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Scholarships available for men attending Iowa State in the fall of 2026.

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The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Rock Island Post, has a scholarship trust fund to encourage and support talented students in their pursuit of careers in engineering and the physical sciences. For 2025, SAME is offering a combination of one-year, two-year, and four-year scholarships to qualified students who are pursuing a baccalaureate degree in these fields.

One-year scholarships will be awarded at the $1,000 level to a combination of graduating high school seniors and student members of the University of Iowa SAME Student Post. SAME will award the scholarships to the students who best fit the criteria (download the application). In selecting scholarship recipients, graduating high school seniors and University of Iowa SAME Student Post members will be ranked separately.

Two-year scholarships will be awarded at the $2,000 level ($1,000 per year for two years) and Four-year scholarships will be awarded at the $4,000 level ($1,000 per year for four years) to graduating high school seniors. The Post will award the scholarships to high school seniors who best fit the criteria (download the application). The benefits to these scholarships include sponsorship to SAME and future mentor connections that can be invaluable to the student. These scholarships are offered to graduating seniors from several local high schools in the Quad Cities and surrounding Areas.

Deadline:  TBD

The Jim Hallihan Character Legacy Scholarship was created by his family in memory of a wonderful husband, father, brother,
uncle, coach and friend. Jim believed that good character was even more important than grades, success in sports, or excelling in
other talents. He believed in mentoring young people and often talked about the biblical principle of how challenges in life create
perseverance which builds character and leads to hope.

The scholarship will provide applicants the opportunity to share some of those challenges and experiences where their character
was tested, and they prevailed with good decisions and caring actions. We hope to provide opportunities for first generation
college students and/or underrepresented populations on a college campus. Through stories and narratives, the focus will be on
community service, volunteering, involvement in religious organizations and schools, and references of good character.

Deadline: TBD

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