Engaging Engineers in Scholarship (EES)

The EES Fellows program immerses students in a supportive environment designed to enhance their experience while pursing an engineering degree. This scholarship program creates opportunities to network with peers, mentors and role models, while developing technical and professional skills. Students are required to enroll in a one-credit seminar each semester during their first year of study. The seminars focus on success strategies in engineering and career development. Freshmen EES Fellows benefit from taking first year courses critical for success in engineering, such as mathematics, chemistry and introduction to engineering, as a group. EES Fellow scholarships are renewable for one year. A variety of workshops will be offered during the second year to enable EES Fellows to find additional scholarship funds, co-op/internship employment and/or research experiences. This scholarship program is funded through the National Science Foundation S-STEM program (DUE-0850096).

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010.

Requirements:

• Must be an incoming first year student or new community college transfer
• Must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) and have demonstrated need (UM Priority Deadline: February 15)
• Must be a US Citizen, national, alien admitted as a refugee or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of application
• Must be enrolled full time in a B.S. degree program in an engineering discipline (minimum 12 credits per semester)

Scholarship Details:

• Transfer scholarships: up to $7,000 per year
• May be renewed for 1 year provided EES Fellow meets eligibility requirements, maintains a 2.75 GPA and makes satisfactory progress towards degree

Scholarship Requirements:

• Enroll in the EES Fellows Seminar each semester in the first year
• Attend regularly scheduled advising meetings
• Participate in the EES Fellows Faculty Mentoring Program

Application:

EES Scholarship Application for New Community College Students

For Additional Information and Questions:

Go to: http://www.ursp.umd.edu/scholarships/ees-cc.html

Or contact Jane Fines at jfines@umd.edu or 301.405.3857