Merit Award - Each year NSCS awards 50 Merit Awards to outstanding new members around the country. This prestigious award includes a $1,000 scholarship to help defray the costs of education. Merit Award recipients are selected based on how they exemplify the NSCS mission to "Honor and inspire academic excellence and engaged citizenship for a lifetime."
***GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!!***
Scholar Abroad - One $5000/semester and one $2500/summer scholarship for a study abroad program through Tech, NSCS, or another organization.
Scholar at Sea - Scholarship allowing students to visit nearly a dozen countries while studying on a sailing campus. The University of Virginia academically sponsors this program and grants credit from more than 70 courses.
Seven partial scholarships are provided each year. One $7,000 partial scholarship is awarded for each fall and spring voyage and five $2,000 scholarships are awarded for the summer voyage.
SEAmester Scholarship - NSCS and SEAmester are pleased to offer the NSCS-UMass Dartmouth SEAmester Scholarship, allowing students the unique opportunity to study the marine environment, while immersed in nautical traditions. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth academically sponsors this program and grants credit from more than 200 courses.
One $10,000 partial scholarship is awarded to an NSCS member for each fall and spring voyage
INTEGRITY - NSCS will award up to three $1,000 scholarships, one each to three members who demonstrate a true commitment to academic integrity through a series of short answer questions describing a time when their integrity has been challenged.
Graduate Study - NSCS has partnered with GEICO to offer four scholarships annually to deserving, talented, and motivated NSCS members who are continuing their education.
To be eligible for this scholarship, NSCS members must be accepted into and entering a graduate or Ph.D. degree seeking program in the fall following the application period. Students enrolling in professional programs such as medical school or law school are also eligible to apply.
Faculty of the Year Award - Engaging. Motivating. Inspiring. If these are some of the words that come to mind when you think of your professors, consider recognizing them for a job well done through the NSCS Faculty of the Year program. The recipient of the 2006 NSCS Faculty of the Year award will be formally recognized and awarded a $1,000 personal stipend. NSCS will also make a $5,000 contribution, in the recipient's name, to the general scholarship fund of his/her school.
