Empowering Financially Disadvantaged Students with Talents in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, and Physics

37名有学术天赋但有经济需要的学生获得了不同期限的奖学金。这些奖学金将分配给生物、化学、计算机科学、信息技术、数学或物理等专业的学生。潜在的获奖者将通过高中访问、大学开放日、地区学院展览、科学展览和会议被告知奖学金的可用性。通过电子邮件和邮政邮件确定并联系合格的大学生。重点是增加进入STEM学科学习的学生的多样性。许多学生支持服务将提供给这些学者，包括同伴辅导服务、教师指导、参加当地和区域专业会议的机会、职业咨询以及参与当地行业的实习项目。该项目建立在之前的cems奖学金项目的基础上，该项目将奖学金获得者的保留率提高到88%，大大高于同一学科所有学生的保留率。

Thirty-seven academically talented students with financial need are being awarded scholarships of varying lengths. The scholarships are being distributed among several cohorts majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics or Physics. Potential awardees are being informed about the scholarship availability through high school visits, university open houses, regional college fairs, science fairs and conferences. Qualified university students are being identified and contacted by e-mail and postal mail. An emphasis is being placed on increasing the diversity of students entering studies in STEM disciplines.Many student support services are being made available to the scholars including peer-tutoring services, faculty mentoring, and opportunities to attend local and regional professional meetings, career counseling, and participation in an internship program with local industry. This project is building on a previous CSEMS scholarship program that raised the retention rate of scholarship recipients to 88 percent, considerably higher than the retention rate of all students majoring in the same disciplines.