{"id":143032,"date":"2024-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//?p=143032"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:24:35","slug":"10-ucf-students-selected-for-2024-dod-smart-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//10-ucf-students-selected-for-2024-dod-smart-scholarships/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032//","title":{"rendered":"10 UCF Students Selected for 2024 DoD SMART Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Receiving paid tuition, annual stipends, an internship and guaranteed employment after graduation sounds like a dream come true to any college student. But for several UCF students, that dream is about to become a reality./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032/n

Ten Knights were selected for the 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, an educational and workforce opportunity available to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing STEM degrees. The program covers the cost of tuition and education related expenses, provides an annual stipend of at least $30,000 a year, provides a mentored internship experience during the summer and offers employment at a DoD facility upon degree completion. The goal of the program is to build a workforce of leaders in the STEM disciplines./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143032/n

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