Scholarship Opportunities for Spring 2020

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University of Arkansas SWE Scholarship

This year, SWE is offering a $600 scholarship applied directly to UARK Tuition. Applicants will be chosen based on SWE involvement and application responses

The deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 19th

Apply on the next link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBBarsBjuYeMd_YQp4Efg5D9aehExZE1zDRhlCfN4PZnlj9g/viewform

​Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship

​Lockheed Martin has started a STEM Scholarship program that will award a $10,000 scholarship to 200 recipients, of which can be renewed yearly. The program will be open to individuals studying engineering or computer science that demonstrate financial need and come from underrepresented or underserved communities. The application period opened January 15, 2020 and closes on March 12, 2020. Here is a link to more information: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/communities/stem-education/lm-scholarship-program.html

National SWE Scholarships

The SWE Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to women studying community college, baccalaureate or graduate programs, in preparation for careers in engineering, engineering technology and computer science. In 2018, SWE awarded approximately 238 new and renewed scholarships valued at over $830,000

SWE provides one application for sophomores through graduate students and one application for freshmen.  Applicants complete an application and are considered for all scholarships that they are eligible for.  Applications will be available for the 2020-2021 academic year:

Sophomores through Graduate Students Application:  December 1, 2019 - February 14, 2020
(Reference letters due by February 21, 2020)

Freshmen Application:  March 1, 2020 - May 1, 2020 (Reference letters due by May 8, 2020)

Note all deadlines are 5:00 p.m. central time (GMT-5).
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Scholarship are typically awarded in May (sophomore, junior, senior and graduate students) for use during the upcoming academic year. Scholarship payments are made in September. Recipients are announced in September also.

For more information see: https://scholarships.swe.org/applications/login.asp ​