The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Scholars Program is a learning community of STEM students at Rutgers-Camden that participate in a comprehensive program that promotes academic success and builds preparedness for professional careers and/or graduate studies. Program activities include faculty advising and peer mentoring; research seminars and colloquia; academic development, graduate study preparation, and career counseling workshops; undergraduate research experiences; and industry internships. Students also have the opportunity to be involved in Rutgers-Camden's many outreach programs, particularly those that are geared towards increasing awareness and interest in STEM among pre-college students at local area high schools and middle schools.

The STEM Scholars Program admits incoming first-year, transfer, and current students majoring in one of the following undergraduate STEM programs at Rutgers-Camden: biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics. Students are selected on the basis of their past academic performance and potential, particularly in math and science, as well as other indicators of success as documented in the student's STEM Scholars Application form.

The program also awards need-based scholarships to eligible students with demonstrable financial need. Receipt of a scholarship is not a prerequisite for admission; i.e., students with no financial need may be admitted into the program.

The overriding goal of the STEM Scholars Program is to grow and sustain the pipeline of STEM students who enroll in, and graduate from, Rutgers-Camden. Towards this end, the program is working with area high schools and middle schools to enrich math and science education at the schools, with the goal of increasing student interest and preparedness to pursue a STEM degree in college. In addition, the program is working with Rutgers-Camden alumni and local companies and organizations to enhance internship, research, and employment opportunities for STEM students, and thereby contribute to STEM workforce development in the region and the state.

This program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program under Award No. 0965947.