Jess Fisher Pre-Engineering Scholarship

The Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics (FCSM) announces the Jess Fisher Pre-Engineering Scholarship in memory of Robert M. Fisher, a donor-funded endowed scholarship for incoming freshmen students committed to major in a program housed in the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics and planning a career in engineering. 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 Pre-Engineering 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
• A personal faculty mentor who will guide the academic pursuits of the Fisher Scholar throughout his or her undergraduate career
• Opportunities to pursue internships in business, industry and government agencies
• Opportunities to study abroad and away

Eligibility and Criteria:

• Fall 2025 incoming freshmen admitted to pursue a major in a program housed in the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics and planning a career in engineering.
• Enrolled as a full-time student in Fall 2025 (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 and fees for the 2025–2026 academic year; and is renewable up an additional three years.

Application Procedure:

Before you begin filing out the application you must do the following:

1. 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.
2. Scan your high school transcript to an Adobe PDF file.
3. 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:
Jess Fisher Pre-Engineering Scholarship Application
Note: this scholarship and the Jess Fisher FCSM 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 Pre-Engineering Scholarship

Note: The application Deadline is March 31, 2025.