Dear JSHS teacher and parent: 

The Kent Rossier Memorial Student Research Foundation is an organization dedicated to promoting student research in the sciences and social sciences. The foundation is dedicated to continuing the work of Kent Rossier, founder and former Director of the European JSHS. The foundation wishes to announce that it is sponsoring a small number of student research grants of from twenty five to one hundred dollars each to support the JSHS research needs of selected Senior Division JSHS-Europe students. These grants will be awarded by the Trustees based on the proposal's elaboration of the following:

• The nature and purpose of the student's research must be clearly stated in a way that elicits the interest of other students.
• The research plan must be appropriate to the research problem.
• The support costs must be enumerated. Since grant funds will primarily go toward supplies and equipment, specific items to be purchased should be listed. These items should, generally, not be those likely to be found in school stocks. Special note is given to students who design and build their own research equipment.
• The mentor/teacher sponsoring the student must add a confidential statement endorsing the student. This endorsement must refer specifically to the reasons why the mentor has confidence that the student has the time, commitment, and capability to develop the skills needed to complete the research. This statement may also include economic need or other special considerations.

The following will apply to the awarding of these grants:

• No student may apply for more than one research grant,
• No applying student will have passed his/her 19th birthday or be younger than 14 (ie. must have passed his/her 14th birthday) on November 1 of the current school year.
• The grant is contingent upon the completion of the student's research. That is, the student must submit an "acceptable" Senior Division research paper to the JSHS utilizing this equipment. The title and nature of the research may, however, be modified from that of the original proposal upon approval of the mentor.
• Grants will be awarded in a variety of different research areas in order to encourage diversity in research topics.
• Students who wish to apply for a grant should fill out the attached application and forward their application via email to their JSHS teacher/mentor.  The mentor must include a confidential statement and then email the application  to the JSHS-EuropeDirector  no later than February 1.

Trustees

Kent Rossier Memorial Student Research Foundation

Application for Kent Rossier Grant