Students pursuing civil engineering degrees can find full scholarships to pay for their studies.
Students looking to study civil engineering, which will prepare them for careers in government, industry and nonprofits, can find a wealth of scholarship funding. A full scholarship covers not only tuition but also books and other study materials, and sometimes other expenses such as medical insurance and housing.
The Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank Scholarship
The Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank offers a full scholarship every three years to a student to pursue a four-year degree in civil engineering at the University of Technology of Jamaica. Scholarship money is used for tuition, fees, room and board, airfare, books, a computer, other educational materials and incidentals. Recipients must live in the Commonwealth of Dominica and be accepted to the university’s civil engineering program and agree to return to Dominica to work after completing their education. Birth certificate and police record must be confirmed.
The Scholarship Selection Panel
The Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank
Cnr. Charles Avenue and Rawles Lane
P.O. Box 215
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
767-448-2853
aidbank.com
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Scholarship
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet selects 10 to 20 students each year to receive full scholarship assistance to study for a bachelor of science in civil engineering degree at the University of Kentucky or Western Kentucky University, or to obtain both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Louisville’s J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Pre-engineering students enrolled at Kentucky State University or the Kentucky Community and Technical College System who go on to earn a bachelor’s degree at another allowable university also are eligible. Since 1948, the program has awarded more than $12 million through nearly 1,700 scholarships, with about 80 new and continuing students receiving assistance each year. The full scholarship can be valued at more than $50,000. Students must agree to work full time for the Transportation Cabinet after graduation for one year per each school year of scholarship funding. To apply, students must be graduates of Kentucky high schools, or Kentucky residents who graduated from a high school elsewhere, and must have a composite ACT score of 24 or higher.
State Highway Engineer’s Office
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40622
502-564- 3730
transportation.ky.gov/scholarship
SMART Scholarship
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program fully funds students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, including civil engineering, and provides job placement after graduation. The program is sponsored by the Department of Defense, the Naval Postgraduate School and the American Society for Engineering Education. To apply, students must be U.S. citizens who are 18 or older with a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and be willing to participate in paid summer internships at Department of Defense labs and accept a job with the Department of Defense after graduation. The scholarship covers tuition and fees and a cash award of $25,000 to $41,000. The program also provides reimbursement of health insurance premiums up to $1,200 per year and $1,000 per year for books, and provides mentoring to students.
American Society for Engineering Education
SMART Scholarship Team
smart@asee.org
202-331-3544
smart.asee.org
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