The STEM Career Opportunities in Nebraska: Networks, Experiential-learning, and Computational Thinking (STEM CONNECT) is an NSF-funded S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) scholarship program forming a partnership among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Southeast Community College (SCC), and Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC).
STEM CONNECT awards scholarships to and provides curricular and co-curricular support to academically talented, low-income students with interest in careers that require strong skills in mathematics or computer science.
To be eligible for a STEM CONNECT scholarship, a student must:
· Be a U.S. citizen, national (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), permanent resident or alien admitted as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
· Be enrolled full time in a STEM-focused academic transfer program at SCC or WNCC or a bachelor's degree program at UNL majoring in mathematics, computer science, computer engineering, or software engineering at the time the scholarship is awarded;
· Have demonstrated financial need as determined by the FASFA.
Apply by Nov. 1.
Learn more here.
More details at: https://scimath.unl.edu/stem-connect/