The National Science Foundation has awarded John Carroll University a $640,000 grant to recruit, retain, and provide scholarship support for students working toward degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM). The goal of the grant is to increase the enrollment and graduation rates of academically high-performing students who have demonstrated financial need, particularly among first generation college students and underrepresented minorities. John Carroll will offer the scholarship program to eligible incoming first year students beginning in fall 2018 and eligible transfer students in fall 2020.
Known as the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM), the grant will support 32 undergraduate students who will receive annually renewable $4,000 scholarships as long they maintain John Carroll?s required academic standards in a STEM-related major, including: biology, cell and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, engineering physics, environmental science, mathematics and physics.
Scholarship recipients will also benefit from a summer bridge program, peer mentoring, shared campus