New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 71B-107

a. Each research university that participates in the ACES Program shall establish an undergraduate ACES Scholar program, which provides talented underrepresented students who have been accepted for admission to the university and who are interested in pursuing a degree in a STEM discipline, with generous financial aid packages and enhanced academic support as they pursue their baccalaureate degrees. In selecting students for participation in the undergraduate ACES Scholar program, the university may give preference to students who previously participated in the ACES pre-college summer program.

b. The undergraduate ACES Scholar program at each participating research university shall include, at a minimum, the following components:

c. The Secretary of Higher Education may require, as a condition of participating in the ACES Scholar program and receiving scholarship funds, that the participating students commit to working in the State of New Jersey for four years after graduating from the research university.