Scholarship Opportunities

The Lee College of Engineering offers a limited number of scholarships to new freshmen. There is no application process. The college receives a list of eligible students from Admissions and identifies recipients based on scholarship selection criteria. Students who receive awards are notified by July 15th. Recipients must submit a thank you letter in addition to their signed acceptance form prior to having the award posted to their student account. Thank you letters must be in proper business format and include appropriate content, spelling, and grammar. Scholarship awards are for the academic year and are renewable for the spring semester pending satisfactory performance in the fall semester.

UNC Charlotte's Scholarships for Merit

(Entering Freshmen Only)

These scholarships are awarded by the University Merit Committee. There is no scholarship application. Recipients are notified by March 1.

Lee P. and Ynez Joyce Endowed Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

This scholarship is awarded every four years. First priority is given to students who graduated from Forbush High School in East Bend, NC. The Joyce Scholarship will be awarded again in 2009. 

Pamela M. and William T. Crowder Jr. Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

The Crowder Scholarship is a one-year award given to civil engineering majors focusing on construction engineering management.

CESI Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

This scholarship is awarded every four years.  It is awarded to a civil engineering major who graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. The CESI Scholarship will be awarded again in 2011.

William A. Smith/NCBEEC Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

This award is for students majoring in electrical or computer engineering. It is awarded annually and is not renewable.

The following scholarships have applications that are due February 1st each year.

Joshua B. Earley Memorial Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

This scholarship is awarded every four years to a fire safety engineering technology major.  Preference is given to firefighters from Cabarrus County.  The Earley scholarship will be awarded again in 2008.

Firefighter Steven Coakley Memorial Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

This scholarship is awarded every four years to a fire safety engineering technology major.  The Coakley Scholarship will be awarded again in 2009.

Alan Kulwicki Memorial Scholarship

(Entering Freshmen Only)

This scholarship is awarded to a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in motorsports and is renewable for up to four years pending a satisfactory GPA each year.  Click here for more information and the application.

Other scholarship sites of interest:

College Foundation of North Carolina

College is Possible:  A Resource Guide

Collegeboard.com:  Scholarship Search

CollegeNet

FastWeb

Free Scholarship Search

North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority

U. S. Air Force ROTC Engineering Express Scholarships