About ASME Scholarships

 

Mechanical engineering encompasses a dynamic field of knowledge with lifelong learning opportunities. Financial aid for undergraduate and graduate students is available through the various scholarships listed below. Deadlines and other terms and conditions vary, so please review the list carefully before applying.

Online applications are also available for student loans and graduate teaching fellowships, and ASME supports grant activities with several partners, to advance engineering education in areas such as curriculum reform and gender equity. Learn more about ASME grant activities here.

A scholarship is considered by ASME to be a grant made to a student to enable or assist the student in pursuing an educational program in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology at the undergraduate or graduate level. [from Society Policy P-13.5]

At a glance:

  • ASME Scholarships are awarded annually to eligible ASME Student Members.
  • All scholarship payments will be made directly to the student's college or university to be used for educational costs in the following academic year.
  • ASME Scholarships are intended to assist with upcoming studies in the next academic year. Students must begin such studies by January 30 of the academic year and provide a letter or document from the university confirming their enrollment.
  • To be eligible, you must be a community college, college, or university student who is enrolled full-time in Mechanical Engineering (ME) or Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) studies.
  • Students must have established their grade point average (GPA) in their degree programs to qualify for ASME Scholarships. If you have not yet established a GPA at the college level, you are not yet eligible.
  • You must be a current ASME student member to login to the online application system. Click here to join ASME or to renew your membership.
  • All ASME Scholarships have specific eligibility requirements.
  • ASME Scholarships require enrollment in an ABET* accredited, or substantially equivalent, engineering degree program (see below).
  • ASME has one online application for all the ASME Scholarships, and you will be considered for all scholarships for which you qualify. To apply for most ASME Scholarships, please complete this online application form during the application cycle from early January thru March.

ASME Student Members

ASME undergraduate or graduate student members worldwide are eligible for academic scholarships, with total funding of $223,500 a year typically made possible through the ASME Foundation.

  • Unless noted, applicants must be an ASME student to login to the online application system. Click here to join ASME or to renew your membership.
  • Unless noted, applicants for ASME Scholarships only need to complete one online application, during the application acceptance period of January 6 to March 1 each year. Each application will be considered for all eligible scholarships for which the applicant fits the criteria.
  • Unless noted, applicants must be ASME student members in good standing at the time of application.
  • Most applicants must be enrolled in an ABET accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering program. Incoming first-year graduate students must provide proof of acceptance to their graduate degree program.

Note for applicants from outside the United States:

Global indicates that the scholarship has no citizenship or geographic requirements.

Several scholarships are available to students studying in the United States who are from other countries. In addition:

  • Fulbright students from outside the United States who are in graduate studies are eligible to apply for the ASME Auxiliary-Rice Cullimore Scholarship.
  • Virginia Tech College of Engineering graduate students from outside the United States are eligible to apply for the ASME/Virginia Tech Memorial Scholarship.
  • Students studying in the United States, Mexico, or Canada are also eligible for student loans.

 

ABET Accreditation Equivalency: While you do not need to be studying within the United States to be eligible for many of the ASME Scholarships, you must be enrolled in the upcoming academic year at an ABET-accredited (or equivalent) engineering degree program, or be studying at a university recognized by the Washington Accord countries, or one with an equivalent Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA). (No further information about which institutes are accredited will be available by contacting ASME.)

 

ASME Scholarships List

Undergraduates

Kenneth Andrew Roe Scholarship
$12,500 (1 award), for study in the junior or senior year.
For U.S. citizens and North American residents, this award is based on scholastic ability, character, integrity, leadership, and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering baccalaureate program in the United States.

ASME Foundation Scholarship
$11,000 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year.
The award recipients will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program.

ASME Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) Scholarship
$5,000 (3 awards), for study in the junior or senior year.
This scholarship is awarded to ASME student members who demonstrate a particular interest in nuclear engineering as defined by NED as the design, analysis, development, testing, operation, and maintenance of reactor systems and components, nuclear fusion, heat transport, nuclear fuels technology, and radioactive waste. Award recipients will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability, character, integrity, leadership, financial need, and potential contribution to the nuclear engineering profession. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent nuclear engineering or mechanical engineering baccalaureate program.

Willis F. Thompson Memorial Scholarship
$5,000 each (Up to 3 awards), for study in the sophomore, junior or senior year of graduate study.
Mary Evans Stowell Thompson, a founding member of the ASME Foundation’s Archimedes Club, bequeathed a scholarship fund “. . . in memory of my late husband Willis who played a vital and instrumental role in the conception and development of the United Engineering Center in New York City, and in recognition of my late husband’s lifelong interest and services in many capacities to ASME.”

The Willis F. Thompson Memorial Scholarships will be awarded to help mechanical engineering students, with a preference given to students who demonstrate an interest in advancing the field of power generation.

Applicants must be ASME student members in good standing at the time of application, enrolled at an ABET accredited, or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology or related baccalaureate program. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession.

Note: there are no citizenship or geographic requirements for consideration for this scholarship.

