FIRST/Lucy and Charles W.E. Clarke Scholarship

To recognize students whose FIRST experience has inspired an interest in pursuing an engineering career, the ASME Auxiliary will award multiple $7,000 scholarships to high school seniors active on a FIRST FTC or a FIRST FRC team, who are nominated by an ASME member, ASME Auxiliary member, or ASME student member who are also active with FIRST. This award will be for the first year of study (non-renewable) in an accredited* Mechanical Engineering program. Members of ASME, including ASME Auxiliary members and student members, may nominate no more than one student each. Students must be: Graduating high school seniors active on a FIRST FTC or FRC team. Planning to enroll full-time in an ABET-accredited or substantially equivalent* mechanical engineering, no later than the fall after their senior year in high school. A Nominator who shall be an ASME member, ASME Auxiliary member, or ASME student member who is current with their ASME membership and dues. The Nominator shall attest to the student's technical, creative and leadership contributions to the FIRST team by answering questions on the application; GPA, Job experience, A list of school and extracurricular activities, Any community service activities. Transcript with first semester GPA or Grade Percentage; School Grading Profile, FAFSA Student Aid Report, Financial Data ÔÇô A list of resource and expenses will be required. and A Recommender shall not be your nominator, parent and/or relative. The letter recommender shall attest to the student's technical, creative and leadership contributions to the FIRST Team by answering questions on the application.