NSF Scholarship Program General Information

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The University of Alabama Computer Science (CS) and Management Information Systems (MIS) programs are pleased to announce the offering of several new National Science Foundation-funded scholarships.  The typical scholarship award will be $3,000 per semester.  With continued full-time academic progress, they are renewable through graduation.

For CS majors to qualify, you must:

• Be a current student at The University of Alabama, majoring in CS.
• Have completed the first 2 CS programming courses.
• Be enrolled as a full-time student.
• Have completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) which demonstrates financial need as determined by the University of Alabama Financial Aid Office.

All qualified students are invited to apply.  In keeping with the goals of the funding award, preference will be given to students who:

• Have significant financial need
• Show academic promise
• Are first generation college students (whose parents have not received a degree from a 4-year institution)
• Are from an economically depressed county in Alabama
• Are part of a group under-represented in the disciplines of CS (women and ethnic minorities)

To continue funding, scholarship awardees are expected to actively participate in professional development activities including:

• Attending monthly STEM meeting
• Mentoring of other STEM participants
• Resume review and the MIS resume book
• CS Mentoring
• Open Houses
• Program outreach and recruiting activities

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation under the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) program.