The National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship 

ETSU Faculty Representative:

Dr. Harold Zimmerman
Director for External Fellowships and Scholarships
Office: Yoakley 204
Phone:  (423) 439- 6074
Email: zimmermh@etsu.edu

Website: http://ndseg.asee.org 

Award:  Full tuition and fees at the institution of your choice plus approximately $31,000 per year for living expenses and up to $1000 to go towards health-care premiums.  The length of the scholarship is three years, contingent on the recipient's ongoing satisfactory process in their program.

Eligibility: Applicants must be US citizens or nationals, in the final year of their undergraduate program or have completed no more than the equivalent of one year of full-time graduate study, and pursuing a degree in one of the approved disciplines.

When to Apply: Applications are usually due online in early January.

Sponsored by the US Department of Defense, the National Defense Science and Engineering fellowship assists approximately 300 students a year obtain graduate degrees in science and engineering disciplines of military importance.  These include Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biosciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences, Computer and Computational Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Geosciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, and Physics. While this fellowship is intended to strengthen those fields that the Department of Defense deems most important for national security, recipients are under no obligation to future military or government service.

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