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 curriculum reform and gender equity. Learn more about ASME grant activities here.

At a glance:

  • ASME Scholarships are awarded annually.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • ASME Scholarships require enrollment in an ABET* accredited, or substantially equivalent, engineering degree program (see below).
  • With a few exceptions, ASME has one online application for all the 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 January 6 thru April 1. The exceptions that require other forms include:
  • ASME-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarship
  • Allen J. Baldwin Scholarship
  • Berna Lou Cartwright Scholarship
  • Sylvia W. Farny Scholarship
  • Agnes Malakate Kezios Scholarship
  • Elisabeth M. And Winchell M. Parsons Scholarship
  • Marjorie Roy Rothermel Scholarship
  • Charles B. Scharp Scholarship

ASME Student Members

ASME undergraduate or graduate student members worldwide are eligible for academic scholarships, with total funding of $221,500 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.

A growing number of scholarships are available to students studying in the United States who are from other countries. Look for the Global designation in the description of the scholarships listed below. 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.

Most ASME Scholarships do not require that you study within the United States. If you are studying outside the United States, therefore, you do not need to have a VISA or VISA Residency status. On the online scholarship application, however, you will need to indicate that you are not studying within the United States: in the "VISA Residency" section, please enter "N/A" (for Not Applicable).

ABET Accreditation Equivalency: While you may not need to be studying within the United States to be eligible for many of the ASME Scholarships, you must be enrolled 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

Graduating High School Seniors

ASME-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarships
$5,000 (7 awards)
To recognize and reward students whose FIRST experience has inspired an interest in pursuing an engineering career, the ASME Foundation in conjunction with the ASME Auxiliary will award five (5) $5,000 scholarships to high school seniors active on a FIRST team, who are nominated by an ASME member, ASME Auxiliary member, or student member active with FIRST. This award will be for the first year of study (non-renewable) at an accredited mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology program. The recipients will be announced at the FIRST National Championship.

Visit the The ASME Foundation-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarship for more details and an application form. This scholarship has its own application form. It cannot not be applied to using the online application.

If you are active with FIRST, but are not an ASME member or student member, and would like to nominate a deserving high school senior, apply for ASME membership directly online with ASME's membership application.

 

Undergraduates

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.

 

American Electric Power Scholarship
$3,000 (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.

 

ASME Foundation Scholarships
$2,000 (20 Students), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year. [Global ICON]
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 Foundation Hanley Scholarship
$2,500 (1 award), for study in the sophomore, junior or senior year. [Global ICON]
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.

 

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.

 

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, combustion, 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. Applicants must be enrolled in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent mechanical engineering 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.

 

Garland Duncan Scholarships
$5,000 (Up to 2 awards), for study in the junior or senior year. [Global ICON]
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.

 

John & Elsa Gracik Scholarships
$2,000 (Up to 15 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.

 

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.

 

The International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Scholarship
$5,000 (Up to 1 award)

The ASME International Gas Turbine Institute awards a scholarship every year based on superior academic performance and demonstrated interest in the gas turbine, propulsion, or turbomachinery industries to an undergraduate or graduate student.

Applicants must be ASME Student Members in good standing at the time of application. There is no citizen or residence requirement, but Undergraduate applicants must be enrolled in an ABET accredited mechanical or aerospace engineering baccalaureate program. Financial need will not be considered for this award. The preference is for the award to go to a student with work experience or research ties to the gas turbine industry. See the International Gas Turbine Institute for more information.

For study in the sophomore, junior or senior year or for graduate study.

 

Kate Gleason Scholarship
$3,000 (1 award)

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.
For study in the sophomore, junior, senior year or graduate study.
Note: there are no citizenship requirements for consideration for this scholarship. For study in the US only.

 

Stephen T. Kugle Scholarship
$2,500 (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.

 

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.

 

ASME Metropolitan Section John Rice Memorial Scholarship
Award amount to be determined annually; for study in the junior or senior year. Global
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.

