SD-CoMETS Scholarship Program
SD-CoMETS
Scholarship Program
The National Science Foundation (Award #1930313) awarded RIT a five-year grant for the Self-Determined Critical Mass of Engineering Technology Scholar (SD-CoMETS) from its 2019 Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program. The purpose of this program is to expand and diversify the number of high-technology workers and to develop high-quality professionals in Engineering Technology. These scholarships are available to students accepted and starting an Engineering Technology major beginning academic years 2020-2022. SD-CoMETS scholarships are need-based, and are in addition to the grants and scholarships already awarded by RIT.
RIT’s College of Engineering Technology will award scholarships to 12 incoming freshmen each year who are enrolling full-time in one of the following majors:
- Civil Engineering Technology
- Computer Engineering Technology
- Electrical Engineering Technology
- Mechatronics Engineering Technology
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Robotics and Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Each SD-CoMETS scholar will receive a scholarship of $3,750 per semester for the first five semesters in which they are enrolled in courses full-time, as long as they continue to meet scholarship requirements.
Eligibility
To be eligible to receive the SD-CoMETS grant recipients must:
- Be an academically successful incoming freshman who has submitted an application for admission by March 15 in the year that they are applying to RIT
- Be a citizen, national, refugee alien, or permanent resident alien of the United States of America
- Be accepted and enrolled full-time in one of the six participating Engineering Technology majors
- Demonstrate financial need as defined by the U.S. Department of Education and by the RIT Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships upon receipt of results from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Scholarship Renewal
The SD-CoMETS scholarship will be renewed each semester for the scholar’s first five academic (non-co-op) semesters, provided the SD-CoMETS scholar:
- to demonstrates financial need
- matriculated full-time in any of the six participating majors
- a semester GPA ≥ 3 (on a 4.0 scale)
- the SD-CoMETS seminar
- at least one professional skills workshop or industrial tour each year
- with at least one outreach event each year
All SD-CoMETS scholars will be assigned a faculty and a peer mentor. It is expected that each scholar will meet with their mentors several times per year.
Events
To find SD-CoMETS related events, visit the RIT Events Calendar.