STEM Scholarship
Scholarship information
- Students who receive a scholarship their first year will be eligible for a second-year scholarship
- Students are eligible to receive up to $7,500 per year for the two years they are at Ridgewater College
- Students choosing to transfer to St. Cloud State University upon completion of an AS Science degree from Ridgewater are eligible for an additional two-year scholarship
Ridgewater STEM degrees eligible for the scholarship
How to apply
- Apply to Ridgewater College
- Apply for Financial Aid – MUST have a completed FAFSA prior to applying for the scholarship – Ridgewater’s financial aid code is 005252
- Apply for the STEM Scholarship – Applications accepted until filled!
Contact
Dawn Bjork-Pedersen
320-222-5981
Dawn.Bjork-Pedersen@ridgewater.edu
Applicants will need
- High school GPA and relevant test score information
- An essay describing your academic and career goals. Describe how you intend to accomplish your goal, and describe at least one past experience where you overcame an obstacle to achieving a goal and how that experience will help you accomplish your future goals. Your essay should be approximately 500 words. lIt should be typed any stored as either a word document (.doc or .docx) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file
- Two letters of recommendation from previous teachers or school counselors. One of the letters should be from a science, technology, engineering, or math teacher who had you in class
About the scholarship
Ridgewater College is excited to announce its partnership in a $5 million Scholarship in STEM (S-STEM) grant to provide scholarships to students at Ridgewater College, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, North Hennepin Community College, St. Cloud Technical and Community College and St. Cloud State University. The partnership will recruit and support academically high-achieving students who are interested in pursuing a STEM-related degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics.
The $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will provide support for students over the next five years. Of the 1,536 active National Science Foundation S-STEM grants, only 1 percent is funded for more than $4 million, which means the ACCESS STEM consortium is among the top 1 percent of grants by funding. It is also the first multi-institution project funded by an S-STEM grant in Minnesota.
