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Engineers hold positions with a peculiar paradoxical aspect. Performed in obscurity, their work is vital to the security of the public by whose eyes it is unseen. Indeed, without experts with specialized training in maintaining invisible yet indispensable infrastructures, the world would literally collapse instantly.
That physical dynamic is also a fiscal dilemma for aspiring engineers without funds for higher education to develop great their talent to its fullest extent. Luckily, many contributors wait to help brilliant scholars with desires for higher learning about turning mental envisioning into solid forms. Would-be builders of tomorrow’s foundations can begin realizing their dreams today with financial backing of the great scholarships for engineering majors we’ve compiled below.
1. AACE International Competitive Scholarships
DEADLINE: February 15
OPEN DATE: January 1
Toward its mission of advancing technical knowledge and professional development, the Authority for Total Cost Management makes annual awards of $2000 to $8000 to outstanding cost management and engineering students.
Applicants must be/have:
• Enrolled full-time in a program related to cost engineering/cost management in the fall term of award year
• A minimum 3.0 grade point average (“GPA”)
• Undergraduate seniors must be accepted for admission into full-time graduate studies
Contact
AACE International Competitive Scholarships
E-mail: education@aacei.org
https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AACE&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=73dc7c9a-f2d1-4397-8337-0dfb3c9ec9b4
2. AFCEA San Diego County Scholarship Program
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association of San Diego (“AFCEA”) makes annual awards of $2,000 to San Diego students majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (“STEM”). Awards are renewable for up to four academic years, provided recipients maintain eligibility.
DEADLINE: April 30
Applicants must be/have:
• A U.S. citizen
• A San Diego resident
• A graduating high school senior, transferring from a community college, or currently attending an accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree program.
• A STEM major
• Financial need that exceeds aggregate value of all scholarship awards
• Graduating high school seniors must have a minimum 3.7 GPA and SAT composite score of 2040 or ACT composite score of 31.
• College students must have a minimum 3.5 GPA
Contact
AFCEA San Diego County Scholarship Program
Pat KellyPhone: (619) 846-0041 or (858) 292-1015
Email: prkelly@sonalysts.com
3. Arthur S. Tuttle Memorial Scholarship
DEADLINE: February 9
The American Society of Civil Engineers (“ASCE”) sponsors this scholarship that makes annual awards of varying amounts to graduate civil engineering students.
Applicants must be/have:
• An ASCE member in good standing on dates of application and award
• Attending or accepted by an accredited civil engineering master’s degree program
• Submit a detailed personal budget for proposed award year and two recommendation letters
Contact
Arthur S. Tuttle Memorial Scholarship
American Society of Civil Engineers
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
Attn: Honors and Awards
http://www.asce.org/uploadedFiles/Student_Organizations/Scholarships_and_Fellowships/2013%20Tuttle%20Application.pdf.
4. ASHRAE Undergraduate Engineering Scholarships
DEADLINE: December 1
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (“ASRAE”) funds eight different scholarships to worthy undergraduates pursuing engineering and pre-engineering degrees regarded as preparatory to a career in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (“HVACR”). Annual awards range from $3,000 to $10,000 and recipients who meet all current eligibility requirements reapply multiple times.
Applicants must have/be:
• Full-time undergraduate engineering or pre-engineering students pursuing a degree that includes studies preparatory to entry into the HVACR profession
• A minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA
• Rank within the top 30 percent of their class
• Enrolled in an educational institution that either:
a) Hosts an organized ASHRAE Student Branch
b) Is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (“ABET”)
c) Is accredited by the Washington Accord
d) Has executed an ABET Memorandum of Understanding
Contact
ASHRAE Undergraduate Engineering Scholarships
Lois Benedict
E-mail: lbenedict@ashrae.org
Phone: (678) 539-1120
5. Burlington Business and Professional Women’s Organization (“BBP”) Science and Technology Scholarship
DEADLINE: March 1
For one-quarter of the last century, BBP has been lending a helping hand to help women help themselves to career advancement via academic enhancement. BBP conveys economic lifelines that lead ladies into lifetimes of brighter tomorrows via two annual awards of $1,000.
Applicants must be/have:
BBP Women’s Scholarship
• Attending an accredited postsecondary institution
• Reside in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, or Lamoille County
BBP Science & Technology Scholarship
• Over 25
• Pursuing a STEM degree or specialized training
Contact
Burlington Business and Professional Women’s Organization (“BBP”) Science and Technology Scholarship
Stephanie Hainley, President
P.O. Box 353
Burlington, VT 05402
Phone: (802) 862-1225 ext.16
Email: burlingtonbpw@gmail.com
6. Catching The Dream MESBEC Program
DEADLINE: March 15
MESBEC is dually distinguished as both the oldest and biggest program sponsored by Catching the Dream (“CTD”). This fund awards an aggregate sum that averages above $400,000 annually to above-average American Indian scholars.
