Scholarship · Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Patricia Ann Best Memorial Award. $700–$4,000. Expected to Reopen. Not a promise you will receive the award.
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Source: Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering (official URL on file)
Source: confirmed
Deadline verified: yes · 2026-09-07
Application path: confirmed · official page on file
Current cycle: not confirmed · the next date is not posted yet
1 application covering 62 awards. One application can count toward several associated awards. “Potentially eligible” means the rules on file may fit — the sponsor decides who receives each award. It is not a chance of winning.
Same application as Alice A. and Howard W. Pickering Materials Science and Engineering Scholarship.
Eligibility (Penn State MatSE undergraduate scholarships page; checked 2026-09-07): named department award “Patricia Ann Best Memorial Award”. MatSE offers merit-based undergraduate department scholarships. First-year students are eligible after successful completion of their first fall semester and are automatically considered in January (no separate apply). All other MatSE students must apply online each spring semester by April 15; awardees selected and notified in the summer. To retain a department scholarship, students must remain enrolled in the major on a full-time basis (withdrawal or major change terminates the award). Individual donor criteria vary; Academic College Scholarships award values range from $700 to $4,000 per academic year (psu.edu costs-aid / Student Aid).
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Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Official page: https://www.matse.psu.edu/scholarships
$700–$4,000. Penn State Academic College Scholarships award values range from $700 to $4,000 per academic year (official psu.edu costs-aid / Student Aid scholarships page; College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is an academic college; MatSE named undergraduate department scholarships are academic-college awards; individual donor awards vary within this published range). This is the amount on file.
Eligibility (Penn State MatSE undergraduate scholarships page; checked 2026-09-07): named department award “Patricia Ann Best Memorial Award”. MatSE offers merit-based undergraduate department scholarships. First-year students are eligible after successful completion of their first fall semester and are automatically considered in January (no separate apply). All other MatSE students must apply online each spring semester by April 15; awardees selected and notified in the summer. To retain a…
Expected to Reopen. Last cycle closed. Estimate based on the prior cycle: around April 2027. The official page has not posted the new date yet.
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