KSU STEM Scholarships

Deadline: February 1st, 2008 (for the 2008/2009 academic year)

Application form:

MS Word form (You can download the form and fill out. This can be saved and emailed to us.)
PDF form (You can download and fill out. This can be printed and sent to us. You can NOT save your information in this form.)

About the Program

The Kent State University Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences will annually provide 22 undergraduate scholarships, averaging $5,000 each to promising science students. The scholarships will be awarded to students who are financially disadvantaged thereby enabling them to pursue a full-time program of studies that can be completed in four years. The scholarship is renewable each year and available from academic year 2007/08 until 2010/11.

Student applying for this scholarship must intend to pursue, or be currently pursuing, a Bachelor of Science degree in one of the programs offered at Kent State University. This includes such programs as Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Biology, and Mathematics. However, students pursuing degrees towards medical professions are not eligible.

Students must also meet the Federal eligibility guidelines and requirements to receive financial aid and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Students from underrepresented groups, in the sciences, are especially encouraged to apply.

The application includes the student’s academic record, two letters of recommendation, and a short one page essay written by the applicant. The essay should discuss the applicant’s science abilities, what he or she has learned about the field, what strengths and weaknesses the student possesses, and what the student’s aspirations are for a science career.

Applicants will be judged based on their financial need, academic record, letters of recommendation, and essay. Scholarship awardees will be linked academically through a shared interest in computational and quantitative approaches to problem solving in the physical sciences.