DOD Education Opportunity!!

The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-service Program fully funds undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of technical areas, including all fields of engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Mathematics.

Links to the SMART brochure and the application web page are below. The application deadline is December 15, 2009, for the 2010 school year. There will be approximately 300 new awards this year.

SMART provides:

• Full Tuition – to any accredited U.S. University
• A very generous stipend while in school
- $25,000 for undergraduates
- $36,000 for masters candidates
- $38,000 to $41,000 for doctoral candidates
• Book allowance – $1,000
• Health Insurance
• Paid Summer internships
• All required student fees
• Travel fees for internships

Summer internships at Labs are required. In return for fully funding their education students are required work as a civilian employee at a Service (Army, Navy, Air Force) or DOD Agency (NSA, DIA, DARPA, etc.) laboratory for a period equal to the time the program paid for their school. Students must be U.S. Citizens, able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance, and be willing to work in a defense laboratory upon graduation. Read more…

Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-service Program website
SMART brochure
List of SMART fellows from previous years listed by University