SUPPORTING TALENT WITH ALIGNED RESOURCES FOR STEM STUDENTS (STARS) SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round.
Applicants: Undergraduate
Description:
STARS is a collaborative project among four partner institutions - Salish Kootenai College, the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Montana Technological University, and Blackfeet Community College. It is a scholarship program sponsored by the National Science Foundation and is based on the premise that building a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) workforce that can successfully solve complex problems must include all segments of our population.
STARS will offer 5-8 new scholarships at each of the three partner institutions of up to $10,000 per academic year for undergraduates or associate-level Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ in STEM fields with renewable possibility for up to 4 years. Students must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status, be enrolled at least half time, major in one of the STEM fields, and demonstrate financial need (by FAFSA).
Below are a few of the scholarships offered by the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. Some use the scholarship portal to gather applications and some have a separate application process. Please click on the Application Information links under each award for more details on how to apply.
RIDGE SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Applicants: Graduate / Undergraduate
Description:
The goal of the Ridge research awards is to foster creative student work that involves important issues that concern both health/healthcare and the humanities. We construe “humanities” broadly to include both traditional humanities topics, but also the social sciences and the arts. The awards also encourage the use of the Ridge Library resources.
Applications related to health equity, narrative medicine and storytelling, end-of-life care options, climate change and health, suicide and community response to suicide, social determinants of health, and other current topics will be considered. A focus on these issues in the Missoula region is encouraged but not required provided the research is relevant to that area. “Research” includes traditional scientific and humanities research, as well as creative works.
Upper-division undergraduates and graduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ are eligible for the awards. Up to five awards of $1500 payable in two installments, are available.
BOB & SUE BROWN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ETHICS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Deadline: Applications are no longer being accepted. Please check back in March.
Applicants: Undergraduate
Description:
The Mansfield Center will be offering two scholarships totaling $3,000 to two UM undergraduates each year to recognize the importance of ethics in public affairs. The scholarships will be awarded annually to authors of academic papers or creative projects that focus substantially on a topic or topics related to Ethics in Public Affairs, submitted in fulfillment of course requirements in any subject part of the undergraduate curriculum.
Faculty can nominate papers by emailing the Mansfield Ethics and Public Affairs Program Director, Robert Saldin directly with their nomination. It is a rolling application process and nominations should be submitted throughout the Fall and Spring semesters, but no later than April 1st each year.
DAVID NICHOLAS MEMORIAL FUND
Deadline: Applications are no longer being accepted. Please check back in January.
Applicants: Graduate
Description:
The David Nicholas Memorial Award was established in 2005 to honor a deceased doctoral student in the Division of Biological Sciences who was widely admired for his lust for life, insatiable curiosity, and infectious love of learning. Thanks to the generosity of many donors, the Nicholas fund is a permanent endowment. The David Nicholas Memorial Fund supports meritorious graduate study in the field of ecology by providing funds either for field research or for travel to national meetings to present research findings. $500 will be awarded on a competitive basis to a deserving Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ doctoral student in the Division of Biological Sciences or in the Wildlife Biology program.
Interested Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ should submit:
- A one-page research statement
- A current CV
- A reference letter from one of your committee members (forwarded or sent directly)
Please direct all materials and any questions to Anne Tolo (anne.tolo@mso.umt.edu).