Scholarship Opportunities

There are many scholarships available to current Detroit Mercy students. Below is a partial listing of both internal and external scholarships generally available for engineering and science students.

For the latest information, please contact the Office of Financial Aid.

**Partial listing of internal and external scholarships generally available for engineering and science students**
SCHOLARSHIP	CRITERIA
Ford Engineering STEaM Scholarship	U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are from under-represented populations or female or demonstrate financial need with a high GPA of at least 3.0
Science & Engineering Equity Development (SEED)	U.S. citizens or permanent residents who demonstrate financial need (Pell grant eligible) and have a strong high school academic record
FIRST Robotics Scholarship Program	Be a senior in high school; have participated on a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team or a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team, be admitted to Detroit Mercy’s Engineering program as a full-time student pursuing a Bachelor of Robotics and Mechatronic Systems Engineering; have a minimum ACT of 23 or a combined SAT score of at least 1000 and a GPA of at least a 3.0.
Alfred and Alma Fisher	Top E&S student financial need
Eugene Kordyban Memorial Scholarship	New student with financial need
Doug and Dorothy Wood	Junior/Senior minority/female math or engineering student with at least 2.5 gpa and financial need.
Continental Teves	Awarded to incoming engineering major. Based on academic achievements.
Hank Nickol-Alpena	New freshman or transfer student from the Alpena area studying engineering . Min 3.2 high school gpa for entering freshman;min 3.0 Alpena CC gpa for transfer students.
The Alex Sutaruk Scholarship	Student must have a declared major in mechanical, electrical, civil or chemical engineering. Students must be either sophomores or juniors and demonstrate financial need and academic merit.
Society of Women Engineers - UDM chapter	Female engineering student; active in SWE chapter.
Harry Fuller Memorial	2nd year Civil engineering student; 2.0 gpa minimum and financial need.
Jerome Neyer	Undergraduate civil/environmental engineering student; Sophomore or higher standing; minimum 2.8 gpa
John A. McLean, Jr.	Minority freshman, chemistry or biochemistry major.
Trieste and Esther Vitti	Outstanding junior in chemistry or biochemistry
Kirstin DeLong Philips	Outstanding junior in chemistry or biochemistry major
Helen Schneider Woman's Scholarship*	Outstanding Woman majoring in biochemistry or chemistry
Detroit R&D Summer Research Fellowship*	Undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major.
Mary Ann Caspers Summer Research Fellowship*	Undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major.
H. Harry Szmant*	Graduate student in the M.S. Chemistry degree program.
Society of Women Engineers-national chapter	Freshmen through Graduate students. Many scholarships available-visit their SWE website.
Society of Automotive Engineers	UDM Scholarship-Entering students planning to study engineering; academic and leadership achievement. Application on SAE website.
VITTI SCHOLARSHIP	Awarded to an outstanding junior Chemistry or Biochemistry major.
Michigan Society of Professional Engineers	High school senior or current engineering student. Visit the MSPE website.
Kevin Olmstead Scholarship	Sophomore Civil Engineering Student interested in the Environment.
NSF/Ford Scholarship	US Citizens
MDOT TRAC Scholarship	UDM freshmen who is a graduate of the MDOT TRAC program.
Rossio Scholarship	Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students.
Scholarships for DREAMers	Various scholarships and web-resources for undocumented students
Immigrant Scholarship Program Fred S. Findling Memorial	Immigrant, full-time student at an accredited college or university in Michigan

* Note, some scholarships may not have available funds for the current year.