IAAP is a non political and non religious group aiming to provide a medium for Iranian-American academics and professionals to interact and network on a local and national basis. IAAP offers monthly academic and professional lectures to the community and holds annual scholarship programs.

1. Iranian American Academics and Professionals
(IAAP)
‫-امريکايی‬ ‫علمی‬ ‫انجمن‬-‫ای‬ ‫حرفه‬–‫ايرانی‬
Scholarship: Applications & Awards
Yasaman Ardeshirpour, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Chair
Scholarship Award Ceremony
June 24, 2017
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2. Main objectives of the IAAP Scholarship Program
 To recognize outstanding academic achievements
and excellent service to the Iranian and Iranian-
American Communities by Iranian students attending
universities in the DC area and the Eastern United
States.
 To promote the financial support of these
scholarships among the large Iranian community in
 To promote the financial support of these
scholarships among the large Iranian community in
the area.
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Evaluation Criteria:
• Academics
• Services
A rigorous set of established criteria is used to evaluate
every application.
Schedule
03/15/2017 Scholarship Announcement:
05/15/2017 Application Submission Deadline:
06/15/2017 Selection Process Completed
06/24/2017 Award Ceremony

3. Your resume MUST contain:
Detailed information about your post-secondary education including
Academic
• School/College/University Names & Addresses
• Majors & Minors
• Starting & Ending Dates
• Degrees Expected or Obtained
• Significant academic achievements (awards, scholarship, ranking, recognitions)
• Membership to professional Society (PS)
• Internship /work /teaching experience
• List of publications and presentations for post graduates
• BS/MS GPA (significant evaluation point deduction will be made if not provided)
Services
IAAP Scholarship Form
Services
• Your important services to Iranian and Iranian-American communities including
• Social services
• Academic services
• General services
• Two references (Names and Contact information)
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Degree
Candidate
Academic
(Max)
Service
(Max)
Total
(Max)
BS and
MS
60 40 100
Ph.D 70 30 100
Application Evaluation
Criteria (Scores)

4. Eligibility: Full Time Iranian students attending universities
in the DC area and the Mid-Atlantic States United States.
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,Maryland,
Washington DC,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Delaware,
Connecticut,
North Carolina

5. Application evaluation
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• Competition in each degree category is kept separate from
other categories, i.e., all BS applications compete with each
other, MS(s) with MS(s) and PhD(s) with PhD(s).
Evaluation Basis

6. Applicant
Group
Degree Level No of Applicant Fraction (%)
Group I BS, BA 9 16
MS, MA, DDS,
MD
10 18
Group II PhD 36 66
Total 55 100
Pool of Eligible Applicants- 2017
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
BS MS Ph.D. Total

7. Table: No. of Applications per state- 2017
15
20
25
21
18
0
5
10
CT DE MD NJ NY PA VA DC WV NC
1 1
5 5
3
2
3
0

8. No of Yearly Applications in 3 degree categories
2012-17
100
120
140
0
20
40
60
80
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016-17
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12 9 9 92
26
17
28
10
29
57
39
87
36
PHD
MS
BS

9. 2017 Scholarship Program Review Committee
BS and MS Applications
Dr. N. Namazi
Dr. N. Narimi
PhD Applications
• Dr. M. Farkhondeh
• Dr. A. Keivani Dr. N. Narimi
Dr. N. Khansari
Dr. N. Yazdanpanah
Dr. Y. Ardeshirpour
• Dr. A. Keivani
• Dr. Y. Ardeshirpour

10. • The only source of Scholarship funds is the generous donation
of individuals and small businesses in our community.
• Similar to previous years, a list of donors and a list of awardees
for 2017 Scholarship Program will be shown here and published
on the IAAP Scholarship web at http://www.iaadc.net
Transparency at IAAP
‫مالی‬ ‫درمنابع‬ ‫شفافيت‬
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Degree program No. of Applicants
2017
Number of Awards
BS 9 4
MS, DDS and MD 10 3
PhD 36 8
Totals 55 15
2017 Awards: 15 awards, $500 Each, 27% are awarded.

11. Funding Source:
Ranked Contributions to 2017 Awards
(In the order of amount then dates received)
Rank Name of Donor Rank Name of Donor
1 Dr. Hossein Razavi 8 Ms. Nargess Moghaddam (Kid Waves
LLC)
2 Lions Club of Potomac
Dr. Ali Kalantari)
9 The Soolari Dentistry (Dr. Ahmad
Soolari )
3 Amiricon Engineering 10 Mr. Nicolas Gorjestani3 Amiricon Engineering
(Mr. Hassan Amiri)
10 Mr. Nicolas Gorjestani
4 Loving Care, LLC
Dr. Afshin Abedi
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Drs. M. Farkhondeh & F. Toorany
5 Mr. Mohammad Soleimani 12 Dr. Mehrdad Massumi
6 Prof. Fariborz Ghadar 13 Mr. Robert (Firouz) Soltani
7 Shahin FC Soccer Club
14 Dr. Mahmood Salehi

12. Geographic Distribution of the Recipients of 2017 Awards
(By State)
Rank State Number of
Awards
Percent
1 MD 7 46
2 PA 6 40
2 DC 1 7
2 NY 1 7
Total 15 100
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
MD PA DC NY
47%
40%
7% 7%

13. Geographic Distribution of the Recipients of 2017 Awards
(By State)
20
25
0
5
10
15
CT DE MD NJ NY PA VA DC WV NC

14. Geographic Distribution of the Recipients of 2017Awards
(By School)
Degree Learning Institution No of Awards
PhD The Pennsylvania State University 3
MS Johns Hopkins University 2
PhD
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
2
BS Johns Hopkins University 1
BS Cornell University 1BS Cornell University 1
BS University of Maryland College Park 1
BS George Washington University 1
MS Villanova University 1
PhD Drexel University 1
PhD
Johns Hopkins University,
School of Medicine
1
PhD University of Pittsburgh 1
Total 15

15. Recipients of IAAP 2017 Student Scholarship Awards
(Group I – BS and MS)
Expected
Degree
Name Major School
BS Shahin Shahsavari Biophysics Johns Hopkins University
BS Arman Esmaili Computer Science Cornell University
BS Keyan Bashiri
Neurobiology /Public
Leadership
University of Maryland
College Park
BS Seyedeh Zahra Mousavi
Public Health/ History and
Chemistry
George Washington
University
BS Seyedeh Zahra Mousavi
Chemistry University
Expected
Degree
Name Major School
MS Amirhossein Farvardin Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
MS Arman Mosen Nia Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
MS Aram Missaghian Business Administration Villanova University

16. Recipients of IAAP 2017 Student Scholarship Awards
(Group II – PhD Candidates)
Expected
Degree
Name Major School
PhD Ahmad Arabi Shamsabadi Chemical Engineering Drexel University
PhD Saman Nezami Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
PhD Heydar Davoudi Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins
University School ofPhD Heydar Davoudi Neuroscience University School of
Medicine
PhD Amir Mostafaei
Materials Science and
Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
PhD Ramin Ayanzadeh Computer Science
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
PhD Zahra Niroobakhsh
Materials Science and
Engineering
Penn State University
PhD Farshid Farhat
Computer Science and
Engineering
The Pennsylvania State
University
PhD Afrooz Ansaripour Industrial Engineering Penn State University