Parents/Guardians:
Thank you for your interest in applying to receive a scholarship through the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) Student Programs.
Please take the time to read all of the instructions and details below before starting your application.
Program Details
- Completion of this application does not guarantee that a participant will receive a scholarship.
- Scholarships are tier-based as determined by family need using Federal Free/Reduced lunch and Pell Grant eligibility.
- There will be limited spaces for 25% and 50% scholarships based on Federal Pell Grant eligibility, and limited spaces for 75% eligibility based on Federal standards for free and reduced lunch eligibility.
- Full scholarships are currently unavailable.
- Scholarships will be awarded with a maximum of 1 scholarship per student for the entire summer.
**Savannah Campus - The number of scholarships available per program listed below varies and are awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis.
**Atlanta Campus - There are two scholarships per program.
**Scholarships are specific to the campus you apply for (Atlanta or Savannah)
Eligibility Requirements
- the student must be entering 2nd through 12th grade by fall in the current year
- must be a legal resident of Georgia
- Required Documentation:
- For 25% and 50% consideration:
- provide current year's W-2 and/or 1099
- For 75% consideration:
- provide an official letter from your school showing student eligibility for free/reduced lunch based on household income. (This letter must be from the current school year.)
- For 25% and 50% consideration:
**These will be the only acceptable form of qualifying documentation to help us streamline the process and align to the federal standards.
**If appropriate documentation is not received, your application will be forfeited.
2024-2025 Programs:
Savannah Campus – Summer Programs
Atlanta Campus – Summer PEAKS
Application Process and Timeline
- Click here to submit your application.
- Once all documentation is submitted, it will be reviewed by one of our staff members within 5 business days.
- You will receive a status email within 5 business days letting you know the next steps.
**Please be aware that we cannot guarantee a seat within any specific program, as programs are first come first serve. Savannah Programs open to the public January 26th and Atlanta Programs open February 20th.
- If the program you are originally interested in is full, please consider choosing another option. If that does not work for your family, please reach out via email so that we can offer the opportunity to another student.
- If approved, you will receive information about your specific tier and how to utilize your scholarship.
- Once approved, families should create an account within our registration system. Click here to access the registration system.
- Families with an existing account will automatically be updated in our registration system.
BOOST Scholarships Update - Fall 2024
In 2021, Georgia Tech CEISMC Expanded Learning Programs received the Building Opportunities in Out-of-School Time (BOOST) grant to support our K-12 science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) programming. The goal of the BOOST grant program was to provide evidence-based afterschool and summer enrichment programs that target learning acceleration and provide whole child supports, thus removing non-academic barriers to learning for students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for the BOOST program came from the American Rescue Plan, and the grant program was administered by the Georgia Department of Education in partnership with the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN).
For the past three years, these funds have helped us expand access to various groups of K-12 students by offering programming to students in rural areas of our state, partnering with school districts to bring groups of students to Georgia Tech, and by offering hundreds of scholarships for our weekend and summer programs. Unfortunately, that grant program has ended. However, we remain dedicated to broadening access to our programs for a wider range of students.
During the 2024-2025 school year, we will focus our efforts on our partnerships with schools to bring students to Georgia Tech for our K.I.D.S. Club and STEAM Workshops. We are not able to offer scholarships for these Saturday programs. We will continue to offer scholarships for our summer programs and will provide information about the scholarship process when we open registration for Summer P.E.A.K.S. in mid-February 2025.
Please reach out if you have questions by emailing kidsclub@gatech.edu.
Thank you for entrusting us to partner with you and your family to support your students’ interest in STEAM.