Available AWS Scholarships 2019

My fellow American Welding Society Boston members,

This is the time of year when students planning on continuing their education have more than likely started looking at schools. This is also the time of year when the American Welding Society scholarship application process should begin. If you have a son, daughter, niece, nephew, neighbor it does not matter, AWS membership is not required to be eligible to receive a scholarship.

AWS Scholarships available are as follows:

National Scholarships:  Two or four Year College or university. Application deadline March 1, 2019. Range from $6,000.00 to $2,500.00.
District Scholarship’s:  Two or a four year college or university. Application deadline March 1, 2019. Range from $2,500.00 to $500.00.
Boston Section Seabury Waring Scholarship:  Two or a four year college or university. Application deadline April 30, Range from $1,000.00 to $4,000.00.
Welder Training Scholarships:  The AWS Welder Training Scholarship is for students seeking training to become a welder in a program up to two years in length at a trade school, community college, or other facility providing welder training. Awards of $1,000.00 are given out on a rolling basis to allow for certificate programs that run throughout the year.
Educator Scholarships:  Educator Scholarships are awarded to current welding educators or individuals pursuing a career in welding education. National Level scholarships require applicants be enrolled in a college or university and be pursuing an AS, AAS, BS, MS, or PhD degree in an area related to welding.

The way you apply for these is simple. The student applicant goes to www.scholarship.aws.org. Or just type scholarship.aws.org in the search engine line and your in. Now they need to create their own account. They won’t need to complete everything the first time. There is information that needs to be entered. Gather the information and log in again later and fill in the blanks. They can apply for a scholarship’s in all of the categories.

Okay, now its up to YOU AWS Boston members to pass this along, forward this email or pick up your phone, call, text, tweet, face book, face time, messenger make some parent or student who can use some financial assistance happy.

Tom Ferri
AWS Boston Chairman
508-789-2040
[email protected]