To be eligible to receive the scholarship, you must:
- Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, national, or refugee
- Be enrolled at Iowa State University during the fall semester
(Note: If you are currently a continuing student at ISU, you may be able to start receiving the scholarship in Fall 2019. Students enrolled in fields and disciplines related to the MSP are also eligible to apply at Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences (FANRS))
- Complete an online application with 4 short-essay questions
- Have demonstrated academic potential and ability
Scholarship recipients will be required to participate in NSF-mandated scholarship-related data collection involving both interview and survey activities about their experiences in the MSP Pathway Scholars Program. Students will also be expected to participate in a MSP Pathway Scholars, Student Experiential Learning (SEL) starting in the beginning of their sophomore, junior and senior years. This will focus on leadership and professional development. Applicants will be encouraged to join learning communities in their major, such as Agriculture & Biosystems/Technology System Management and group-specific learning communities, such as the Leadership through Engineering Academic Diversity (LEAD) learning community for multicultural students. Scholars will have access to WISE and/or LEAD programs.
Scholarships are renewable if participants:
- During their first-year of the award, maintain a minimum GPA of 2.75-3.0 on a 4.0 scale – for subsequent years a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.0 is required
- Remain enrolled as a full-time a student in ABE or other similar programs on campus
- Actively engage in the program requirements and remain in good academic standing