Applicants must be/have:
• Majoring in:
Mathematics
Engineering
Science – including all medical disciplines
Business
Education or
Computers
• Current enrollment as a recognized tribe member
• Traceable ancestral lineage of at least ¼ American Indian
• Present or future plans of full-time enrollment in an accredited degree program
• Apply for all CTD and non-CTD funding simultaneously
Contact
Catching the Dream MESBEC Program
Joy Noll
8200 Mountain Road, NE, Suite 203
Albuquerque NM 87110
Phone: (505) 262-2351 or (505) 553-8435
E-mail: CTD4DeanChavers@aol.com or Nscholarsh@aol.com
7. Charles Harnden Scholarship
DEADLINE: April 15
This scholarship awards well-deserving graduate engineering students with well-endowed funding of $25,000, renewable annually.
Applicants must be/have:
• A master’s or doctoral student
• Attending a postsecondary educational institution
• Pursuing advanced studies in one of the following engineering specialties:
a) Agricultural
b) Civil
c) Industrial
d) Structural
Or one of the following non-engineering disciplines:
• Business Administration
• Marketing
• Operations Analysis
• Wood science
Contact
Charles Harnden Scholarship
For an application and further details, see: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-goehring/29/72b/783.
8. Clinton J. Helton Manufacturing Scholarship Award
DEADLINE: February 1
Sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Educational Foundation (“SME-EF”), this scholarship makes awards to worthy Colorado State University (“CSU”) engineering majors. Number and amount of renewable annual awards vary. During its 30-year history, however, SME-EF and its collaborative partners have invested more than $37 million in over 60,000 students and 35 institutions to further its mission of advancing manufacturing careers via STEM education enrichment.
Applicants must be/have:
• Colorado state residents
• Full-time undergraduates in the sophomore to senior year of studies at a CSU degree program in manufacturing engineering or technology
• A minimum 3.0 GPA
• Prior recipients must reapply and meet all current eligibility criteria
Contact
Clinton J. Helton Manufacturing Scholarship Award
SME Education Foundation
One SME Drive, P.O. Box 930
Dearborn, MI 48121
Phone: (313) 425-3300
Email: foundation@sme.org
9. Cyril W. Neff PE PS Memorial Scholarship
DEADLINE: N/A
This memorial scholarship makes a $2,500 renewable annual award to a promising engineering student.
Applicants must be/have:
• A senior at an Ohio high school
• Reside in either Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, Geauga, Medina, or Ashtabula County
• Pursue a college major in engineering or engineering technologies
• Attend an accredit Ohio postsecondary school or Loyola University
• A 3.0 minimum GPA
• A minimum 1650 SAT or 29 ACT composite score
Contact
Cyril W Neff PE PS Memorial Scholarship
Contact Financial Aid Office at eligible school(s) of interest.
10. Great Lakes National Scholarship Program
DEADLINE: May
Sponsored by the Great Lakes Educational Loan Services (“GLELS”) to enhance STEM education, this program makes over 700 annual awards to help promising students pursue an undergraduate or graduate STEM degree.
Applicants must be/have:
• A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident
• Planned or current full-time enrollment in an accredited two or four-year U.S. postsecondary school
• Pursue studies in a STEM discipline
• A minimum 2.75 GPA
• Demonstrate financial need
• Among the first 20,000 applicants
Although number and amount of awards vary by specific scholarship fund, most recipients receive $2,500 for an entire academic year.
Contact
Great Lakes National Scholarship Program
Great Lakes
PO Box 7860
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (800) 236-4300 or (608) 246-1700
11. Intel Scholars Program
DEADLINE: April 15
Sponsored by Intel Corporation, this scholarship facilitates STEM education accessibility by disadvantaged students. Each recipient gets an annual award of up to $5,000 and a paid summer internship at Intel.
Applicants must be/have:
• U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents
• A minimum 3.0 GPA
• Full-time enrollment in an accredited U.S. degree program
• A STEM major
• Demonstrate financial need
• Exhibit outstanding scholarship and potential for a successful STEM career
• Participate in a summer internship at an Intel facility designed by sponsor
Contact
Intel Scholars Program
2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 765-8080
12. International Aluminum Extrusion (“IAE”) Student Design Competition
DEADLINE: March 31
To advance its mission to promote understanding and usage of aluminum extrusions, IAE sponsors this annual event wherein would-be engineers compete for thousands of dollars in educational funding.
