Prospective Students - Student Scholarships
The College of Engineering offers scholarships to students entering engineering and for students already enrolled in an engineering major. Applications are encouraged from first year students who are in the top ten percent of their high school class, with SAT’s above 1250, and from continuing students who have a 3.0 or higher GPA. Additional scholarships are offered through the Pulp and Paper Foundation, Army or Navy ROTC and through each engineering department.
- First Year Student Scholarship Application (Fall 2010) (Word Document)
- First Year Student Scholarship Application (Fall 2010) (PDF)
- Upper Class Student Scholarship and/or Loan Application (Word Document)
- Upper Class Student Scholarship and/or Loan Application (PDF)
- Pulp and Paper Scholarship Program
- Chemical and Biological Engineering Scholarships
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Scholarships
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarships
- Mechanical Engineering Scholarships
- School of Engineering Technology Scholarships
- Army ROTC
- Navy ROTC
College of Engineering Scholarships – Dean’s Office
Please contact Associate Dean, Chet Rock for more information:
Phone: 207.581.2218
Fax: 207.581.2220
Robert H. Caldwell Memorial Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation in 2001, for the benefit of the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, with memorial gifts from the family, friends and colleagues of Robert H. Caldwell, a member of the class of 1950. Mr. Caldwell worked for more than thirty years as an engineer at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and headed the planning yard division.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship aid for deserving undergraduate students from Maine attending the University of Maine majoring in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology (or their successor programs).
Benjamin M. Cowan ‘05 Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1990 by a bequest from Sarah C. Cowan in memory of her husband, Benjamin M. Cowan.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to engineering students.
Davis, Philip D. Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in 1975 at the University of Maine at Orono by a bequest under the will of the late Philip D. Davis, Class of 1923.
The fund shall be used to be used annually for scholarships for students, male or female, in engineering.
Ellis-Young Engineering Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation for the benefit of the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, by Osborne N. Ellis, a member of the Class of 1951, and Virginia Young Ellis, in celebration of the Ellis and Young families.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship aid for undergraduate junior or senior students who are graduates of Maine high schools and attending the University of Maine majoring in civil or mechanical engineering. A preference shall be given to graduates of Lawrence High School, Fairfield, Maine (or its successor school).
Criteria for selection shall be in the following order of priority: attitude (assessment shall include but not be limited to self confidence, industriousness and an outgoing, pleasant personality), financial need, scholarship (a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale) and good written and oral communications skills.
Engineering (College of) Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1990.
The fund shall be used to support students enrolled in the College of Engineering.
Hamm, Alton S. and Adelaide B. Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation in 1997 for the benefit of the College of Engineering at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine with a gift from Alton S. Hamm ‘38 and Adelaide B. Hamm.
The donors believe quality engineering requires excellent scholastic attainment, character, and integrity. In meeting these objectives, preference should be given to students who have achieved a dean’s list average, completed an elective in economics, and students displaying a strong work ethic. It is the donor’s desire The Alton S. and Adelaide B. Hamm Scholarship Fund will produce the very best in engineering.
Hill, Roger B. Fund #3
The fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation for the University of Maine in 1979.
The fund shall be used for scholarship purposes to students enrolled in the College of Engineering.
Joy, Norwood F. and Edith D. Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine Foundation in 2005 for the benefit of the University of Maine, Orono, Maine with a bequest from Norwood F. Joy, a member of the class of 1950.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to undergraduate students in the College of Engineering.
Klein, Frederic W. ‘48 Memorial Scholarship
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1996 with gifts from his wife, Dr. Isobel Klein, alumni and friends. Frederic Klein received a B.S. in Marine Engineering from the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. in 1944 and a B.S. in General Engineering from the University of Maine in 1948. He worked as an engineer for Ingersoll Rand from 1948-55 and later became Vice President of Thomson Industries, Inc. of Port Washington, NY.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to meritorious students enrolled in the College of Engineering except when there are direct descendants of Frederic Klein studying at the University of Maine. Direct descendants shall be eligible for the award until the year 2045 without meeting the above criteria for merit or enrollment in engineering.
