Scholarships in Chemistry and Biochemistry in Idaho

20名本科生获得了S-STEM奖学金，他们将在爱达荷州立大学化学系攻读化学或生物化学专业的副学士或学士学位。在这些奖学金中，8个为期4年，专为新生设计；12个平均为期2年，针对以前注册的学生和转校生。该项目的重点是来自该国经济困难学生数量不成比例的地区的本科生。这一努力与ISU的其他资产联系在一起，包括美国化学协会支持的项目种子计划和专门的校园招聘人员，这些人员与代表不足的学生合作，帮助他们在获得奖学金后取得学业成功。在适当的财政和学术支持下，学生的留校率和毕业后的安置将得到加强。该项目的目标是提供支持服务，以确保奖学金获得者的保留率至少达到70%；在获得学位后，至少90%的奖学金获得者要么继续深造，要么进入STEM职业生涯。

Twenty undergraduate students are receiving S-STEM scholarships in the pursuit of either an Associate or Baccalaureate degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Idaho State University (ISU). Of these scholarships, eight are four years and are designed for in-coming freshman; twelve are for an average of two years, targeting previously enrolled students and transfer students. This project focuses on undergraduates from a region of the country with a disproportionate number of economically-disadvantaged students. This effort links with other ISU assets, including both an American Chemical Society-supported Project SEED program and specialized on-campus recruiting staff that works with under-represented students and facilitates their academic success after receiving a scholarship. With proper financial and academic support, student retention and placement of students upon graduation will be enhanced. The project's objectives are to provide support services to ensure a retention rate of at least 70% among scholarship holders; and that after obtaining a degree, to have at least 90% of scholarship recipients either continue their education or enter into STEM careers.