The Mississippi Section of ASCE awards four $750 scholarships every year to support higher learning in civil engineering. Applicants must be a full-time civil engineering undergraduate at a 4-year ABET accredited Mississippi university. Applicants must complete an application and submit a typed one-page essay on a topic selected by the officers of ASCE. The following criteria will be used to award the scholarships to applicants: academic performance, personal circumstances, extracurricular involvement, and the written essay..