Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is pleased to announce the continuation of the Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Program to help provide educational opportunities for future generations of scientists. If you could please pass the following information along to your students, and post it on your website(s), it would be greatly appreciated. I have also attached a file for fliers.

The Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Program for the Winter/Spring 2013 semester includes two (2) $10,000 scholarships and four (4) $5,000 scholarships, to be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students with a declared major of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a related life-science field. To qualify for the scholarship, students must have a GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) and be enrolled in an accredited college for university for the Winter/Spring 2013 semester. In addition to these qualifications, students must also be legal United States residents, meaning that students possessing appropriate Visa status in order to study in the United States are also eligible.

Students may apply for the scholarship through the Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Website <https://www.pierce-antibodies.com/PierceScholarship/> . Applications will be accepted until 11:59:59 p.m. CT on December 14, 2012. Each application will be reviewed and evaluated by a scholarship committee and announced to the chosen recipients by January 8, 2013. We strongly encourage all students that meet the scholarship award criteria to apply for this great scholarship! All questions regarding the scholarship may be directed to Ariel Rangel at ariel.rangel@thermofisher.com.