Enabling the Future: Scholarships in Computational Science

该项目为南卡罗来纳大学博福特分校计算科学课程中至少62名有经济需要的有才华的本科生提供奖学金。该项目的目标是为学生（特别是妇女和少数民族）创造刺激性的教育机会，提高他们的学习成绩，提高学生在计算科学课程中的保留率，并确保毕业生在需要高级技术技能的具有挑战性和高回报的工作中的竞争力。该项目主要关注大一和大二学生，有合理的入学要求，以鼓励学生报读计算科学。高中GPA为3.0及以上并证明有经济需要的学生有资格获得奖学金。通过积极的指导和全面的学术支持计划（如同行和专业辅导）的组合，至少80%的奖学金获得者预计将在五年内取得显著的学术进步并毕业。在他们的学习的第二年开始，许多符合条件的学生继续在计算科学计划看到他们的财政支持从这个S-STEM计划提供的资金来源过渡到南卡罗来纳州国家资助和择优为未来卓越的立法激励（生活）奖学金。此外，暑期实习计划和入门级职业安置服务有助于使学生成为计算科学家，从而帮助确保国家的科学领导力，经济竞争力和国家安全的未来。智力优势：计算科学是应用计算机科学的一个领域，其中计算理论和软件技术用于服务和推进许多不同的领域，包括科学，工程，社会科学和商业。南卡罗来纳州博福特大学是目前美国为数不多的提供计算科学本科学位的机构之一。该奖学金计划吸引并留住了最优秀和最聪明的学生，从而增加了经过培训的计算科学家的数量和多样性，以利用高性能计算的力量，并维持国家的科学领导地位。更广泛的影响：南卡罗来纳州博福特大学吸引的学生主要来自南卡罗来纳州的低地地区。许多学生来自低收入家庭;在2011-2012年，46.5%的USCB学生获得佩尔赠款。对于计算科学计划，66%的人表现出经济需求，在这些经济困难的学生中，70%来自代表性不足的群体（非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔和夏威夷土著太平洋岛民）。因此，该奖学金计划为这一多样化的学生群体提供了一个独特的机会，使他们能够专注于科学教育，并实现他们的未来。 作为全国为数不多的计算科学本科学位课程之一，该计划也有望为全国了解如何最好地培养这一领域的本科生做出贡献。

This project provides scholarships to at least 62 talented undergraduate students with financial need in the Computational Science program at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. The objectives of the project are to generate stimulating educational opportunities for students (particularly women and minorities), to improve their academic performance, to increase retention of students in the Computational Science program, and to ensure the competitiveness of graduates for placement in challenging and highly rewarding jobs that demand advanced technical skills. The project focuses mainly on freshman and sophomore students, with reasonable entry requirements to encourage students to enroll in Computational Science. Students with a high school GPA of 3.0 and above with demonstrated financial need are eligible for the scholarship. With a combination of active mentoring and full scale academic support programs (such as peer and professional tutoring) particularly designed for this program, at least 80% of scholarship recipients are expected to make significant academic progress and graduate within five years. Beginning in their second year of study, many eligible students continuing in the Computational Science program see their source of financial support transition from the funds supplied by this S-STEM program to the South Carolina state-funded and merit-based Legislative Incentive for Future Excellence (LIFE) scholarship. In addition, summer internship programs and entry-level career placement services help enable students to find success as computational scientists, thereby helping to ensure the future of the Nation's scientific leadership, economic competitiveness, and national security. Intellectual Merit: Computational Science is a field of applied Computer Science in which computing theories and software techniques are used to serve and advance many diverse fields, including science, engineering, social science and business. The University of South Carolina Beaufort is one of just a handful of institutions in the U.S. that currently offer an undergraduate degree in Computational Science. This scholarship program attracts and retains the best and brightest students, thereby increasing the number and diversity of computational scientists trained to harness the power of high performance computing, and sustaining the Nation's scientific leadership. Broader Impacts: The University of South Carolina Beaufort draws its students primarily from the Lowcountry area of South Carolina. Many of its students come from families with low household income; in 2011-2012, 46.5% of USCB students received Pell grants. For the Computational Science program, 66% demonstrated financial need, and among these financial needy students, 70% are from underrepresented groups (African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander). Consequently, this scholarship program provides a unique opportunity for this diverse group of students, allowing them to concentrate on science education and enabling their future. As one of the few Computational Science undergraduate degree programs in the country, this program also holds promise to contribute to the national understanding of how to best train undergraduates in this area.