Scholarships for Engineering Students from Underrepresented Groups in the East Tennessee Region

为东田纳西地区代表性不足群体的工程学生提供奖学金

• 批准号: 0726564
• 负责人: Brian Edwards
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-15 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0726564&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Engineering; Students; Underrepresented; Groups

This project is awarding scholarships to academically talented students and is supporting the scholars through a variety of structures and programs already in place on campus. Students from underrepresented groups are being especially targeted for support. To augment scholarship funds, students are being encouraged to pursue either undergraduate research experiences or co-ops or internships with local industries. Through the combination of scholarship and employment opportunities, students can cover up to 88% of the total cost of their education. Students are targeted for participation in three departments: chemical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and industrial and information engineering. The disciplines targeted through this program are well represented within the industry needs of the Southeastern region of the U.S. Retaining at least 95% of the student scholars and placing at least 25% of the participants in graduate programs are project goals.

该项目向学术上有才华的学生颁发奖学金，并通过校园内已经存在的各种结构和计划来支持学者。来自代表性不足群体的学生特别成为支助对象。为了增加奖学金，鼓励学生追求本科研究经验或与当地行业合作或实习。通过奖学金和就业机会的结合，学生可以支付高达88%的教育总成本。学生的目标是参加三个部门：化学工程，电气工程和计算机科学，工业和信息工程。该计划所针对的学科很好地代表了美国东南部地区的行业需求。项目目标是保留至少95%的学生学者并让至少25%的参与者参加研究生课程。