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U. S. Steel Scholarship


Objective
The U. S. Steel Scholarship program was established to recognize the achievements of sons and daughters of employees of U. S. Steel and to assist in the furtherance of their education. 

Administration
Scholarship Management Services (SMS), a division of Scholarship America, is a nonprofit scholarship management organization that administers the scholarship program. SMS has the sole responsibility for responding to inquiries from employees, students, colleges, universities and vocational-technical schools; selecting scholarship recipients; issuing scholarship payments to the colleges, universities and vocational-technical schools; monitoring student performance; and, if necessary, terminating scholarships. Scholarship recipients are selected by SMS without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or national origin.

Eligible Applicants
The U. S. Steel Scholarship program is limited to sons and daughters of active, full-time employees of U. S. Steel. 

Applicants must be high school seniors who have applied for full-time undergraduate admission to: (i) an accredited two or four-year college or university, or (ii) an accredited vocational-technical school. Foreign colleges and universities are excluded. 

Sons/daughters include natural children, step-children, legally adopted children and legal wards.

Employees include exempt, nonexempt and union-represented. Employees must have attained one year of service prior to November 30, the scholarship application deadline.

Scholarship Awards
$2,500 scholarships are awarded and are renewable annually up to an additional three years or until the degree is completed up to $10,000 maximum per scholar. Payments are made directly to colleges, universities and vocational-technical schools by SMS and designated for tuition, room and/or board. Schools are instructed to return unused funds to SMS at the end of each academic year. 

Recipients must be a son or daughter of an employee at any U. S. Steel location in the United States. There are no required majors, but scholarship recipients must be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate course of study.

Selection Criteria
Scholarship applicants must demonstrate financial need. SMS selects scholarship recipients on the basis of academic performance (60%); financial need (30%); and leadership qualities (10%). Among the factors considered are academic record; potential to succeed; leadership and participation in school and community activities; honors; work experience; statement of educational and career goals; unusual personal or family circumstances; and a recommendation. 

Acceptance of a U. S. Steel Scholarship will not obligate the recipient to employment with U. S. Steel, nor will it obligate U. S. Steel to offer employment to the recipient.

Timetable
Students must apply for scholarships by November 30 of their senior year in high school. Awards are announced the following February. 

How to Apply
Interested students should be certain they meet the qualifications of the program. Scholarship application forms may be downloaded from this site or by calling the United States Steel Foundation.

Scholarship applications must be typed or printed in ink and signed. Applicants should take special care to answer each question on the application as completely as possible and to include an official transcript of high school grades through the first quarter of their senior year. Please refer to the Instructions for completing the Financial Data Section of the U. S. Steel Scholarship application.

Applicants also must secure the signature of their parent(s) and the appropriate school official. Failure to complete the application properly or secure signatures may result in disqualification of the applicant.

Completed applications should be returned - with an official transcript - to SMS at the following address, post-marked no later than November 30:

U. S. Steel Scholarship Program
Scholarship Management Services (SMS)
One Scholarship Way
St. Peter, MN 56082