Garland Duncan Scholarships
$5,000 (Up to 2 awards), for study in the junior or senior year. Global
The award recipient will be selected on the basis of leadership, scholastic ability, potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession, and financial need. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program.

Melvin R. Green Scholarships
$4,000 (Up to 2 awards), for study in the junior or senior year. Global
The award recipient will be selected on the basis of leadership, scholastic ability, potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession, and financial need. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program.

American Electric Power Scholarship
$4,000 (1 award), for study in the junior or senior year.
The award recipients will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession, with preference given to students who are interested in power engineering or who reside or attend school in the American Electric Power service area of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering or related baccalaureate program.

William J. and Marijane E. Adams, Jr., Scholarship
$3,500 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year.
For an ASME student member who is attending a college or university in California, Hawaii or Nevada and who demonstrates a special interest in product development and design. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability (minimum GPA 2.5), demonstrated interest in product development and design, and financial need. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering baccalaureate program.

John & Elsa Gracik Scholarships
$3,000 (Up to 10 awards), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year.
For U.S. citizens, this award is based on scholastic ability, financial need, character, leadership, and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program in the United States.

ASME Power Division Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year.
For an ASME student member who demonstrates a special interest in the areas of fuels, combusion, or the power industry, this award will be awarded on the basis of financial need, scholastic ability, and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Applicatns must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering or related baccalaureate program.

Kate Gleason Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior, senior year or graduate study.

In memory of Kate Gleason, who in 1914 became the first female member of ASME and successfully paved the way for the emergence of women in the field of engineering.

The Kate Gleason Scholarship will be awarded to a female engineering student who exemplifies the same entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to engineering and is currently enrolled in an engineering program in the United States.

Applicants must be in good standing at the time of application, enrolled in an ABET accredited or substantially equivalent engineering, engineering technology baccalaureate or graduate program. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession.

Note: there are no citizenship requirements for consideration for this scholarship. For study in the US only.

Stephen T. Kugle Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for study in the junior or senior year.
For an ASME student member attending a public college or university in one of the states in ASME District E (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.) Applicants must be a U.S. citizen by birth, and have a B average or above (3.0 on a 4.0 grading system.) Because the Kugle family has funded a Kugle Scholarship at the University of Texas at Arlington, students from that school are not eligible for this award.

ASME Metropolitan Section John Rice Memorial Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for study in the junior or senior year. Global student studying in the US.
For an ASME student member attending a school within the area covered by the ASME Met Section, applicants must be enrolled in a mechanical engineering baccalaureate program in good standing at one of the following colleges or universities: City College/CUNY; College of Staten Island; Columbia University; Cooper Union; Manhattan College; NYC Technology College of City University; Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Brooklyn); and SUNY/Maritime College. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability, character, integrity, leadership, and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession.

ASME Foundation Hanley Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior or senior year. Global
For students pursuing an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, this award recognizes scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Preference will be given to applicants demonstrating financial need. Applicants must be enrolled at an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program.

F.W. "Beich" Beichley Scholarship
$2,500 (1 award), for study in the junior or senior year.
The award recipient will be selected on the basis of character, integrity, leadership, scholastic ability, potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession, and financial need. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program in the United States.

Marcus N. Bressler Scholarship
$2,500 (1 award), for study in the junior or senior year.
The Marcus N. Bressler Memorial Scholarship was created in memory of a life-long member of ASME, and a leader in the field who made incredible contributions to ASME Nuclear Standards and Certification programs for 50 years, primarily through the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes.

The scholarship was established to help a mechanical engineering student who has interests in industries using and/or manufacturing pressure vessels or related components.

Applicants must be ASME student members in good standing at the time of application and enrolled at an ABET accredited program for the upcoming academic year. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability, demonstrated leadership qualities, and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession.

Note: there are no citizenship or geographic requirements for consideration for this scholarship.

Frank & Dorothy Miller ASME Auxiliary Scholarships
$2,000 (Up to 2 awards), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year.
For U.S. citizens and North American residents, this award is based on character, integrity, leadership, and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or related baccalaureate program in the United States.

Allen Rhodes Memorial Scholarship
$1,500 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior or senior year.
In memory of Allen Rhodes, who was the youngest president of ASME and a former chair of The ASME Foundation. The ASME Foundation is funding one ASME Foundation Scholarship to fund an Allen Rhodes Memorial Scholarship each year in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to help a mechanical engineering student, who has a specific interest in the oil and gas industry.

Applicants must be ASME student members in good standing at the time of application, enrolled at an ABET accredited, or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology or related baccalaureate program. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Preference given to deserving students enrolled at Villanova University.

Note: there are no citizenship or geographic requirements for consideration for this scholarship.

Graduate or Doctoral Students

Kate Gleason Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior, senior year or graduate study.
See description in listing above.

Bruce J. Heim Foundation Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award), for graduate study.

This award will be given to a student whose career goal is to further the exploration of space. It is funded by the Bruce J. Heim Foundation, which is dedicated to providing assistance to an individual who has demonstrated a potential for excellence in this field.

Applicants must be ASME student members in good standing at the time of application and completed undergraduate work at an accredited institution, with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.3.