Grants for Teachers Information

The application period is now open for teachers to apply for one of the two school grants the Post has available.  Applications must be postmarked by Friday, March 19th, 2010.

SAME (Society of American Military Engineers) continuously strives to establish meaningful youth mentorship programs to help youth in our society to understand and better prepare themselves for engineering-related career opportunities.  The SAME education grant is a competitive program to help promote science, mathematics and engineering education and learning opportunities to our next generation of engineers and scientists.  This year Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post of SAME are please to offer two grants, one for a teacher of K-6 grade students and one for a teacher of 7-12 grade students.

The grant applications are open to all schools that are within the thirteen-county metro area defined as: Anoka · Carver · Chisago · Dakota · Hennepin · Isanti · Ramsey · Scott · Sherburne · Washington · Wright - Pierce · St. Croix.

Complete information on the application process is available in the following information packets:

Scholarship Information

The application period is for students to apply for one of the three scholarships the Post has available will be from January 2010 through March 2010.  Application packets will be available for downloading in early January.  Applications must be postmarked by Friday, April 9th, 2010.

If you know someone who deserves of a scholarship, please urge the young person to apply for one the Post’s scholarships.  Applicants are rated in a number of areas including academics, school activities, and community activities.  There are two categories of scholarships described as follows:

• Category I -  High school seniors and Post-secondary students, regardless of discipline, who are children, grandchildren, or siblings, of members of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post.  Sponsoring members must be a SAME Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post member for the current year and have been a member of the Post for a minimum of at least one year prior to the current year.  Applicants must be registered as full-time post-secondary students in the fall of the year of selection.
• Category II -  All Student Members of the SAME Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post who will be registered as full-time post-secondary students in the fall of the year of selection.  Applicants under this category must be registered through SAME as a Student Member; student memberships are free for full-time undergraduates at an accredited college or university, or high school students.  This scholarship will be a multi-year (4-yr max) renewable scholarship.  The scholarship in this category will be awarded to a student in an engineering, science, or technology-related field.

Typically three (3) scholarships are awarded.  If there are worthy applicants in both categories, two scholarships will be awarded in Category I and one scholarship will be awarded in Category II.  Applicants who do not receive a scholarship may reapply the following year.

A committee of six Post members evaluates the applications.  All applications are kept confidential, and only the winners are announced.  For additional information, please contact Jane Flewellen at 651-290-5554.  Scholarship Application Packages can be downloaded from the following links either in MS Word format or in PDF format.