Program Overview

S-STEM Scholarship Program

The S-STEM Scholarship Program at UMass Lowell aims to create a diverse and competitive pool of students who could become future faculty candidates in engineering by supporting them to prepare and embark on these graduate education pathways.

Program Overview

The program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and seeks to contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML).

Program Details

• The Francis College of Engineering at UML plans to recruit three consecutive yearly cohorts of eight low-income, high-achieving engineering students.
• This project will fund scholarships to 24 unique full-time students who will be supported for four years from their junior undergraduate year through the completion of a master's degree or completion of their qualifying exam within a Ph.D. program.
• Each scholarship recipient could receive up to $9,375 per academic year.

Program Activities

The program plans to link scholarships with effective supporting activities, including:

• Group-based mentoring meetings with internal and external faculty
• Safe space cohort building
• Job shadowing
• Individual graduate school application support
• Positive teaching and research experiences
• A curriculum to cultivate pedagogical and content knowledge
• A mentorship program for first- and second-year graduate students

Program Goals

The primary goal of the S-STEM Scholarship Program is to create a diverse and competitive pool of students who could become future faculty candidates in engineering by aiding them to explore their interests in these careers and supporting them to prepare and embark on these graduate education pathways.