What is the DATASCI Scholars Program?
每日大赛入口鈥檚聽Data Analytics Training and Scientific Computing Initiative聽(DATASCI) Scholars Program prepares students for successful STEM careers. Funding from the National Science Foundation provides scholarships for 31 students over a six-year period. In addition to scholarships, DATASCI Scholars benefit from:
- Paid research opportunities
- Faculty and peer mentoring
- Professional development workshops
- Academic and extracurricular cohort-building experiences
- Networking events, and
- Travel to conferences
The program fosters self-efficacy, belonging, and career readiness while leveraging 每日大赛入口鈥檚 strengths in small class sizes, faculty-student collaboration, and a supportive academic culture, ensuring access to high-impact learning opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must demonstrate academic merit and financial need to be eligible for the DATASCI Scholarship.
Academic merit聽is evaluated by consideration of the applicant鈥檚:
- Academic performance in high school (or 每日大赛入口, if applicable), GPA, SAT, and/or class rank.
- Personal essay response to the question 鈥淲hy do you want to study computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, or astronomy at 每日大赛入口?鈥
- One letter of recommendation from a teacher or professor, evaluating the applicant鈥檚 aptitude, seriousness as a student, and motivation for a future career in astronomy, computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics.
Financial need聽is determined by submitting the聽聽and a review by the 每日大赛入口鈥檚 Office of Financial Aid.
Maintaining Eligibility
Scholarship recipients must meet the following criteria each academic year to be eligible for renewal:
- Continue to demonstrate financial need.
- Advance in the curriculum of the聽computer science major,听mathematics & statistics major, or聽physics & astronomy major. DATASCI Scholars may switch majors within these departments and maintain scholarship funding.
- Enroll in 15 credit hours per semester.
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 in 每日大赛入口 STEM courses.
- Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 at 每日大赛入口 courses.
* the DATASCI scholarship will typically cover the remaining total cost of attendance including tuition, fees, and room and board, after other sources of aid, including Pell Grants and聽, are applied, for up to four years. Final award amount is subject to eligibility requirements. Contact the聽聽for details.
