Chemical engineering majors can use scholarship money to help pay for college.
If you're interested in pursuing a career in chemistry or chemical engineering, your first step towards success is a college degree. With the costs of a college education steadily increasing, more and more students are turning to scholarship funding to help reduce the expense. The American Chemical Society (ACS) offers four scholarship programs to help students who dream of pursuing a career in chemistry.
ACS Scholars Program
The ACS Scholars Program is a scholarship award designed specifically for students from African American, Hispanic or American Indian backgrounds. The program is open to outstanding high school seniors or college freshman, sophomores and juniors majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a related chemistry field. All applicants must be U.S. citizens and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. In addition to academic achievement, leadership ability, career goals, extracurricular activities, volunteer service and financial need are also included in the selection criteria. As of 2011, the program provides multiple awards of up to $5,000 to qualifying students. Awards are renewable for up to four years of study, depending on the recipient's satisfactory academic progress.
Project SEED Scholarships
The ACS Project SEED Program is a special summer research internship reserved for outstanding high school students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The program enables students entering their junior or senior year to work alongside professional scientists in academic, industrial and governmental research laboratories. Students who participate in the SEED internship are also eligible to apply for a Project SEED Scholarship. The program is limited only to those students who plan to pursue a career in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, materials science or a related field. Students are selected based on academic merit, successful completion of the Project SEED internship, career goals and financial need. As of 2011, recipients are eligible to receive a one-time award of up to $5,000.
ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarships
Undergraduate chemistry majors who have an interest in becoming chemistry teachers may apply for the ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship. This program provides approximately 200 scholarships each year to chemistry majors enrolled full time at one of 72 ACS partner colleges and universities. All applicants must be U.S. citizens with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students are selected based on their aptitude for chemistry, their career interest in becoming a high school chemistry teacher and financial need. As of 2011, selected students may receive up to $6,000 per year for up to six years of study, pending satisfactory academic progress. Recipients are chosen by the partner universities, rather than ACS.
ACS-Hach Second Career Chemistry Teacher Scholarship
The ACS-Hach Second Career Chemistry Teacher Scholarship is designed to encourage working professionals in the chemistry field to pursue a graduate degree in education. To qualify, you must have already completed a bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry or a related field. Applicants must have formal work experience in a chemistry-related field and be accepted or enrolled in an education master's or chemistry teacher certification program. Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents may apply. As of 2011, students enrolled on a part-time basis are eligible to receive up to $3,000 per year. Full-time students are eligible to receive up to $6,000 per year. Awards are renewable for up to three years of study.
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