Belong in STEM Scholars Program

For students who will be juniors in fall 2025. This scholarship program supports academically promising students who have demonstrated financial need to build their professional skills and gain peer support for their junior and senior year. Successful applicants will receive $5,000 per academic year for up to 3 years; career development and networking activities; peer mentoring; research and internship opportunities. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Visit https://www.niu.edu/clas/research/belong-project.shtml for more details and the current application. This project is funded by a National Science Foundation grant (#1834076) awarded to Northern Illinois University. Please contact the Principal Investigators for more information: Ralph Wheeler (rwheeler5@niu.edu), Nicole LaDue (nladue@niu.edu), and Timothy Hagen (thagen@niu.edu).