2025-26 SVEC College Scholarship Application

SVEC College Scholarship Application

Application Deadline: January 20, 2026
Award Eligibility
The Silicon Valley Engineering Council Engineering (SVEC) Education Awards recognize undergraduate students for their dedication, focus, and commitment to engineering. Engineering and Technology students graduating from high school are eligible. The award is $1000 and students may receive a 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 provides two letters of recommendation: one or more can be from faculty, organizational leaders or club leaders who can speak to applicant's activities and performance in the above areas and one from a peer who has received support/guidance from the applicant and can discuss the impact the applicant made on the peer

- 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 February 7, 2026, and will be awarded at the SVEC Engineers Week Banquet the week of February 16, 2026. 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.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
example@example.com
Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Academics
Which of the following categories closely align with your academic and professional interests (can choose more than one)?

Computer scienceMathematicsChemistryPhysicsMaterial scienceBiological sciencesEngineeringOther
College/University Name
Major
GPA (through Dec 2025)
Anticipated Graduation date
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 volunteer or service work you have done at your school or in your community. Please comment on what you learned from this experience and how it has affected you.
How do you work in a team environment? Describe a team project that you were part of, including your role and what you learned from the experience.
Please list any publications or conference presentations.
Scholarship-related questions
How did you find out about the scholarship?
Can we contact you to invite you to our events and follow up on your success story?

YesNo
Would you consider being a scholarship judge in the future?

YesNo
Essay
Write a short essay (750-1000 words) describing your academic and professional goals. Be sure to comment on your accomplishments thus far and what you have learned from your successes and failures. Include STEM-related projects that inspired you to pursue the STEM major. Discuss if you feel that you are on the right path in terms of achieving your objectives and how this award will help you. Please write this in your own words and DO 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 name of your primary reference, which should be a faculty/counselor/advisor who can speak about your academic and STEM achievements. The secondary reference is a peer who will discuss how you made an an impact or impression on their life. A peer can be a classmate, co-worker or a member of a STEM organization.

Please have your references send a reference letter by email to education-awards@svec.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 (faculty/counselor/advisor)

First NameLast Name
Primary Academic Reference email
example@example.com
Seconday Reference (peer)

First NameLast Name
Secondary Reference Email
example@example.com
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SVEC College Scholarship Application

Award Eligibility

Criteria

Granting of Awards

Questions?

Contact Information

Academics

STEM Experiences

Scholarship-related questions

Essay

References