 

Allen Rhodes Memorial Scholarship
$1,500 (1 award)
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.
For study in the sophomore, junior or senior year.

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

 

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.

 

Willis F. Thompson Memorial Scholarship
$5,000 each (Up to 3 awards)
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.

For study in the sophomore, junior or senior year or graduate study.
Note: there are no citizenship or geographic requirements for consideration for this scholarship.

 

ALSO available for final-year undergraduate study:
Berna Lou Cartwright Scholarship ($2,000)
Sylvia W. Farny Scholarship ($2,000)
Allen J. Baldwin Scholarship ($2,000)
Agnes Malakate Kezios Scholarship ($2,000)
Charles B. Scharp Scholarship ($2,000)

These grants or scholarships are given to students for use in final year of undergraduate study. Students in a four year program apply in junior year. Students in a 5-year program apply in fourth year.

Deadline: March 15

Download:

Send SASE or e-mail request for application to:
Sara Sahay
170 East Opel Drive
Glastonbury, CT 06033
E-mail: uma.sahay@gmail.com

 

Graduate or Doctoral Students

Lucy and Charles W.E. Clarke Scholarship
To recognize departmental support of ASME student section activities, funds are awarded to academic departments, for department heads to identify incoming freshmen to receive the scholarship. For more information, read more here.

Deadline: October 20
Download:

Send completed application to: bigleyr@asme.org.

 

Rice-Cullimore Scholarship
Global (Non-US) Students $2,000
This grant is given to a foreign student for one year's maintenance while doing graduate work for a Master's or Doctoral Degree in mechanical engineering in the U.S. under the Fulbright Program. Applications for that Program must be obtained from and filed with the local Institute of International Education (IIE) Office or the Education Office at the U.S. Embassy in your home country. IIE will send a copy of the application to the Rice-Cullimore Scholarship Committee.

Ella Baldwin-Viereck, Chair
E-mail: ellabv@earthlink.net

 

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
$1,500 (Up to 1 award)

This award will be given for graduate study 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.

For graduate study in the US only.

 

International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Scholarship
$4,000 (Up to one award), for study in the sophomore, junior. or senior year, or for graduate study.
See description in listing above.

 

Elisabeth M. and Winchell M. Parsons Scholarship ($2000)
Grants given to students working toward a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering.

Deadline: March 15
Download:

Send SASE or e-mail request for application to:
Cynthia Pool
5025 Iroquois Avenue
Lakewood, CA 90713
Phone: 562.920.3653
Email: cindipool@gmail.com

 

Marjorie Roy Rothermel Scholarship ($2000)
These grants are given to students working toward a master's degree in mechanical engineering.

Deadline: March 15
Download:

Send SASE or e-mail request for application to:
Mrs. Otto Prochaska
332 Valencia Street
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Telephone: (850) 932-3698
E-mail: EProcha340@aol.com

 

Willis F. Thompson Memorial Scholarship
$5,000 each (Up to three awards), for study in the sophomore, junior, or senior year, or graduate study.
See description in listing above.

 

ASME/Virginia Tech Memorial Scholarship
$3,500 (Up to 1 award)

To create an ongoing remembrance of the April, 2007 tragedy at Virginia Tech, an endowed memorial scholarship for VT College of Engineering Graduate Students is being funded by gifts large and small from all parts of ASME including the ASME Board of Governors, Divisions, Institutes, Sections, ASME members, staff and friends - and notable for 2008 the ASME Auxiliary fully funded the initial ASME/VT Memorial Scholarship for that first year.

Applicants must be ASME student members in good standing at the time of application, and enrolled at VT at the time the award is granted. The award recipient will be selected on the basis of scholastic ability and potential contribution to the mechanical engineering profession.

For graduate study
Note: there are no citizenship or geographic requirements for consideration for this scholarship, but it is available only to VT College of Engineering Graduate Students.