[CSENews] Fwd: Fwd: SMART Scholarship Application

[Teresa Isela VanderSloot]

I write to make you aware of a tremendous scholarship-for-service 
opportunity for U.S. undergraduate and graduate 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, a very generous 
stipend, book allowance, and Summer internship, while they are in 
school, and then provides guaranteed employment with the Defense 
Department upon graduation.

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 and a poster are attached and the application web page 
is at www.asee.org/SMART.  The application deadline is December 1, 2011 
for the 2012 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

-$36,300 to $41,800 for doctoral candidates

·Book allowance -- $1,000

·Health Insurance

·Paid Summer internships

·All required student fees

·Travel for internships

Summer internships at Labs 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 other research and development 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 as a civilian in the DoD upon graduation.

There will be approximately 300 new awards this year.  A list of SMART 
awards from previous years is listed by University at: 
http://smart.asee.org/schools/scholar_directory

While Michigan Stateis one of the top schools in terms of the number of 
SMART recipients, I think we can greatly increase the number of your 
students supported in this program.

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 for students can be answered via:

             Email: smart at asee.org <mailto:smart at asee.org>

             Phone:  (202) 331-3544


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