2025 PSE&SSF and SAME Post Scholarships

This year the Puget Sound Engineering and Science Scholarship Fund (PSE&SSF) will award scholarships on behalf of the SAME Seattle Post in the following categories:

1) Puget Sound Fund Scholarships (for graduating High School Seniors)
2) High School Senior Scholarships (for graduating High School Seniors)
3) SAME Seattle Post Member Scholarships (for full-time college students working towards their undergraduate degree OR graduating High School Seniors; sponsored by SAME Seattle Post Member)

1) Puget Sound Fund Scholarships (for High School Seniors graduating in spring of 2025)*: The applicant must be a US citizen accepted into a full-time program of study towards a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in engineering, science, technology, or a related field at an accredited college or university. Currently, $2,500 in Puget Sound Fund Scholarships will be awarded to graduating High School Seniors that will be attending an accredited college or university in the Fall of 2025. The PSE&SSF College Scholarship breakout and allocation is as follows:
- One (1) scholarship award valued at $1,500, and
- One (1) scholarship award valued at $1,000.


2) High School Senior Scholarships (for High School Seniors graduating in spring of 2025)*: The applicant must be a US citizen accepted into a full-time program of study towards a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in engineering, science, technology, or a related field at an accredited college or university. Currently, $25,000 in college scholarships will be awarded to graduating High School Seniors that will be attending an accredited college or university in the Fall of 2025. The High School Senior Scholarship breakout and allocation is as follows:
- Seven (7) scholarship awards valued at $2,000 each, and
- Eleven (11) scholarship awards valued at $1,000 each.


3) SAME Seattle Post Member Scholarships**: The applicant must be a US citizen sponsored by a SAME Seattle Post Member. The applicant may be either currently enrolled as a full-time college student in pursuit of their undergraduate degree OR be a graduating High School Senior. The applicant must be enrolled in or be accepted into a full-time program of study towards a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in engineering, science, technology, or a related field at an accredited college or university. If a graduating senior, the applicant must have graduated from or be scheduled to graduate from an accredited High School, public or private, in 2025. Currently, $25,000 in scholarships will be awarded to Seattle Post Member-sponsored applicants. Applicants who are dependents of Seattle Post Members (i.e., family members within the third degree of kindred***) will be given preference. The SAME Seattle Post Member-sponsored Scholarship breakout and allocation is as follows:
- One (1) scholarship award valued at $4,000 each, and
- Seven (7) scholarship awards valued at $3,000 each.



* Applicant must be a High School Senior that is graduating from a private or public high school located within one of the State of Washington counties bordering the Puget Sound, which include Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Kitsap, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Jefferson, Clallam, Island, and San Juan. Home-schooled applicants must also reside within one of the listed State of Washington counties.