The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

Can someone from the 2021 cohort update us on the current process and deadlines they have? :

Guest wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:45 pm

Notpoggers wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:15 am

Just received acceptance notification. If people are interested in my major or general stats let me know.

For those accepted, what were your scores, stats, and major/

Computer science Freshman, GPA - 3.75, ACT - 28
That's basically all the scores I have

Guest wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:45 pm

Notpoggers wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:15 am

Just received acceptance notification. If people are interested in my major or general stats let me know.

For those accepted, what were your scores, stats, and major/

GRE - Verbal: 159, Quant: 164, Writing: 4.5
Undergrad GPA - 3.9
Applied as 4th year Aerospace Engineering degree requesting for an award to support PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Notpoggers wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:15 am

Just received acceptance notification. If people are interested in my major or general stats let me know.

For those accepted, what were your scores, stats, and major/

Hello SMART Applicant,

Thank you for applying for the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. At this time, you have not been selected for an award. The Department of Defense will continue to make awards over the next few weeks. If the Department of Defense decides to offer you an award, you will be notified.

If you are not contacted, this will serve as your final notification for the 2020 application cycle. We encourage you to apply again in August and appreciate your interest in the SMART Scholarship. We wish you all the best in your continued academic career.

Respectfully,
The SMART Program

5:13 EST. Email rec’d
Not selected. Final notice unless something opens up.

Has anyone who received awards today heard from any of the USACE locations?

scared wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:33 pm

Guest wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:54 pm

Log onto the smart website to access your award and documents.

What is the URL for the portal login? Since the applications closed in December, I get a 404 error when I try to access my application portal - is there another one?

The link is in the email sent today.

Guest wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:37 pm

Has anybody heard from the NGA? I know they only had a couple spots really to fill.

No. Which branch location of the NGA you looking at? Did you get an award?

Has anybody heard from the NGA? I know they only had a couple spots really to fill.

Guest wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:54 pm

Log onto the smart website to access your award and documents.

What is the URL for the portal login? Since the applications closed in December, I get a 404 error when I try to access my application portal - is there another one?

MarineStudent wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:48 pm

Has anyone heard back from San Diego, CA-Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

Yes, I received an award email at 8:03am Eastern time. I'm a PhD Physics/EE student if that helps.

noaward wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:13 pm

Just got an email that awards have all been sent out.. Only received this email after contacting them.

Can you copy and paste the email message in this chat? What did they say? There has been multiple different statements regarding when awards will stop being released.

Just got an email that awards have all been sent out.. Only received this email after contacting them.

Log onto the smart website to access your award and documents.

This might be a silly question, but how the heck do we know who are Sponsoring Facility is? I only had one interview, so I’m guessing it’s with them, but nothing in the email I received this morning about being selected for the award, and nothing in my applicant portal, says anything about my SF. I’d like to contact them to discuss adjusting my anticipated service commitment/years of PhD funding, but not sure how to do that if I don’t even know which one it is! Lol

An EE Major wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:29 pm

neon_cs wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:17 pm

An EE Major wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:13 pm

Has anyone heard from Lackland Airforce base in TX? Or anything in Texas?

I got accepted to Lackland!

Did you just get the email or did you get it this morning?
Lackland is the only place I interviewed with so if I didn’t get in there I’m most likely not getting at all

I got the email at this morning at 8am EST from the SMART scholarship. I check the award letter on the portal and it said I was assigned to Lackland.

MarineStudent wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:48 pm

Has anyone heard back from San Diego, CA-Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

Haven't heard yet, they were my second choice with NIWC- Atlantic as my first

Any chemical engineers hear back?

Has anyone heard back from San Diego, CA-Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

curious12 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:03 pm

has anyone heard from maryland facilities ?

Not sure where you're looking for but I heard from Carderock this morning.
Ocean Engineering Sophomore 3.9 GPA from one of the universities with higher numbers of SMART winners

For those who didn't get it this year, my interviews with Carderock I got because of my essay and special skills on my resume. They said they had applicants with higher GPAs but my essay showed that I really cared and wasn't just doing it to get the scholarship, do my few years, and leave. So don't give up.

So excited to be part of this cohort!

neon_cs wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:17 pm

An EE Major wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:13 pm

Has anyone heard from Lackland Airforce base in TX? Or anything in Texas?

I got accepted to Lackland!

Did you just get the email or did you get it this morning?
Lackland is the only place I interviewed with so if I didn’t get in there I’m most likely not getting at all

Got the award as a PhD to a SF in CA.

Got the scholarship!
Sophomore, 3.76 GPA
Physics/Optics at Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB
(If anyone else got an award at AFTC/Edwards AFB and is thinking about it, please reach out! I'd be really interested in talking with someone else about it)

Good luck to everyone still waiting on a response and in the second round as well!!!

An EE Major wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:13 pm

Has anyone heard from Lackland Airforce base in TX? Or anything in Texas?

I got accepted to Lackland!