The STEM Discovery Scholarship is a need-based award from Concordia College, a liberal arts college in Moorhead, Minnesota, for incoming students aiming at a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
Eight students are chosen each year. Besides the annual award, they receive paid research and internship opportunities and mentoring from the program’s faculty and staff.
Benefits & funding
- $6,500 a year; the pages do not say for how many years it renews.
- A paid STEM internship and a paid summer research experience with a Concordia STEM faculty member.
- Mentoring from STEM Discovery faculty and staff, and a peer community.
Eligibility
- Incoming student at Concordia College.
- Financial need, as defined by Concordia’s Office of Financial Aid.
- Passionate about a STEM career and intending to major in a qualifying program: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, environmental and sustainability studies (natural sciences concentration), mathematics, neuroscience, physics (including astrophysics) or pre-engineering.
- The pages state no nationality or residence rule.
Application process
- 1Apply for admission to Concordia.
- 2Complete the online STEM Discovery application by 1 Feb 2027: choose your STEM program(s) and answer two short questions.
- 3Give two references, with each one’s occupation and email.
Program timeline
application opens
1 Oct 2026
application closes; review begins
1 Feb 2027
offers sent
Early March 2027
scholarship contracts due
1 May 2027