NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
New Requirement: All applications for this internal competition must be submitted via InfoReady. You can sign in using your Net-ID and your @stonybrook.edu email address. Please allow sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the portal prior to submitting your pre-application. Pre-application requirements are listed in the announcement below. Submitting by proxy? If you would like someone to submit an application on your behalf in InfoReady, please follow these instructions to designate them as your proxy. Please note: Issues may arise and could negatively impact the review of an application if a proxy is not officially designated in this manner.
The Office for Research and Innovation invites applications to the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program. The main goal of the program is to enable academically talented, low-income students to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Stony Brook University may submit TWO proposals in which we will be directly involved in providing scholarships. Multiple proposals from an institution must not overlap with regard to S-STEM eligible disciplines. Please note: SBU is not eligible to apply for Track 1 in FY26 due to receiving an S-STEM award within the past five years.
Please see below for details. If you are interested in applying to Tracks 2 or 3 (SBU is not eligible for track 1), you must submit a pre-application via the NSF S-STEM Portal in InfoReady by Monday, December 1, 2025 at 9 am. Pre-applications for internal review and selection must be uploaded to the portal as a single PDF document.
WHAT DOES IT FUND: The S-STEM program provides IHEs with funds for scholarships to support academically talented, domestic low-income students with demonstrated financial need to enter the US workforce following completion of associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees in S-STEM eligible disciplines. Funds also enable IHEs to establish and assess evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities and supports. Please note: SBU is ineligible to submit proposals in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering in FY26 due to having been recently awarded an S-STEM grant in this field.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:
- For Track 2 proposals, the Principal Investigator must be (a) a faculty member currently teaching in an S-STEM eligible discipline, or (b) an academic administrator who has taught in one of the eligible disciplines and can dedicate the time necessary to assure project success. Projects involving more than one department within an institution are eligible, but a single Principal Investigator must accept overall management and leadership responsibility.
- For Track 3 (Inter-institutional Consortia) projects, the Principal Investigator must be (a) a faculty member currently teaching in an S-STEM eligible discipline, (b) an academic administrator who has taught an S-STEM eligible discipline, or (c) a non-teaching institutional, educational, or social science researcher investigating questions related to low-income student success. The Principal Investigator must be able to provide the leadership and time required to ensure the success of the project.
AWARD:
- Track 2 (Implementation Projects): Proposals may request up to $2M total for up to 6 years.
- Track 3 (Inter-institutional Consortia): Proposals may request up to $5M total for up to 6 years.
SPONSOR DEADLINE: March 3, 2026
A complete pre-application should comprise of the following:
- Project Summary (no more than one page), which describes the proposed project and consists of an overview, a statement on Intellectual Merit, and a statement on Broader Impacts. In the overview, provide a brief description of the S-STEM project being proposed. Also include the number of scholarships to be provided, the number of unique scholarship recipients, the disciplinary areas to be served by the scholarship funds, the objectives of the project, the expected retention or transfer and graduation rates, and basic information about student outreach, application processes, selection, support, and career counseling and placement services to be provided as part of this S-STEM project.
- Bio Sketches for the Principal Investigator and each listed Co-Principal Investigator and/or Senior/Key Personnel.
- Budget Justification (no more than one page)