Applicants must be/have:
• Submit an original aluminum extrusion design of their own creation to IAE by the specified deadline
• Submit a separate application form that provides various personal data
• Execute written relinquishment of all legal rights to design custody, control, and ownership to IAE
For the upcoming 2014 competition, IAE promises a total of four awards as follows:
• • First Place – $3,000
• • Second Place – $2,000
• • Third Place – $1,000
• • Sustainable Design – $2,500
Contact
International Aluminum Extrusion Student Design Competition
ET Foundation
1000 N. Rand Road, Ste. 214
Wauconda, IL 60050
Phone: (847) 526-2010
E-mail: mail@ETFoundation.org
13. John C. Heiman Memorial Scholarships
DEADLINE: Open
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (“AIChE”) sponsors this memorial scholarship program that makes a varying number of annual awards of $500 to undergraduate chemical engineering majors.
Applicants must be/have:
• An AIChE national student member
• An entering junior or senior
• Enrolled in a four-year or equivalent five-year chemical engineering degree or coop program
• A minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrated leadership and participation in either an AICHE chapter or other school-sponsored activity
• Attend an ABET-accredited institution in the U.S., Mexico, or Canada
Contact
AIChE Awards Administrator
Email: awards@aiche.org
14. John J. McKetta Undergraduate Scholarship
DEADLINE: June 15
AIChE administers this scholarship that makes an annual award of $5,000 to an undergraduate junior or senior chemical engineering major.
Applicants must be/have:
• An AIChE national student member
• An entering junior or senior
• Enrolled in a four-year or equivalent five-year chemical engineering degree or coop program
• A minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrated leadership and participation in either an AICHE chapter or other school-sponsored activity
• Attend an ABET-accredited institution in the U.S., Mexico, or Canada
Contact
John J. McKetta Undergraduate Scholarship
AIChE Awards Administrator
Email: awards@aiche.org
Apply at http://www.aiche.org/community/awards/john-j-mcketta-undergraduate-scholarship
15. Lloyd A. Chacey PE Memorial Scholarship
DEADLINE: Contact sponsor
Sponsored by the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (“OSPE”), this scholarship fund makes a renewable annual award of $2,000 to an undergraduate engineering student.
Applicants must be/have:
* A close relative of a current or deceased OSPE member in god standing.
* Enrolled full-time at an Ohio post-secondary undergraduate degree program in engineering or its equivalent
* A junior or senior by end of academic year of application
Primary influential factors in award decisions are leadership, activities, membership, and/or work experience in technical and professional societies; previous honorary recognition; and, educator evaluations. Financial need is the determinant in event of a tie.
Contact
Lloyd A Chacey PE Memorial Scholarship
OSPE
400 South Fifth Street, Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 223-1144
16. Mamie & Clyde Madren Civil Engineering Scholarship
DEADLINE: Contact administrator
This scholarship makes annual awards to undergraduate civil engineering major at Clemson University in South Carolina (“CU”). Number and amount of awards vary and no separate application form is required, as all eligible students receive automatic consideration by the departmental scholarship committee.
Selections decisions are primarily based on standardized admissions test scores for freshmen and academic record for non-freshmen.
Contact
Mamie & Clyde Madren Civil Engineering Scholarship
Contact Civil Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Phone: (864) 656-3000
17. Melvin M. Bauer PE PS Memorial Scholarship
DEADLINE: December 15
As a way of continuing its honoree’s legacy, OSPE’s North Central chapter administers this scholarship that makes annual awards of $500 to assist aspiring engineers.
Applicants must be/have:
• Graduating high school seniors from Ashland, Wayne, Crawford, or Richland County in Ohio.
• Plan to enter an Ohio post-secondary engineering degree program
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Minimum SAT – Math – 600, Composition/Reading – 500
• Minimum ACT – Math – 29, English – 25
• U.S. citizen
Contact
Melvin M Bauer PE PS Memorial Scholarship
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers & Engineers Foundation of Ohio
400 South Fifth Street, Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 223-1144
18. Russell Palmer Memorial Scholarship
DEADLINE: Contact administrator
Established in honor of a civil engineer who died in a work-related accident, this scholarship makes annual awards in varying amounts to engineering majors at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Applicants must be/have:
• Full-time enrollment of at least 12 credits per semester
• Complete at least 24 credits per academic year
• A minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA
Contact
Russell Palmer Memorial Scholarship
SDSM&T Foundation
306 East Saint Joseph St., Ste. 200
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-2436
19. Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter/Club Scholarship
DEADLINE: February 1
Sponsored by ASCE, this scholarship makes annual awards of $3,000 to 12 undergraduate students majoring in civil engineering or a related discipline.
