Throughout the previous 13 years, the IEEE Energy & Power Society (PES) has awarded US $4.6 million in scholarships to undergraduate college students in North America finding out energy engineering as a part of its Scholarship Plus Initiative.
PES has elevated the scholarship quantity this yr to $10,000, up from $7,000. Recipients, who wouldn’t have to be IEEE scholar members, are eligible to obtain as much as three years of economic assist however should reapply annually. They will apply for the scholarship as early as their freshman yr.
The scholarship is funded by donors. The rise is thanks partly to a $1 million donation from the Hoveida Household Basis, a philanthropic group based mostly in Bainbridge Island, Wash.
If recipients proceed to fulfill the necessities, they obtain $2,000 for every of the primary two years and $3,000 for the third.
PES students are supplied mentorship by main professionals within the energy and engineering business. In addition they obtain a free one-year scholar membership to IEEE and the society.
“The quantity had not modified for the reason that program was established [in 2011], however the price of schooling has elevated, so we wished to make sure recipients acquired extra monetary assist,” says Daniel Toland, director of PES operations.
Scholarship eligibility expanded
The society additionally made different adjustments to this system based mostly on suggestions from supporters and donors. Beforehand, recipients have been required to pursue a level in energy and power, however the business wants engineers with backgrounds in all IEEE fields of curiosity—not simply energy and power—to fulfill its staffing wants, in accordance with survey respondents.
This system is now open to college students pursuing bachelor’s levels in different IEEE-designated fields of curiosity associated to energy and power. They embody electrical, civil, pc, environmental, and mechanical engineering; pc science; information analytics; renewable power; and sustainability research.
“This system’s most important goal has at all times been to get as many undergraduate college students as attainable concerned and engaged within the energy and power business,” Toland says.
College students can apply on-line from 20 January to 30 April. To study extra, e mail pes-scholarship-info@ieee.org.
