GM and Buick Offer Scholarships to College-Bound STEM Students - Applications Due by 3/31/11

The General Motors Foundation and Buick are offering scholarships for up to 1,100 college-bound students nation-wide who excel in the classroom and the community.  Renewable scholarships of up to $25,000 per year will "target students pursuing careers in science, technology, math and engineering, and give special preference to children of military families and students who are the first to attend college in their family,"  according to a piece in the Detroit News citing GM CEO Daniel Akerson.  An additional 1,000 renewable scholarships of up to $2,000 per year will be available to students with academic majors in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, design, marketing and business administration.  http://www.detnews.com/article/20110210/AUTO01/102100446/1361/Ford-plans-to-cut-debt-by-$3B/$4.5M-GM-scholarship-program-to-reward-1-100-students

Scholarship applications are due by 31 March 2011 for the 2011-2012 year.  See http://www.buickachievers.com/ for more information and applications.