SciTech Scholarship
SciTech Scholarships provide up to $3,000 per year based on total educational costs (tuition and mandatory fees, room and board, and an allowance for books) to students who are enrolled full-time, for a maximum of three years (with certain exceptions for approved five-year degree programs).
Eligibility requirements
To qualify you must:
- Be a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- Be a high school graduate.
- Be at least a sophomore who is enrolled as a full-time student pursuing a bachelor's degree in an approved science, technology or allied health field at an approved Pennsylvania public or private college or university.
- Complete an approved internship or relevant work experience in a field related to the student's major with a Pennsylvania company prior to receiving a degree. For more information, see SciTech Internship Institutional Guidelines (38 KB PDF).
- Work experience/internships can be credit or noncredit.
- Begin employment in the state within one year after completion of studies, one year for each year that the scholarship was awarded. You must provide verification of continued employment (63 KB PDF) every six months. See the Commonwealth Workforce Development System website for information about employment. If you begin full-time graduate study within one year of receiving your baccalaureate degree, you may request deferment of the work obligation. Recipients who wish to apply for this deferment should submit a Graduate Study Deferment Form (584 KB PDF). For more information, see NETS Work Obligation.
- Apply for a Federal Pell Grant and Pennsylvania State Grant.
To apply
After you have applied for the Federal Pell Grant and Pennsylvania State Grant, complete your NETS application.
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Did you know?
- Your scholarship converts to a loan if you fail to satisfy the eligibility requirements of the NETS program or fail to perform the internship or work obligation.
- Review the NETS Application and Master Promissory Note (142 KB PDF).
- See information on NETS Repayment.