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SAME-San Antonio Post Scholarship Application Academic Year: 2024-2025

Request for Applicants. We invite you to participate in this year's Scholarship Award Program on behalf of the San Antonio Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME-SA). We also appreciate support in identifying qualified and deserving candidates for our Scholarship Award Program. Last year, we received 19 applications from 6 Texas Universities, and we awarded 14 scholarships totaling $40,000. We encourage anyone to disseminate this information and encourage applicants to submit their applications to us as stated below.

The goal of our scholarship program is to select approximately 6 to 10 qualified and promising undergraduate students to receive SAME-SA Post scholarships for the Spring Semester. The SAME-SA Post awards two types of scholarships: seven Named Scholarships of up to $5,000 each, and several General Scholarships between $1,000 and $4,000 at the discretion of the Post Board of Directors. All scholarships are a one-time cash award.

You MUST be an SAME member to qualify for these scholarships and to complete the online application. If you are not currently an SAME member go to www.same.org/join to learn more about free student membership. We encourage you to join one of our Student Chapters if you attend Texas A&M University, University of Texas, or University of Texas San Antonio. If you wish to inquire about the status of your membership, please contact member@same.org.

Submittal Requirements Summary

  1. To help you with the online application, a printable version is available here
  2. Read these instructions in their entirety
  3. Request/obtain Endorsement Letter(s)
  4. Request/obtain Transcript(s)
  5. The online application will open on Aug 19 and must be submitted by 5 pm Central time, Thursday Sep 19, 2024. You may complete the application in multiple sessions and come and go as needed until you submit.

Submittal Requirements Details

Endorsement Requirements. Request your Endorsement Letters Now! Allow time for your Commander or Academic Advisor to respond. Upload your Endorsement Letters in the online application.

  • Required. Packages for each nominee must include a letter from the student’s Detachment Commander (or his or her designee), or the student’s Academic Advisor (for non-ROTC applicant), indicating their support for the applicant and explaining why the applicant is worthy of a scholarship. If the nominating official is recommending multiple candidates, the letter should also include a stratified ranking of the applicant with respect to other candidates submitted.
  • Encouraged. Applicants may also submit a second letter of endorsement from a person of their choosing (e.g. professor, coach or mentor).

Transcript Requirements. Request your Transcripts Now! Request and/or check on transcript access now to ensure you meet the deadline. Upload your transcript in the online application.

  • Required. Provide your most recent transcripts from each college or university attended. It is acceptable to only submit a transcript from your current university if all course work and transfer credits are identified.

Applicant Criteria

In accordance with our Post Bylaws, the selected scholarship award recipients must meet ALL of these specific criteria:

  • Be a member of SAME. 
  • Be a full-time student at a college or university in Texas.
  • Be a sophomore, junior, or senior in good standing with at least a 2.0 GPA as of the Fall Semester this year.
  • Have at least one full semester, trimester, or quarter remaining as of January next year.
  • Preferred but not required: Be enrolled in an engineering, architecture, construction science, community planning, or other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degree program in the Fall Semester of this year
  • Preferred but not required: Be enrolled in an ROTC program leading to service in the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy
  • Be serving or have served in leadership roles in various programs in their college or university, high school, and/or community organizations over the past two years.
  • Show academic achievement and demonstrate active participation in social, community, and extracurricular activities.
  • Students currently under a full scholarship, which includes tuition, room, and board, will not be considered. ROTC contracts are not considered scholarships and therefore ROTC students are eligible provided they are not on a full scholarship as indicated above. 

Previous winners of a NAMED San Antonio Post Scholarship are still eligible for one of the GENERAL Scholarship awards but are not eligible to win another NAMED Scholarship. 

Previous winners of GENERAL Scholarships are eligible for all scholarships.

Application Process

The Scholarship Committee will notify recipients about final selections in October/November. Scholarship Awards will be presented in November/December at student chapters or other locations near recipients. If that is not possible, awards will be mailed.

Complete online application by 5 pm Central time, Thursday Sep 19, 2024.

 

Forward inquiries to: same.sa.scholarships@gmail.com