DUBLIN, OHIO — 124 juniors and seniors from 90 high schools throughout Ohio were recognized for their contributions and earned the Believe in Ohio STEM Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarship.
Each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship to attend any Ohio college, university, or post-secondary career center. The application process evaluated academic achievement, answers to essay questions, and proof a validated accomplishment in STEM Innovation and entrepreneurship.
Three Limaland students received scholarships: Zane Rex, Allen East; Marissa Maag, Ottawa-Glandorf; and Joshua Reichert, Van Wert.
Believe in Ohio is a student entrepreneurship program to develop Ohio’s next generation of STEM innovators. Throughout the school year, high school students compete to earn cash awards in local high school STEM Commercialization Plan and STEM Business Plan Competitions. The highest rated plans in the local high school competitions may compete in Regional Plan Competitions.
The one hundred highest scoring regionally judged plans, with representation from each region of the state, will each receive a $1,000 scholarship to any Ohio college or university, or technical center, and will also be entered into the Believe in Ohio State STEM Commercialization Plan and STEM Business Plan Competition, at which hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional scholarships will be awards.
