Students -
Please take a moment to look over this scholarship program. The
brochure is attached, and the website with contact info is listed at
the end. This scholarship is open to U.S. citizens only.
"I write to make you aware of a
tremendous
scholarship-for-service opportunity for U.S. graduate and undergraduate
students and to request that you encourage your best students to apply
to the
SMART Scholarship Program. This is a highly-selective, prestigious,
national program that fully supports their education, including full
tuition
and a very generous stipend while they are in school.
The Science, Mathematics, And
Research for Transformation
(SMART) scholarship-for-service Program fully funds undergraduate and
graduate
degrees in a wide range of technical areas, including all fields of
Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
and
Mathematics.
A SMART brochure is attached and
the application web page is
at www.asee.org/SMART.
The application
deadline is December 2010 for the 2011 school year. SMART provides:
·
Full Tuition – to any accredited U.S.
University
·
A very generous stipend while in school
-
$25,000 for undergraduates
-
$33,000 for masters candidates
-
$33,000 to $41,800 for doctoral candidates
·
Book allowance – $1,000
·
Health Insurance
·
Paid Summer internships
·
All required student fees
·
Travel fees for internships
Summer internships at the
facility/laboratory are
required. In return for fully funding their education, students are
required work as a civilian employee at a Service (Army, Navy, Air
Force)
or DoD Agency (NSA, DIA, DARPA, etc.) laboratory, or similar activity,
for
a period equal to the time the program paid for their school. Students
must be U.S. Citizens, able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance, and be
willing
to work in a defense facility/laboratory upon graduation.
There will be approximately 300
new awards this year.
A list of SMART fellows from previous years is listed by University
at:
http://www.asee.org/fellowships/smart/schools/scholar%5Fdirectory/list%5Fby%5Fschool/
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (202) 331-3544
Thank you for your consideration
in this matter. If
you have any individual questions or questions at the
university/department
level, please feel free to contact me at any time.
Respectfully,
Knox
DoD Executive Agent for SMART
______________________________________
Knox T. Millsaps, Sc.D.
Professor and
Chairman
Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
700 Dyer Road, Room
338
Naval Postgraduate
School
Monterey, CA
93943-5100 USA
Phone: (831) 656-2586,
656-3382
Fax: (831)
656-2238