MAE 2009 Volume: 4 Issue: 6 (November/December)
DoD Boosts STEM Scholarships
The Defense Department this year plans to award 300 scholarships worth about $45 million to promote the education, recruitment and retention of undergraduate and graduate students studying within the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM.
The DoD Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship program, as it is called, covers all tuition and fees, as well as books and health care, plus it provides recipients with an annual cash stipend of $25,000 to $41,000. In exchange, students must work at a DoD laboratory for a specified period of time, noted a press release from one of the scholarship administrators, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
Applications must be received by December 15, 2009, and may be made online at www.asee.org/smart. Also overseeing the program is the Naval Postgraduate School.
The program since its creation by Congress in 2005 has awarded 576 scholarships worth $96.5 million. To be eligible, students must be U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old and are enrolled or plan to enroll in a STEM discipline program.
Around the Country
• The U.S. Army Women’s Foundation is sponsoring up to 10 $2,500 Legacy Scholarships to be awarded in 2010. Applicants must be women who serve or have honorably served the U.S. Army or Army Reserve or National Guard, or children of such women. More details are available at www.awfdn.org. The deadline to apply is February 1, 2010.
• The Army Nurse Corps Association said applications for its 2010 Scholarship Program are due by April 1, 2010. To be eligible for the $3,000 scholarships, applicants must be nursing students who plan to enter a component of the U.S. Army, are currently Army Nurse Corps officers in a non-Army funded program, or nursing students with a parent or spouse that has served in an Army component. More information is available at www.e-anca.org.
• The Dallas, Texas-based Tom Joyner Foundation created a $1,500 scholarship to be awarded to a U.S. veteran of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan who currently attends a Historically Black College or University. The first scholarship was expected to be awarded at the end of October 2009. More information is available at www.blackamericaweb.com.
Support for Aviation Maintenance Education
The Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM) announced a number of scholarships available in 2010. Sponsored by various organizations, these scholarships, available only to (not necessarily female) members of AWAM, include:
• the Airline Dispatcher Federation Scholarship, worth $3,000;
• the American Airlines and American Eagle Maintenance and Engineering Scholarship, worth $5,000;
• the Airbus A320 Type Rating Certificate Scholarship, worth $31,000;
• the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Student Pilot Scholarship, worth $3,000;
• the Continental Airlines 737 Flight Training Scholarship, worth $8,000;
• and the Airbus Leadership Grant, worth $5,000. More information is available at www.wai.org/education.
AMEDD Sponsors Full Scholarships
The U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) is currently accepting applications for its F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which provides medical and dental students with the full cost of tuition, school fees and books, as well as a stipend of $1,992 per month through the school year. Recipients within the Medical and Dental Corps may also receive a one-time, taxable bonus of $20,000.
“Through the HPSP program, Army Medicine has helped to finance the education and training for thousands of health care professionals across the United States,” Colonel Rafael Montagno, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade, said in a press release.
After graduation, scholarship recipients, as part of AMEDD, would be entitled to all the various benefits accorded active-duty officers, AMEDD noted. More information is available at www.goarmy.com/ amedd/hpsp.jsp ♦