The Lariat Future Innovators Foundation has a mission of helping the next generation of STEM students who have financial needs to reach their goals.
Scholarship Amount: A total of three awards will be granted, with varying amounts as follows:
- High School Senior: Up to $30,000 as follows:
- $6,000 for freshman year, renewable annually for three (3) additional years at $6,000 as a sophomore, $8,000 as a junior, and $10,000 as a senior if the student continues to meet eligibility requirements
- College Junior: Up to $18,000 as follows:
- $8,000 for junior year, renewable for one (1) additional year at $10,000 as a senior if the student continues to meet eligibility requirements
- College Senior: $10,000
Eligible Recipients:
Students who will be a college freshman, junior, or senior at the start of the 2021/22 school year and who:
- Reside in a rural area (town or city with a population less than 25,000) in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas;
- Come from families with less than $55,000 in household income as shown on their FAFSA form;
- Are between the ages of 18 and 24 in the school year that their school receives the scholarship funds; and
- Are pursuing a degree in any of the Eligible Stem Majors listed here:
Eligible STEM Majors
| Acoustics |
| Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician |
| Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General. Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist. |
| Aerospace Physiology and Medicine |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering Agricultural Engineering |
| Air and Space Operational Art and Science. |
| Air Science/Airpower Studies. |
| Algebra and Number Theory |
| Analysis and Functional Analysis |
| Analytical Chemistry |
| Anatomy |
| Animal Behavior and Ethology Wildlife Biology Zoology/Animal Biology, Other. Genetics, General |
| Animal Genetics |
| Animal Physiology |
| Applied Mathematics, General |
| Applied Mathematics, Other. Statistics, General |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology |
| Architectural Engineering |
| Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician |
| Astronomy |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Astrophysics |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other. Chemistry, General |
| Atomic/Molecular Physics |
| Automation Engineer Technology/Technician |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Biochemistry Biophysics |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other. Botany/Plant Biology |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering |
| Bioinformatics |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering |
| Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician |
| Biotechnology |
| Biomedical Sciences, General |
| Biomedical Technology/Technician |
| Biostatistics |
| Botany/Plant Biology, Other. |
| Cardiovascular Science |
| Cell Biology and Anatomy |
| Cell Physiology |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other. Microbiology, General |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology |
| Ceramic Sciences and Engineering |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Chemical Engineering |
| Chemical Engineering, Other. |
| Chemical Physics Environmental Chemistry Forensic Chemistry |
| Chemical Process Technology |
| Clinical and Industrial Drug Development. Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics. |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist. Medical Scientist |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics |
| Computational Biology |
| Computational Mathematics |
| Computational Science. |
| Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Conservation Biology |
| Construction Engineering |
Developmental Biology and Embryology |
| Ecology |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other. Molecular Medicine |
| Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians, Other. |
| Electromechanical Engineering |
| Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering |
| Elementary Particle Physics |
| Endocrinology |
| Engineering Chemistry |
| Engineering Mechanics |
| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics |
| Engineering Science |
| Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, Other. Biology/Biological Sciences, General |
| Engineering Technology, General |
| Engineering, General |
| Engineering, Other. |
| Entomology |
| Environmental Biology |
| Environmental Toxicology |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Materials Engineering |
| Epidemiology |
| Evolutionary Biology |
| Exercise Physiology |
| Forensic Science and Technology |
| Forest Engineering |
| Genetics, Other. |
| Genome Sciences/Genomics |
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering |
| Geometry/Geometric Analysis |
| Human Biology. |
| Human Computer Interaction. |
| Human/Medical Genetics |
| Immunology |
| Industrial Engineering |
| Industrial Radiologic Technology/Technician |
| Inorganic Chemistry |
| Instrumentation Technology/Technician |
| Manufacturing Engineering |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography |
| Marine Sciences |
| Materials Chemistry |
| Materials Science |
| Materials Sciences, Other. |
| Mathematical Biology |
| Mathematical Statistics and Probability Mathematics and Statistics |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other. |
| Mathematics, General |
| Mathematics, Other. |
| Mechanical Engineering |
| Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician |
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Biochemical Engineering |
| Medical Informatics |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| Metallurgical Engineering |
| Microbial and Eukaryotic Genetics |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other. Zoology/Animal Biology |
| Microbiology and Immunology |
| Molecular Biology Molecular Biochemistry Molecular Biophysics Structural Biology Photobiology |
| Molecular Genetics |
| Molecular Pharmacology |
| Molecular Physiology |
| Molecular Toxicology |
| Mycology |
| Nanotechnology |
| Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
| Naval Science and Operational Studies. |
| Neuroanatomy |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy |
| Neurobiology and Behavior |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other. |
| Neuropharmacology |
| Neuroscience |
| Nuclear and Industrial Radiologic Technologies/Technicians, Other. Chemical Technology/Technician |
| Nuclear Engineering |
| Nuclear Physics |
| Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician |
| Ocean Engineering |
| Oncology and Cancer Biology |
| Operations Research |
| Optics/Optical Sciences |
| Organic Chemistry |
| Paper Science and Engineering |
| Parasitology |
| Petroleum Engineering |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences. |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology, Other. Biometry/Biometrics |
| Physical Chemistry |
| Physical Science Technologies/Technicians, Other. |
| Physical Sciences |
| Physical Sciences, Other. |
| Physics, General |
| Physics, Other. |
| Physiology, General |
| Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other. Pharmacology |
| Planetary Astronomy and Science |
| Plant Genetics |
| Plant Molecular Biology |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology |
| Plant Physiology |
| Plasma and High-Temperature Physics |
| Polymer Chemistry |
| Polymer/Plastics Engineering |
| Population Biology |
| Pre-Engineering |
| Radiation Biology/Radiobiology |
| Reproductive Biology |
| Robotics Technology/Technician |
| Science Technologies/Technicians, General |
| Science Technologies/Technicians, Other. |
| Statistics, Other. |
| Surveying Engineering |
| Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics |
| Systems Engineering |
| Technology |
| Textile Sciences and Engineering |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
| Theoretical Chemistry |
| Topology and Foundations |
| Toxicology |
| Virology |
| Vision Science/Physiological Optics Pathology/Experimental Pathology |
Scholarship Requirements:
Students will: (i) submit their academic scores and SAT/ACT scores; (ii) list any academic awards they have received; and (ii) write an essay of 500 words or more on one of the following:
- Why they have chosen to pursue a degree in STEM; or
- Lessons they have learned from their part-time jobs.
Scholarship Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Award Criteria: Applicants will be based on the following criteria and weight:
- 50% on the strength of their essay;
- 40% on their overall academic strength (GPA, and standardized test scores, if any); and,
- 10% on the strength of their Awards.
