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Massachusetts Bay Community College Receives $347,000 National Science
Foundation Grant
Funds to Benefit Students Studying Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics
(Wellesley Hills, MA) - Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) was notified by the National
Science Foundation that it earned a $347,050 grant for student scholarships yesterday. Scholarships will be
awarded by MassBay to students pursuing their associate degree in science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics (STEM), who are legal US citizens or residents, and who demonstrate academic potential and
financial need.
“We are proud to receive these needed funds on behalf of our students,” said MassBay President John
O’Donnell. “These scholarships will fund students training in bioinformatics, biotechnology, computer
information systems, computer science, electrical and computing engineering, electronics technology,
environmental science, forensic DNA science, information systems technology, life sciences, mechanical
engineering, and other fields that are key to the economic growth of the metro west region. Thanks in part to
this grant, our scholars will have the option to join these high-growth STEM-based industries or to continue
their studies, often at four-year institutions in the region.”
MassBay offers 17 different STEM associate degrees. Last month MassBay was informed that biotechnology
student Marine Corporal Kenny A. Moreno had earned a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious
undergraduate science, engineering and mathematics award in the nation, for his cancer research. Corporal
Moreno became the 18th Goldwater Scholar produced by MassBay’s Biotechnology Program, by far the most of
any community college in America.
Bruce A. Jackson, Professor of Biotechnology and Forensic DNA Science and Chair of the Biotechnology
Department, led the grant application. “This Award will provide extensive research experiences for outstanding
STEM Scholars more and more of whom are being produced by this nation’s community colleges,” said Dr.
Jackson. ” It will also provide another scholastic platform from which MassBay STEM scholars can pursue
advanced degree in STEM disciplines.”
Dr. Jackson is the grant’s Principal Investigator. Dr. Chitra N. Javdekar, Associate Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and Elizabeth Enos, Director of Financial Aid are Co-Principal Investigators.
About MassBay Community College
Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) is an open-access, accredited two-year public educational institution. The College grants
associate degrees and certificates in a range of disciplines through its five divisions of academics: the Division of Health Sciences; the Division of
Humanities; the Division of Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (S.T.E.M.); the Division of Social Sciences & Professional Studies; and the
Division of Transportation & Energy. Offering over 60 academic programs, including online and evening & weekend programming, MassBay serves
MetroWest communities with locations in Wellesley Hills, Framingham and Ashland (Automotive Technology Center).
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