{"id":58051,"date":"2025-01-22T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=58051"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T22:07:36","slug":"2m-nsf-grant-creates-access-belonging-for-stem-majors-at-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/2m-nsf-grant-creates-access-belonging-for-stem-majors-at-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"$2M NSF grant creates access, belonging for STEM majors at EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation provides scholarships, mentorship, tutoring and other support services for high-achieving, income-eligible STEM majors at EMU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant, awarded through the NSF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/s-stem-nsf-scholarships-science-technology-engineering-mathematics\">S-STEM program<\/a>, will fund up to $15,000 annually for each scholarship recipient throughout the length of their degree. Overall, the S-STEM Scholarship will fund a quality undergraduate education for 23 EMU students among three cohorts over the next six years, beginning with first-year students entering the Fall 2025 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarship is open to academically talented students with financial need who are majoring in the following fields: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Math, and Psychology (research\/STEM track).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants for the S-STEM Scholarship must submit their application and reference forms by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. For more information about the program and how to apply, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/stem\/scholarship\"><strong>emu.edu\/stem\/scholarship<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to scholarships, the program offers students a paid one-week Bridge to College experience, where they can meet professors, learn material from their discipline, acquire study skills, and become better prepared for college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMU Biology Professor <strong>Dr. Kristopher Schmidt<\/strong> said that some first-year students can struggle to adjust to life on campus, and that the grant aims to ease that adjustment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to create a sense of belonging,\u201d said Schmidt, who is principal investigator for the grant program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program also provides funding for embedded tutoring services and paid tutoring opportunities for students, specialized advising, and guidance from professional STEM mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis would be a person outside the university in their field of interest who can encourage them, help them, and connect with them along their four-year program,\u201d Schmidt said about the mentors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The S-STEM Scholarship program offers innovative opportunities for place-based learning and funding for an eight-week paid internship. Students can use grant-funded resources to conduct research on forest restoration in the Park Woods space, which serves as a key learning lab for STEM students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest grant builds on the success of a similar STEM grant that wrapped up in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By leveraging grants like these, EMU lives into its mission and vision, outlined in its 2023-28 <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/president\/strategic-plan\">strategic plan<\/a> <em>Pathways of Promise<\/em> of opening new pathways of access and achievement, and can help the NSF achieve its goal of diversifying the STEM workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were thrilled to receive this,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited and grateful the NSF has chosen to invest in our students at EMU.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Faculty members Kristopher Schmidt, Jim Yoder, Daniel Showalter, Stefano Colafranceschi and Dean Tara Kishbaugh wrote the S-STEM grant proposal.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation provides scholarships, mentorship, tutoring and other support services for high-achieving, income-eligible STEM majors at EMU. 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