St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, received a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation designed to increase the number of women studying in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Under the program, students majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, physics, or engineering will be eligible for scholarships. Over the course of the next five years, at least 65 scholarships will be offered. Officials at the university have announced their intention to seek out students from the Hmong and Somali minority populations in Minnesota for the STEM scholarship program.