Maine Top Scholars

Started in 2017, the Maine Top Scholars Award provides high achieving students from Maine with a full-tuition scholarship, and the opportunity to participate in faculty-led scholarly research.

What is the Maine Top Scholars Program?

In conjunction with the Maine Top Scholars Award offered to a selected group of high-achieving High School students from Maine every year, Maine Top Scholars (MTS) participate in faculty-led scholarly activities or research projects.

The current rendition of the Maine Top Scholar Program began in 2017, and in 2021 graduated the first cohort of MTS students from the Colleges of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Forestry, Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Business School and the Honors College. During their four years MTS students conduct research projects and scholarly activities under the supervision of faculty mentors. These projects range in focus from developing rural business initiatives to working in wet labs, from conducting interviews with teens in public schools to studying mathematical models.

We are proud of all of our Maine Top Scholars for their continued dedication to academic success and professional growth, and for their contributions to their fields and to the State of Maine.

The Office of Major Scholarships:

Helps students identify their scholarly/research interests and communicate with faculty mentors
Facilitates student meetings with potential faculty mentors
Facilitates student meetings with potential faculty mentors
Creates a peer community of MTS
Provides project design and resume building guidance
Answers general academic questions, and provides connections to campus resources
Informs MTS students about prestigious national merit scholarships