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/
Please direct your interested students to: www.asee.org/SMART
<http://www.asee.org/SMART>. There are links to the application portal
and other program related information. Additional applicant and SMART
related questions can be answered via:
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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
www.nps.edu/mae <http://www.nps.edu/mae>
Phone: (831) 656-2586, 656-3382
Fax: (831) 656-2238
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