The SMART (Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation) Scholarship for Service Program is available to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a technical degree in one of the following 21 STEM disciplines:

• Aeronautical and astronautical engineering
• Biosciences
• Biomedical engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil engineering
• Cognitive, neural and behavioral sciences
• Computer and computational sciences and computer engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Environmental sciences
• Geosciences
• Industrial and systems engineering (technical tracks only)
• Information sciences
• Materials science and engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical engineering
• Naval architecture and ocean engineering
• Nuclear engineering
• Oceanography
• Operations research (technical tracks only)
• Physics.

The application deadline is Thursday, Dec. 3. SMART will not fund any management or non-technical degrees. SMART scholars will be employed at a Department of Defense (DoD) facility after graduation. For each academic year of a scholar’s award, he or she is required to commit to one year of civilian employment with the DoD. Get more details.

Please have your students notify Abbie Sherman, executive assistant, at abigayle@mst.edu if they plan to apply for the SMART scholarship. If there is enough interest, the vice chancellor of research’s office may provide support to assist with application writing.