2025 SVEC College Scholarship Application

SVEC College Scholarship Application

Application Deadline: January 15, 2025
Award Eligibility

The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering Education awards recognize undergraduate engineering and technology students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology. The one-time award is $1,000 and students may receive an SVEC Education award only once.
Criteria

- The applicant should be studying or residing in one of the following 8 counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz.

- The applicant’s program of study is directly focused towards engineering or technology.

- The applicant has shown involvement in STEM activities (e.g., engineering, science, math, computing, or technical organizations).

- The applicant has shown involvement in community and/or social services activities.

- The applicant has letters of recommendations from two adults: faculty, organizational leaders or club leaders who can speak to applicant's activities and performance in the above areas.

- The student exhibits strong academic performance as shown by GPA in the major and overall, as well as strong recommendations from faculty advisors.

Granting of Awards

Awardees will be notified through e-mail by January 31, 2025, and will be awarded at the SVEC Engineers Week Banquet in February, 2025. It is expected but not required that awardees attend the banquet. Each recipient and one companion will be SVEC guests.

Questions?

If you have more questions, please send your inquiry to education-awards@svec-ca.org Please put "SVEC Education Awards" in the email title.

Please do not input or upload documents showing private information such as social security number.
Contact Information
Name

First NameLast Name
Email
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Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number
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Academics
College Name
Major
Anticipated Graduation Date
GPA (through Dec 2023)
Major GPA (through Dec 2023)
Transcript

Please attach your transcript.
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STEM Experiences
Please give us a list of courses you have taken, or are taking now, in science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics.
List membership in Engineering or Technical Societies (include chapter name)
Please list any experiences you have had in employment or service related to STEM, including title or description, date, and nature of work.
Please list any publications or conference presentations.
Please list any volunteer or service work you have done at your school or in your community.
Essay
Write a short essay (750-1000 words) addressing the following items:

· Describe career goals, how your major and this award will help you achieve them.

· Describe STEM related projects that inspired you to pursue the STEM major.

· Share your thoughts about a critical problem in the world that engineers and computer scientists can help solve.

Please write this in your own words and not use a ChatGPT or other AI application.
Are there any special circumstances (e.g., financial, personal) that you believe would help the committee in its decision?
References
Please provide the names of your academic advisor and one additional reference who knows about your interest in engineering and technology. Please have your references send a reference letter by email to education-awards@svec-ca.org. The email subject should be "Reference letter for "Student Name (place holder for student name)". Reference emails should arrive on or before the application deadline.
Primary Academic Reference (teacher, counselor, etc.)

First NameLast Name
Primary Academic Reference email
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Primary Academic Reference Phone Number
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Seconday Reference

First NameLast Name
Secondary Reference Email
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Secondary Reference Phone Number
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SVEC College Scholarship Application

Award Eligibility

Criteria

Granting of Awards

Questions?

Contact Information

Academics

STEM Experiences

Essay

Write a short essay (750-1000 words) addressing the following items:

References