Applicants must be/have:
• Enrolled in an undergraduate civil engineering or related major in an ABET-accredited degree program during award year
• A local ASCE Student Chapter member in good standing at time of application and award
Only one application per Student Chapter is accepted and recipients may reapply, provided they meet all eligibility criteria.
Contact
Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter/Club Scholarship
American Society of Civil Engineers
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191-4400
Attn: Honors and Awards Program
20. Society of Women Engineers Lehigh Valley Section (“SWE-LH”)
DEADLINE: February 10
SWE-LV administers this scholarship that assists worthy young women pursue engineering degrees with a one-time award of $5,000.
Applicants must be/have:
• Female
• Graduating high school seniors
• Plan to major in engineering
• Reside in a Pennsylvania county within the zip code ranges of 177-187 or 195-196
Contact
Society of Women Engineers Lehigh Valley Section
Scholarship Committee
E-mail: swelvscholarship@swe.org
21. Uzman Engineering Scholarship
DEADLINE: January 31
This scholarship makes non-renewable annual awards of $1,000 to minority junior and senior civil engineering majors in an ABET-accredited program at University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign.
Applicants must be/have:
• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA in accredited engineering coursework
• Demonstrate financial need
Contact
Uzman Engineering Scholarship
Office of Student Financial Aid
Student Services Arcade
620 E. John St., MC-303
Champaign, IL 61820
Website URL – http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/aid/scholarships/index.html
22. Walt Bartram Memorial Education Award
DEADLINE: Contact sponsor
SME sponsors this memorial scholarship that makes annual awards of varying amounts to help deserving students in the southwest pursue manufacturing engineering or closely related degrees.
Applicants must be/have:
• Graduating high school seniors planning or full-time college students with an eligible major
• Residency or school attendance in Arizona, New Mexico, or Southern California
• College students must be SME members
• A minimum 2.5 GPA
Contact
Walt Bartram Memorial Education Award
SME Education Foundation
1 SME Drive
Dearborn, MI 48121
Phone: (313) 425-3300
E-mail: foundation@sme.org
23. Weyerhaeuser-UNCF Scholars Program
DEADLINE: February 15
The United Negro College Fund (“UNCF”) administers this program as a win-win solution to enhance minority representation in U.S. corporate professionals while offering students an opportunity to network and earn funds for higher education.
Applicants must be/have:
• A racial or ethnic minority
• Full-time sophomores or juniors majoring in industrial, electronic, or mechanical engineering
• A minimum 3.0 GPA
Contact
Weyerhaeuser-UNCF Scholars Program
Crystal Terry, Program Manager
UNCF Corporate Scholars Program
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
Fairfax, VA 22031
Phone: (703) 205-3400
E-mail: internship@uncf.org
24. William E. Weisel Scholarship Award
DEADLINE: Contact administrator
This memorial scholarship makes annual awards in varying amounts to worthy engineering and technology students.
Applicants must be/have:
* Full-time undergraduate engineering or technology majors at U.S. or Canadian degree programs
* A minimum 3.0 GPA
* Completed at least 30 credits of college coursework
Students interested in a manufacturing career involving medical robotics or automated systems are preferred.
Contact
William E. Weisel Scholarship Award
SME Education Foundation
1 SME Drive
Dearborn, MI 48121
Phone: (313) 425-3300
E-mail: foundation@sme.org
25. Winston Churchill Foundation of the USA Churchill Scholarship Program
DEADLINE: November 11
This prestigious program rewards exceptional would-be Ph.D.’s with roughly $25,000 during 9 to 12 months of study abroad in the UK.
Applicants must be/have:
• U.S. citizens
• Current students or recent graduates of a participating institution
• Age 19 to 26 upon scholarship acceptance
• Have a bachelor’s or equivalent degree
• Non-Ph.D.’s
• Demonstrate exceptional scholarship, especially in chosen major, as typically evidenced by a minimum 3.7 GPA
• Exhibit high potential for scientific, mathematics, or engineering contributions
Contact
The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States
Peter C. Patrikis, Executive Director
600 Madison Avenue, Suite 1601
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 752-3200
E-mail: info@winstonchurchillfoundation.org
The contemporary English term “engineering” is a derivative of 13th-century Latin’s “ingeniun,” that literally means “innate quality, especially mental.., … clever invention.” For aspiring engineers, that linguistic origin should be a point of pride that inspires persistent efforts to fund higher education via application of creative innovation that exhibits its utmost worthiness.
