{"id":49431,"date":"2021-01-19T09:04:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=49431"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:06:09","slug":"the-lariat-stem-scholar-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/the-lariat-stem-scholar-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lariat STEM Scholar Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Lariat Future Innovators Foundation has a mission of helping the next generation of STEM students who have financial needs to reach their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scholarship Amount<\/strong>: A total of three awards will be granted, with varying amounts as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>High School Senior:<\/strong> Up to $30,000 as follows:<ul><li>$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&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>College Junior: <\/strong>Up to $18,000 as follows:<ul><li>$8,000 for junior&nbsp;year, renewable for one (1) additional year at $10,000 as a senior if the student continues to meet eligibility requirements<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>College Senior:<\/strong> $10,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Recipients:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who will be a college freshman, junior, or senior at the start of the 2021\/22 school year and who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reside in a <strong>rural area<\/strong> (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;<\/li><li>Come from families with less than $55,000 in household income as shown on their FAFSA form;<\/li><li>Are between the ages of 18 and 24 in the school year that their school receives the scholarship funds; and<\/li><li>Are pursuing a degree in any of the Eligible Stem Majors listed here:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible STEM Majors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e7f5fe\"><tbody><tr><td>Acoustics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aeronautical\/Aerospace Engineering Technology\/Technician Automotive Engineering Technology\/Technician<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aeronautics\/Aviation\/Aerospace Science and Technology, General. Cytotechnology\/Cytotechnologist.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aerospace Physiology and Medicine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical\/Space Engineering Agricultural Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Air and Space Operational Art and Science.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Air Science\/Airpower Studies.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Algebra and Number Theory<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Analysis and Functional Analysis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Analytical Chemistry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anatomy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Animal Behavior and Ethology Wildlife Biology Zoology\/Animal Biology, Other. Genetics, General<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Animal Genetics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Animal Physiology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applied Mathematics, General<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applied Mathematics, Other. Statistics, General<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aquatic Biology\/Limnology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Architectural Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Architectural Engineering Technology\/Technician<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Astronomy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Astrophysics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other. Chemistry, General<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic\/Molecular Physics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Automation Engineer Technology\/Technician<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Biochemistry Biophysics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other. 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Pharmacology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Planetary Astronomy and Science<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plant Genetics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plant Molecular Biology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plant Pathology\/Phytopathology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plant Physiology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plasma and High-Temperature Physics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Polymer Chemistry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Polymer\/Plastics Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Population Biology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pre-Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Radiation Biology\/Radiobiology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reproductive Biology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Robotics Technology\/Technician<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Science Technologies\/Technicians, General<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Science Technologies\/Technicians, Other.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Statistics, Other.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Surveying Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Systematic Biology\/Biological Systematics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Systems Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Technology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Textile Sciences and Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Theoretical and Mathematical Physics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Theoretical Chemistry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Topology and Foundations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toxicology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vision Science\/Physiological Optics Pathology\/Experimental Pathology<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scholarship Requirements<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why they have chosen to pursue a degree in STEM; or<\/li><li>Lessons they have learned from their part-time jobs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Scholarship Application Deadline:<\/strong> <\/strong>June 30, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Award Criteria:<\/strong>  Applicants will be based on the following criteria and weight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>50% on the strength of their essay;<\/li><li>40% on their overall academic strength (GPA, and standardized test scores, if any); and, <\/li><li>10% on the strength of their Awards.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/the-lariat-stem-scholar-program-application-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id=&#8221;r5MJDboQ&#8221; upload-date=&#8221;2021-02-09T18:03:10.000Z&#8221; name=&#8221;How To Get Scholarships&#8221; description=&#8221;TUN sits down with Sarah Chomette, an eAdviser with the College Advising Corps, to discuss tips on how to get scholarships for college.&#8221; player-type=&#8221;collapse&#8221; override-embed=&#8221;false&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lariat Future Innovators Foundation has a mission of helping the next generation of STEM students who have financial needs to reach their goals. 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