[bioundgrd] Fwd: SMART Scholarship Application

[Janice Chang]

Scholarship information below.

>From: Millsaps, Knox (CIV) [ mailto:millsaps at nps.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:45 AM
>Subject: SMART Scholarship Application
>                                                                     
>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 
><http://www.asee.org/SMART>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> 
>http://smart.asee.org/schools/scholar_directory 
>
>While MIT is 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.  I would appreciate 
>your help in disseminating this information to 
>your students, faculty, undergraduate advisors, 
>and graduate coordinators, and by encouraging 
>your best students to apply for this tremendous 
>opportunity.
>
>Please direct your interested students to: 
><http://www.asee.org/SMART>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:  <mailto:smart at asee.org>smart at asee.org
>             Phone:  (202) 331-3544
>
>Thank you for your consideration in this matter. 
>If you have questions at the university/ 
>college/department level, please feel free to 
>contact me.  
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Knox
>
>Senior Administrator for the DoD SMART Program
>______________________________________
>Knox T. Millsaps, Sc.D.                                        
>Professor and Chairman                                 
>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
>700 Dyer Road, Room 338                                               
>Naval Postgraduate School                                              
>Monterey, CA 93943-5100 USA                                 
>
>web: <http://www.nps.edu/mae>www.nps.edu/mae                                 
>Phone: (831) 656-2586, 656-3382         
>Fax: (831) 656-2238                       
>email: <mailto:millsaps at nps.edu>millsaps at nps.edu 
>                                 
>
>
>
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