Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship Program

该项目为肯塔基大学（英国）和列克星敦社区学院（LCC）计算机科学、工程和数学（CSEM）专业的低收入、有学术天赋的学生提供了成功的本科奖学金计划。最初的CSEM奖学金计划使许多贫困学生能够获得计算机科学，工程，数学和计算机信息系统等重点领域的学位。过去的项目有100%的保留率，并清楚地表明，如果没有这种支持，许多学生不可能获得学位。这个项目的主要目的是继续帮助有经济需要的有学术天赋的学生在他们的教育和职业目标上取得高水平的成功。第二个目标是通过接受者参与各种教育和研究活动来改善最初的计划，这些活动将培养他们对CSEM领域的兴趣，专业知识和热情。此外，该项目针对来自代表性不足的群体和那些具有非传统背景的学生，否则他们可能无法在CSEM领域从事职业。该项目由首席研究员和一个跨学科的CSEM项目咨询委员会监督和协调，该委员会由共同调查员和工程学院、数学系以及莱克星顿社区学院数学和CIS项目的学生支持人员组成。咨询委员会定期召开会议，评估和更新项目活动，并选择学生参加项目。英国全日制学生的项目津贴金额为3125美元，LCC全日制学生的项目津贴金额为1562美元，其中57名英国学生和14名LCC学生在项目的四年中获得全日制奖学金。

This project furthers the successful undergraduate scholarship program for low-income, academically talented students in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (CSEM) at the University of Kentucky (UK) and the Lexington Community College (LCC). The initial CSEM scholarship program enabled many underprivileged students to obtain degrees in the focus areas of computer science, engineering, mathematics, and computer information systems. The past project had a 100% retention rate and clearly demonstrated that many of these students could not have attained their degrees without this support. The primary purpose of this project is to continue to help academically talented students with financial need achieve a high level of success in their educational and career goals. A secondary aim is to improve upon the initial program through recipient participation in a variety of educational and research activities that will foster their interest, expertise, and enthusiasm for the CSEM fields. In addition, the project targets students from underrepresented groups and those with non-traditional backgrounds who might otherwise not be able to pursue careers in CSEM fields.The project is being overseen and coordinated by the Principal Investigator and an interdisciplinary CSEM Program Advisory Committee comprised of the Co-Investigators and the student support staff of the College of Engineering, the Department of Mathematics, and the mathematics and CIS programs at Lexington Community College. The Advisory Committee meets regularly to evaluate and update program activities as well as to select students into the program. The project stipend amount is $3125 for full-time students at UK and $1562 for full-time students at LCC with 57 UK and 14 LCC full-time scholarships awarded over the total four years of the project.