ASME-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarships

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15

To recognize and reward students whose FIRST experience has inspired an interest in pursuing an engineering career, the ASME Foundation and the ASME Auxiliary will award ten (10) $5,000 scholarships to high school seniors active on a FIRST FTC or a FIRST FRC team, who are nominated by an ASME member, ASME Auxiliary member, or ASME student member who are also active with FIRST. This award will be for the first year of study (non-renewable) in an accredited* Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology program. The recipient will be announced at the FIRST National Championship.

Nomination and Student Eligibility
Members of ASME, including ASME Auxiliary members and student members, may nominate no more than one student each. Students must be:

• Graduating high school seniors active on a FIRST FTC or FRC team
• Planning to enroll full-time in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent* mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology program, no later than the fall after their senior year in high school.

Nomination Requirements

Applicants must complete the ASME-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarship Application Form. Attached to the form should be the following:

• A Nomination Letter from your nominator who shall be an ASME member, ASME Auxiliary member, or ASME student member attesting to the student's technical, creative and leadership contributions to the FIRST team;
• Resume with GPA information and a list of school and extra curricular activities;
• Transcript with first semester GPA or Grade Percentage;
• Financial Data worksheet (p.2 of downloadable Nomination form) as evidence of financial need; and
• Letter of Support – This letter shall not be written by your nominator, parent and/or relative. The letter shall attest to the student's technical, creative and leadership contributions to the FIRST Team.

Submission Requirement

The nomination package should be e-mailed to bigleyr@asme.org, NO LATER THAN MARCH 15 or mailed and POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MARCH 15 to:

RuthAnn Bigley
ASME-ASME Auxiliary FIRST Clarke Scholarship
3416 Washington Commons Ave.
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Telephone: (212) 591-7650
Fax: (770) 917-8508

ASME and FIRST
ASME has promoted FIRST widely since 1996, when the two organizations signed an agreement of affiliation. ASME is a 125,000 member professional organization, active for more than a century in supporting the profession of engineering through establishing codes and standards, publishing technical journals, participating in educational accreditation, and hosting seminars and conferences. ASME is committed to promoting technological literacy, and supports FIRST as an outstanding means for engineers to be positively involved with young people and promote hands-on understanding of engineering.

* The college the student is planning to attend must have a Mechanical Engineering (ME) or Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program accredited by the Accreditation Board on Engineering Technology (ABET). Questions about whether a given program has received this accreditation may be answered by the college or university, or by checking listings on the ABET website (www.abet.org) or, for non-listed programs, contacting ASME.

2011 Scholarship Winners