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STEM Scholarship

STEM Changes the World,
You Can Too

Advanced Energy's STEM Scholarship

Each day, our evolving world creates new opportunities and challenges that require people with a passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The technology industry’s success depends on an innovative, entrepreneurial, and future-ready workforce that reflects the global communities we serve.

So, are you an innovative problem solver? Are you driven to create?

Apply for the Advanced Energy STEM Scholarship. If you’re majoring in electrical or computer engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or material science, to help you achieve your educational goals, we're offering a $20,000 scholarship grant towards your tuition. You will also be given an opportunity to intern with us, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes.

AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing, and healthcare. With engineering know-how and responsive service and support around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propel growth for its customers and innovate the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, US. AE Internships available in Fort Collins, CO, Milpitas, CA, Lockport, NY, Eden Prairie, MN, and Wilmington, MA.

Details

Scholarship Award
Reach your educational goals faster with a $20,000 scholarship grant toward the cost of tuition.

Career Growth
Gain hands-on experience with a paid summer or school-year internship.

Professional Mentoring and Opportunities
Fast-track your career with professional coaching from AE engineers and apprenticeship opportunities.

Eligibility

Advanced Energy's STEM Scholarship is open to all students studying engineering (electrical, computer, or mechanical), physics, or material science.

Eligible Students

All eligible applicants will be at least one year from graduation, allowing them to participate in a semester-long summer or school year full-time internship.

  • Undergraduate students (rising sophomores or juniors)
  • Masters’ students (incoming or first year of study)
  • Ph.D. students (first or second year of study)

Academic Requirements

  • 3.25 or better GPA must be maintained

Preferred Areas of Study


  • Power electronics design
  • Radio frequency electronics
  • Systems design
  • Signal processing
  • Control systems
  • Plasma physics
  • Material science / thin film processing
  • Mechanical or electronics packaging
  • Thermal management

Accepted Schools

  • University of Colorado
  • Colorado State University
  • University at Buffalo
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • University of Minnesota
  • San Jose State University
  • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Stanford University

Application Requirements

  • Complete an online application.
  • One recommendation letter either from a professor of a science, technology, engineering, or lab course taken or from a previous supervisor/manager, coach, or mentor of the applicant.
  • Updated resume.

Key Dates

  •  November 20, 2023: Submissions Open
  • January 19, 2024: Submission Deadline
  • February 16, 2024: Finalists identified and applicant interviews conducted
  • March 1, 2024: Recipients announced and scholarships awarded

Contact Us


If you have questions or need assistance, please email:


stemscholarship@aei.com.

Online Application

Please list any academic awards or honors you received.
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Please list any work/intern experience.
Briefly describe your work/intern experience.
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Is there any other information that we should know about you? What sets you apart from the crowd? This is your opportunity to include information that is not contained in other areas of the application. Please be specific.
Please list the name(s), titles, and email addresses of your reference(s).