National Semiconductor Corporation Scholarship
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1995 with a gift from National Semiconductor Corporation.
The fund shall be used to provide two $2,500 scholarships for two meritorious third- or fourth-year students, preferably females, who have attained a 3.0 or higher GPA. Recipients shall be enrolled in Chemical, Electrical and Computer or Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science or Physics.
Additional criteria to be considered in the selection of recipients shall include but not be restricted to students who have demonstrated initiative, leadership and responsibility, and an interest in working in the semiconductor industry upon graduation.
National Semiconductor Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Book Award
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1998 to help further the education of female students enrolled in the College of Engineering.
The fund shall be used to provide one $500 scholarship to a meritorious student who is a member of the University of Maine Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and shall be used to purchase the academic books necessary to support her current course of studies.
Criteria to be considered in the selection of the ideal candidate shall include but not be restricted to the following: 1) maintenance of a 3.0 or higher GPA; 2) maintenance of an active membership in the University of Maine Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers; 3) demonstration of interest in a cooperative assignment in the semiconductor industry; 4) demonstration of initiative, leadership and responsibility.
Pickering, Frank E. and Clara Engineering Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine Foundation in 2000 for the benefit of the College of Engineering at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, with a gift from Frank E. Pickering, a member of the class of 1953 and his wife Clara.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance for high school graduates of Deer Isle/Stonington High School, who have been accepted as first-year students into the College of Engineering at the University of Maine.
The donors intend that once a student receives a Pickering Scholarship, the student will continue to receive a scholarship, equal to one-quarter (25%) of the income available in a given year, during their next three years of study at the University of Maine, providing they remain enrolled in the College of Engineering and they meet minimum academic requirements leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree as established by the University of Maine.
Riley, Walter E. ‘32 Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in 1983 at the University of Maine at Orono through a bequest from his wife, Juliette Riley.
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The fund shall be used to provide Engineering scholarships at the University of Maine in Orono.
Rowe, Thomas E. Rowe ‘84 Memorial Scholarship
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1992 with gifts from family and friends.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to students who are residents of the State of Maine enrolled in the College of Engineering.
Smith, Frank Herbert and Elsie Oliver Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine at Orono in 1982 by a bequest from Earle Oliver Collins ‘35.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to students who are residents of the State of Maine enrolled in the College of Engineering.
Starbird, Dwight Alden ‘60 Memorial Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1997 with gifts from colleagues, family and friends.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to State of Maine students enrolled in the College of Engineering, or its successor administrative unit.
Strout, Michael Francis ‘74 Memorial Scholarship
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1996 in memory of Michael Francis Strout, a student from Libson Falls, Maine who received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and died as the result of an automobile accident in 1975.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance for undergraduate students majoring in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Swain, Loring R. ‘32 Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation for the benefit of the University of Maine in 1987 by his wife, Marjorie C. Swain.
The fund shall be used to equally support (50 percent) each of the funds outlined below:
(1) The Loring R. Swain ‘32 Scholarship Fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to needy and deserving students majoring in the engineering field with preference given to students from the Oxford and Franklin County areas of the State of
Maine. Selection of the recipients shall be made by the Office of Student Aid. (5-6-40742)
(2) The Loring R. Swain ‘32 Fund for Engineering Students shall be used to support graduate and undergraduate students including but not limited to the following purposes: temporary employment expenses for engineering students employed within the college,
student travel to professional engineering meetings and seminars, purchase of books and equipment not obtainable through other sources, student awards or any other expenses associated with the instruction of engineering students at the University of Maine.
Turner, Charles R. Memorial Scholarship Fund
The fund was established in the University of Maine Foundation in 1997 for the benefit of the University of Maine, Orono.
The fund shall be used to provide scholarship assistance for undergraduate students in the College of Engineering.
Valitchka, Becky Memorial Scholarship Fund
The fund was established at the University of Maine in 1975 by her husband, William J. Frederick, Jr., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Valitchka, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Maine and other professional colleagues and friends.
The fund shall be awarded to a woman in Engineering with preference given to a student whose interest is in the field of medicine. The recipient shall possess qualities of inquisitiveness, ability to reason, scholarly ability and character.
