The Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) is an umbrella organization representing ~30 technical societies in the Quad City area with approximately 5,000 associated members. The QCESC is non-profit and is actively seeking new society members as well as additional corporate sponsors to help support our mission: to Promote and support engineering, science, and technical professionals and associated societies in Quad City Region; and to encourage and support students to study in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related fields.
The Quad City Engineering and Science Council with its member societies, local businesses, and regional universities annually provide one-time scholarships to high school seniors studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) at an accredited four-year college or university. Applicants must be a Quad City area resident in the Illinois Counties of Carroll, Henry, Knox, Lee, Mercer, Rock Island, or Whiteside, or in the Iowa Counties of Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, or Louisa.