2025 STEM Forward Scholarship for Southeastern Wisconsin High School Seniors

STEM Forward will award one deserving high school senior a $3,000 scholarship to pursue a STEP degree at a two-year or four-year Wisconsin college or university. Qualified applicants must meet the following criteria:

- Be a graduating high school senior residing in the Milwaukee 7 area. (Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine, Kenosha, or Walworth counties).
- Have a 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Attend a Wisconsin two-year or four-year college or university in the fall of 2025 and pursue a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.
- Your school or school district must have participated in at least one STEM Forward program (Ex, Future City Competition, Day of STEM, Engineering Machine Design Contest, Contrapt Wisconsin, etc.) in the past two years, OR you must have participated in one STEM Forward program in the past. f you are a high school senior attending a southeastern Wisconsin school and have personally participated in STEM Forward programming in the past, you are eligible for the scholarship, even if your current district/school is not listed; however, you must explain this fact on your application.
-References must be submitted, and at least one of your listed references must be a STEM teacher or mentor. STEM Forward will be contacting references of selected finalists.
-Children of a STEM Forward board member or staff member are ineligible.

STEM Forward will be contacting references of selected finalists only. The winner will be announced in May 2025.