[bioundgrd] Fwd: FW: SMART Scholarship Application

[Janice Chang]

>
>Date: September 7, 2011 4:00:42 PM EDT
>Subject: SMART Scholarship Application
>
>
>Dear MIT Administrators:
>
>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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