Jess Fisher FCSM Scholarship
The Jess Fisher FCSM Scholarship is now accepting applications for the 2027���2028 academic year.
The Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics (FCSM) announces the Jess Fisher FCSM Scholarship in memory of Cecilia Fisher Rudman, a donor-funded endowed scholarship for incoming freshmen students committed to major in a program housed in the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics. This scholarship is renewable up to three additional years as long as the student remains a major in the Fisher College.
Recipients of the jess Fisher FCSM Scholarship receive the following additional benefits.
- encourage admission into the Honors College at Towson University (application required)
- undergraduate research opportunities, conducting research projects with faculty in the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
- have a personal faculty mentor who will guide the academic pursuits of the Fisher Scholar throughout his or her undergraduate career
- given opportunities to pursue internships in business, industry and government agencies
- given opportunities to study abroad and away
Eligibility and Criteria
- be a Fall 2027 incoming freshmen admitted to pursue a major in a program housed in the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
- be enrolled as a full-time student in Fall 2027 (at least 12 credit hours)
- demonstrate outstanding academic potential based on high school record, especially in science and mathematics courses, SAT/ACT scores (optional), a personal statement of career plans, and letters of reference from high school teachers
Award Amount
Covers the full cost of in-state tuition for the 2027���2028 academic year, and is renewable up to an additional three years.
Application Procedure
Before you begin filing out the application you must do the following:
- Write a personal statement expressing your career plans. This can be in either Word or Adobe PDF format and must be no more than one page.
- Scan your high school transcript to an Adobe PDF file.
- Optionally, scan your ACT or SAT report to an Adobe PDF file.
Once these files have been created, click on this link to the application:
Note: this scholarship and the Jess Fisher Pre-Engineering Scholarship use the same application
form. This form is labeled the Jess Fisher Class of 1934 Scholarship Application.
- In the PowerForm Signer Information screen, type in your first and last name and you email address. Then click on the BEGIN SIGNING button.
- Optional click to accept cookies.
- Click on the CONTINUE button.
- Click on the red circle that indicates which scholarship you are applying for. It is possible to apply for both scholarships using the same form.
- Fill in the information requested in the red boxes. Note, do not included dashes in the telephone number.
- Click on the ���paper clip��� to attach your ���personal statement.���
- Click on the ���paper clip��� to attach you high school transcript.
- Optionally click on the��� paper clip:��� to attach your ACT or SAT scores report.
- Click on the Sign button.
- Click on the FINISH button to submit your application.
- Two teacher references are required for the application process. Please select teachers
who can comment on your interest and commitment to a physical/computer scientific
or mathematics discipline. Have them email this letter of reference to FCSM@towson.edu
and insert your name and the scholarship you are applying for in the subject line
of the email.
For example Subject: Jane Doe / Jess Fisher FCSM Scholarship
Note: The application Deadline is March 31, 2027.