2026 SAME San Antonio Post Scholarship Program
Applications Open: August 24, 2026 8:00 am Central Time
DUE DATE: September 25, 2026 - 5 pm Central Time
AWARD SCHEDULE
The Scholarship Committee will notify recipients regarding final selections in October.
Scholarship Awards will be presented in late October/November at student chapters or other locations near recipients. If that is not possible, awards will be mailed.
Submit your online application by the DUE DATE provided above.
Forward inquiries to: same.sa.scholarships@gmail.com
Request for Applications.
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 Program
Scholarship Program Goals.
The goal of our scholarship program is to select approximately 7 to 15 qualified and promising Sophomore through Senior Texas College or University students to receive SAME-SA Post scholarships for the Spring Semester. The SAME-SA Post awards two types of scholarships: seven Named Scholarships valued between $4,000 and $5,000000 each, and several General Scholarships between $1,000 and $4,000. Our annual scholarship budget is typically about $45,000. Our goal is to award as many scholarships as possible within the budget.
Instructions
- Submit your application by the DUE DATE provided above. You may complete the application in multiple sessions and come and go as needed until you submit.
- Read these instructions in their entirety.
- Reference the printable application now to help gather information for your online application.
- Request/obtain Endorsement Letter(s).
- Request/obtain Transcript(s).
- Previous winners of a NAMED Scholarship are still eligible for GENERAL Scholarships but are not eligible to win another NAMED Scholarship.
- Previous winners of GENERAL Scholarships are eligible for all scholarships.
- You MUST be a member of SAME to qualify for these scholarships. Student Membership is FREE. If you are not currently a member, go to www.same.org/join to learn more about FREE STUDENT MEMBERSHIP. If you wish to join, select “Join as Student” and complete the form. Select “Full Time Student” as Employer
- 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
Applicant Criteria
In accordance with our Post Bylaws, the selected scholarship award recipients must meet the following 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 current 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.