St. Louis Post Scholarships

Post Scholarships

College Students

Rising Freshman through Senior level college students (as of the fall semester of 2025) are invited to complete and submit the Scholarship Application Form for consideration by the St. Louis Post SAME Education and Mentoring Committee. Our intended program includes awarding $7,000 in scholarships to four qualifying students. The program may vary depending on the applications received.

Qualifying Candidates must meet the following requirements for consideration:

  • Currently enrolled, or planning to attend, as a full-time student and in good academic standing at his/her respective college or university
  • Attending a college/university generally recognized to be in the St. Louis Region (generally including eastern and central Missouri, western, central and southern Illinois)
  • Candidates receive additional consideration if they are active members of a Student Post of the Society of American Military Engineers

To be considered for a scholarship, your completed application must include the following attachments:

  1. A certified copy of your college and/or high school transcript of your grades, and
  2. A Letter of Recommendation from a Commanding Officer, Academic Adviser or Instructor/Professor.

For additional information, please contact the Education and Mentoring Chair, Vonmarie Martinez, at same.stl.stem@gmail.com with the subject line reading “SAME Scholarship Application (insert your last name).”

Membership in SAME is highly encouraged and student membership is free.

Scholarship Application Form Learn more about SAME membership

Scholarships for High School Students Summer Camp

The St. Louis Post is pleased to annually sponsor high school students for SAME STEM/Engineering and Construction Camps. The Post sponsorship includes ALL tuition AND travel expenses for the camp. The student is only responsible for personal expenses!

The camp descriptions, admission requirements and the application process are located on the website. Please review all information on the SAME website regarding these camps.

Interested students must create an online account and complete the camp application of interest. To be considered for the sponsorship by the St. Louis Post, the applicant MUST select the St. Louis Post as the sponsoring local post. The Post will then make determinations on which Students to sponsor and provide that information to the respective camp.

Please contact Vonmarie Martinez for any questions on the camp application process or which camps the St. Louis Post is sponsoring this year.

Communities of Interest

SAME’s Communities of Interest offer members a chance to engage nationally with other professionals focused on a particular technical field or demographic within joint engineering and the A/E/C industry.