a highly-esteemed and dedicated member of The Eye-Bank’s Board of Directors for a total of 18 years, first as a Director, then serving as an officer until becoming President in 2015, a position he held until his passing in 2020. Throughout his tenure on the Board, he generously contributed his expertise toward guiding and supporting The Eye-Bank and its mission of providing individuals with the beautiful gift of sight through eye donation.
The Eye-Bank together with the Fabian family commemorate his enduring legacy with the following STEM Scholarship to help a qualified student pursue higher education in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics – fields that Mr. Fabian considered essential to the advancement and benefit of today’s society.
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EYE-BANK STEM SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA
To apply, students must meet all of the following requirements:
- Reside within The Eye-Bank’s service area: New York City, Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange Counties).
- Be a student who is accepted to, or enrolled in a STEM undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited 2 or 4-year college or university for the current academic year at the time of application deadline
- Complete the online Stem Scholarship Application by May 15, 2025.
- Use the scholarship award for continuing education at an accredited university, college, trade or technical school certificate program.
- Provide two letters of reference from current school (high school or college)
- Provide either a current official transcript and/or acceptance letter from the college, university or trade/technical school the applicant plans to attend.
- Research and propose a method in which an area within STEM – science, technology, engineering, mathematics—when applied might help to increase the number of eye, organ and/or tissue donations provided so that an increased number of individuals waiting for sight and life-saving transplants might receive them.
- Submit your paper/proposal in 3-4 typewritten pages, doubled-spaced (1,000 words), describing the method identified in item number 7. Include footnotes and bibliography. *
- Application forms together with required documents must be submitted online at www.eyedonation.org/scholarship/stem by May 15, 2025.
Applicants may contact The Eye-Bank in advance for more information or to request a list of resources. Please contact info@ebsr.org or (212) 742-9000.
We look forward to receiving your applications.