Scholarship overview

The main goal of the COMPASS Scholarship Program at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is to attract academically talented students who have demonstrated unmet financial need, including underrepresented minorities (URM) and first-generation students, like Biology, Environmental Science, and Chemistry majors and provide them financial assistance. The award will provide 30 students (3 cohorts of 10) with an average of $6000.00/year ($3000.00 per semester) from their freshman year until graduation, all while preparing them for the STEM workforce or graduate/masters programs.

The program was established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to address the need to increase the number of graduates in the STEM fields substantially.

Benefits:

• $6000/year need-based scholarship
• Mentoring one-on-one by Biology and Chemistry faculty
• Career advice and preparation
• Professional Development
• Math & Chemistry Boot Camps
• Tutoring/study halls
• Research stipends ($3,000/year up to 4 students; $2,000/summer up to 3 students)
• Travel to conferences
• Science seminars
• Annual Retreat and other social activities

*Cohort III students will be supported through their senior year by funds from Academic Affairs or an extension of the grant program.

Transfer students are encouraged to apply as well.