Deadline for ASME/FIRST scholarship applications extended

ASME members who are planning to nominate a FIRST team member for an ASME Foundation/FIRST Clarke Scholarship have a few extra days to do so. The deadline for nominations has been extended to March 7. It had previously been March 1.

The scholarship program, which is sponsored by the ASME Foundation and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), was developed to recognize and reward students whose experience with the FIRST robotics competition program has inspired an interest in pursuing an engineering career.

The ASME Foundation and the Auxiliary will award nine $5,000 scholarships to high school seniors who are active on FIRST teams. Students will be nominated for the scholarship by an ASME member, a member of the ASME Auxiliary, or by a student member who is active in the activities of FIRST. These scholarships are for the first year of study in an accredited Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology program. Winners will be announced at the FIRST National Championship, which will be held in Atlanta from April 12–14.

Members of ASME, including ASME Auxiliary members and student members, may nominate no more than one student each. Students must be graduating high school seniors active on FIRST teams who are planning to enroll full-time in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology program no later than the fall after their senior year in high school.

The nomination package should be e-mailed to PersaudL@asme.org no later than March 1, or mailed and postmarked no later than March 1. Submissions by mail should be addressed to:

The ASME Foundation-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarship
ASME, Attn: Leila Persaud
3 Park Avenue, MS 23-N3
New York, NY 10016

For more information, visit www.asme.org/Education/College/FinancialAid/
Auxiliary_FIRST_Clarke.cfm, or contact Leila Persaud, (212) 591-7071, e-mail PersaudL@asme.org.

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