Be the Hero of Your Own EPIC!
The Expanding Participation in Computing through Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (EPIC) program is designed to motivate and enable low-income and academically talented students – especially women, members of minority populations, students with disabilities, first-generation college students and those from rural communities – to earn baccalaureate degrees in computer engineering technology, software engineering technology, and information technology at Oregon Institute of Technology. Students selected into the program will receive an award up to $6,100. Students may use the scholarship award for tuition, books, supplies and/or equipment.
In addition, scholarship recipients will be assigned a faculty mentor, and will participate in special activities designed to foster successful completion of their degrees.
We are not accepting applications for this scholarship for the academic year 2013-2014. Awards will continue for applicants from previous years. If you have any questions, please contact Cristina Negoita, Department of Mathematics, at cristina.negoita@oit.edu.
Eligibility
- Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, permanent resident alien, or refugee alien at the time of application.
- Demonstrate financial need, defined for undergraduate students by the U.S. Department of Education rules for Federal financial aid.
- Plan to pursue (or continue) full-time enrollment in computer engineering technology, embedded systems engineering technology, software engineering technology or information technology at the baccalaureate level.
Criteria for continuing eligibility include full-time student status enrolling in targeted majors, making satisfactory academic progress towards the attainment of a baccalaureate degree, maintaining a minimum GPA of 2.0, and participating in the mentoring and EPIC-related activities.