Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship Program

该项目进一步推动了肯塔基州大学（英国）和列克星敦社区学院（LCC）为低收入、学术才华出众的计算机科学、工程和数学（CSEM）学生提供的成功本科生奖学金计划。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。 过去的项目有一个100%的留存率，并清楚地表明，这些学生中的许多人不可能获得学位没有这种支持。 该项目的主要目的是继续帮助有经济需要的学术才华的学生在他们的教育和职业目标中取得高水平的成功。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初始计划，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，该项目的目标是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领域从事职业生涯。该项目由首席研究员和跨学科的CSEM计划咨询委员会监督和协调，该委员会由联合研究员和工程学院，数学系，以及列克星敦社区学院的数学和CIS课程。咨询委员会定期举行会议，评估和更新计划活动，以及选择学生进入该计划。 该项目的助学金金额为英国全日制学生3125美元，LCC全日制学生1562美元，在该项目的四年中共获得57个英国和14个LCC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.