MUST Scholarship Program

Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology

This program is open to all U.S. citizens, who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) discipline at a college or university that is accredited in the United States are eligible for the MUST funding opportunity. 

Students of all underrepresented groups (Women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and persons with disabilities) are encouraged to apply.

Read the MUST Instructions before you begin your application.

Scholarship Recipients of the MUST Program will receive the following:

• One-year partial tuition scholarship of up to one-half the tuition and fees, not to exceed $10,000 per academic year
  
• Support from MUST PASS (Professional and Academic Support System)
  
• Direct access to multiple mentors who will provide academic tutoring, guidance, personal and professional support, and advice regarding professional organizations, graduate school, other scholarships, and careers.  The mentor team will include: 1) an assigned faculty mentor, 2) a graduate mentor, and 3) a peer mentor.
  
• One point of contact -- the MUST PASS Facilitator -- to obtain additional academic support and secure institutional tutoring services in academic subjects when needed
  
• Be part of a large national network of minority undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) through established networks of HCF, UNCFSP, and SHPE AHETEMS
  
• Learn from NASA role models through the MUST Speaker Series that will bring NASA scientists and other STEM role model to SHPE student chapter meetings on campus to speak about their respective careers and serve as role models to maintain the student’s interest and enthusiasm for their STEM field of study.
  
• Guidance and $5,000 stipend to participate in a summer research experience at a NASA center
  
• Connections to other scholarship and internship sources through the established networks of SHPE, HCF and UNCFSP as well as other STEM-focused organizations.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen.  U. S. citizens from underrepresented groups (Women, African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and persons with disabilities) are encouraged to apply
  
• Must reside in the U.S. or Territories of the U.S.
  
• Must be studying and hold full-time academic status at an accredited college or university in the U.S. or U.S. Territory for the 2008-2009 academic year
  
• Be a rising college freshman, sophomore or junior in Fall 2008 who plans to attend or enroll in an accredited U.S. higher education institution as a full-time student for the 2008 - 2009 academic year
  
• Must have earned and maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average of no less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (un-weighted)
  
• Must be pursuing a degree in a physical science, technology, engineering or mathematics
  MUST Instructions