Guilford College received a nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to award scholarships to 10 budding, underrepresented students pursuing degrees in Computer Technology Information Systems, Biology and Chemistry.

Funded by the NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the grant will provide tuition, room and board and mentoring support to first-year students who show academic promise to succeed in those STEM programs.

“This National Science Foundation award reinforces Guilford’s reputation as a liberal arts college for students pursuing degrees and careers in STEM fields,” says President Kyle Farmbry. “I’m very grateful for the grant and excited for the students whose lives will be changed through the program and their Guilford education.”

S-STEM is an NSF program that supports low-income and first-generation students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Guilford’s $996,894 grant includes scholarship funds as well as a cohort model that provides various programmatic, curricular and co-curricular activities to ensure that students are well-supported throughout their four years at the College and are prepared for the workforce or further graduate study.

“We will be with them every step of the way to help them succeed,” says Chafic Bou-Saba, Associate Professor of Computing Technology and Information Systems. “Bringing in new and distinguished students, giving them access to a liberal arts education at a college like Guilford, this is a major win for the students and the school.”

In addition to Chafic, the principal investigators on the grant are Biology Professors Michele Malotky and Christine Stracey and Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry Anne Glenn.