Scholarships & Awards

2022 ScholarshipS

One of the most impactful ways our alumni and friends give back is through scholarships for students. We are grateful for the scholarships and awards listed below that allow students to focus on courses and other enrichment activities that support student development.

Alexander T. and Jan K. Andreassen Memorial Scholarship

To support a sophomore, junior, or senior enrolled in the College of Engineering or minoring in Sustainability.

William Anderson Memorial Scholarship

To support a junior or senior in good academic standing with demonstrated financial need.

John I. Babbitt Scholarship

To support juniors with a high GPA and who demonstrate financial need.

Harold S. Bannister Scholarship

To support a student who is majoring in Bioengineering, preferably from the greater Fall River area.

Bertram Berger Boston Society of Civil Engineers Scholarship

To support a junior or senior majoring in Civil Engineering.

Catlow Family Scholarship

To support a sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Chancellor’s Centennial Engineering Scholarship

To provide scholarship support for full-time students who are pursuing their master’s degree at the College of Engineering and demonstrate excellent academic standing in their chose field of study.

Lester Cory Scholarship

To support a sophomore or junior majoring in engineering. Preference will be given to a student majoring in Electrical or Computer Engineering.

Cranston Print Works Scholarship

To support entering students or students currently enrolled in the Bioengineering Department.

Raymond F. Curry Memorial Scholarship

To support an entering freshman from the greater Fall River area majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Henry F. Cygan Memorial Scholarship

To support an undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Dean’s Scholarship

To support a student majoring in one of the undergraduate degree programs in the College of Engineering.

Sean D. Duarte Memorial Scholarship

To support a sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in Civil Engineering.

Edmund Dupre Scholarship

To support entering freshmen or upperclassmen in good academic standing.

Scott C. Faulkner Scholarship

To support a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior in the College of Engineering. Student(s) will have financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office and preference will be given to Bioengineering majors.

Charles W. Fifield Jr. Co., Inc. Scholarship

To support graduate or undergraduate students in the Bioengineering Department.

John A. Freeman Scholarship

To support a full-time junior or senior in the College of Engineering who has financial need and preference will be given to residents of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Brenda Karnasiewicz Freese Scholarship

To support a junior or senior, with preference given to a female student majoring in Electrical Engineering.

Guimond Family Scholarship

To support a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior in Electrical or Computer Engineering with high academic standing and demonstrated financial need.

Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation Scholarship

To support a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior in the College of Engineering who has financial need and the preference will be given to residents of Brockton, Framingham, and Boston.

Edward Hartley Scholarship

To provide scholarship support for a deserving full-time Bioengineering major.

Joseph Houth Scholarship

To support graduate or undergraduate students majoring in Bioengineering.

Dr. W. John Howard Scholarship

To support upperclassmen majoring in Computer Science or engineering who graduated from New Bedford High School or Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School.

Everett S. Johnson Scholarship

To support juniors with a high GPA and with demonstrated financial need.

Michael & Lisa Joyce Scholarship

To support full-time sophomores, juniors, or seniors with financial need enrolled in the College of Engineering, with preference given to students majoring in Bioengineering.

Gertrude M. Keigher Memorial Scholarship

To support an undergraduate or graduate student majoring in either engineering (odd years) or mathematics (even years).

Frederick S. Lebow Scholarship

To support a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior College of Engineering major with demonstrated financial need.

Albert Malick Scholarship

To support a junior and senior majoring in Bioengineering with demonstrated financial need.

Mata Sugni Devi Scholarship

To support a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering with an extremely high need.

The McCoy Family Scholarship

To support a sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in Bioengineering with demonstrated financial need.

Robert A. Melendes Memorial Merit Scholarship

To support undergraduate students who demonstrate a gift for the study of Physics.

Boleslaw Mikolajczak Memorial Scholarship

To support a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior in Computer Science with high academic standing and demonstrated financial need.

Gene & Ruth Mogilnicki Scholarship

To support a student in the College of Engineering, with preference to students involved in extracurricular activities.

Gerhard Neumann-C. L. Chang Scholarship

To support a master’s degree candidate in the Computer Science Department.

Rego Family Engineering Scholarship

To support a student majoring in Civil Engineering.

Nicholas L. & Ada A. Scarpitti Scholarship

To support an undergraduate or graduate student matriculated in the College of Engineering.

Professor Louis S. J. and Margaret Simeone Scholarship

To support fully matriculated undergraduate engineering students (even years) or mathematics undergraduate students (odd years).

Sluter Family Engineering Scholarship

To support a full-time student (12+ day credits per semester) enrolled in the College of Engineering. Preference will be given to a student who has entered the University through the College Now/ START program.

Brian Franconi Smith Memorial Prize

To support students in the Computer and Information Science Department.

William F. Sullivan Scholarship

To support an undergraduate or graduate student majoring in Bioengineering.

Tacy Engineering Scholarship

To support two female students in engineering who reside in southeastern Massachusetts and are the first in their families to attend college.

A. Ira Tepper Memorial Scholarship

To support a junior or senior majoring in Bioengineering.

Textile Veterans Association Scholarship

To support an undergraduate or graduate student majoring in Bioengineering.

Robert W. Thompson Memorial Scholarship

support students from the greater New Bedford area pursuing a bachelor’s degree in any engineering field.

Doug Wagner Memorial Engineering Scholarship of Excellence

To support a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior who has demonstrated financial need and good academic standing in the College of Engineering.

Hank Walker Scholarship

To support a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who is a United States citizen or permanent resident, and enrolled in engineering. Preference is given to Veterans and returning students after an absence of at least five years.

Donald Watson Scholarship

To support a junior majoring in engineering, including Computer Science and Physics.

Wilkens Bioengineering Freshmen Scholarship

To support full-time incoming freshmen majoring in Bioengineering with demonstrated financial need.

Women in Defense, Greater Boston Chapter Scholarship

To support full-time female UMass Dartmouth Engineering undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Recipients must be US citizens and residents of New England (MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, ME). Preference will be given to students who have an interest in pursuing a career related to national security or defense and/or are affiliated with the Women in Engineering Engagement Community (WIE).

James M. Zeiba ‘90 Memorial Scholarship

To support full-time undergraduate students majoring in Mechanical Engineering who are in their sophomore, junior, or senior year.

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