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The NSF S-STEM program in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The current support is provided by the grant Scholarship to Educate and Mentor Mathematics Students (STEAMMS). The goal of the STEAMMS program is to increase the quality and number of students successfully completing bachelor's degrees in mathematics. This is done by providing a need-based scholarship to qualified undergraduate students pursuing a bachelor's degree in mathematics as a primary degree and by mentoring those students to succeed academically. The STEAMMS scholarship pays up to $7,500 per academic semester ($15,000 per year) depending on the financial-aid need determined by FAFSA. The eligibility is restricted to US citizens and permanent residents.

The expectations from the STEAMMS scholars include pursuing a mathematics bachelor's degree as a primary degree, willingness to be mentored, timely progress toward graduation, and prompt response to inquiries by the STEAMMS program directors. The students in the UTeach program are not eligible for the STEAMMS scholarship, and this ineligibility is due to the restriction by the NSF. The students in the UTeach program could consider other scholarship programs at UT Arlington such as the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program.

Our STEAMMS program is managed by a team consisting of Profs. Tuncay Aktosun, Ruth Gornet, Hristo Kojouharov, Barbara Shipman, and Jianzhong Su from the Department of Mathematics.

The application to the STEAMMS program is as follows. Any student who would like to be considered for a STEAMMS scholarship should contact Dr. Aktosun (e-mail: aktosun@uta.edu) via e-mail. Dr. Aktosun will then respond to the e-mail by providing a brief list of questions that the applicant should answer and e-mail back to Dr. Aktosun. Dr. Aktosun will then share the information provided by the applicant with the STEAMMS faculty. Once a decision is made on the application, Dr. Aktosun will communicate with the applicant regarding the outcome. In the beginning of each semester, every math major is informed by e-mail and invited to apply for the STEAMMS scholarship.