NFPA Foundation Scholarship Announcements 2024

Fluid Power Scholarship Application Now Available

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is now accepting applications for $2,000 scholarships available to students pursuing fluid power education. This scholarship is partially funded by generous donations to the Tom Wanke Legacy Fund. Multiple scholarships are available for the 2024-25 academic year. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2024, at 11:59 PM CT.

Robotics Challenge Scholarship Application Now Available

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is now accepting applications on for the $30,000 scholarship ($7,500 per year, for up to four years) award for a graduating high school senior participates as part of a FIRST® Robotics, National Robotics League, or VEX Robotics Competition Team and uses pneumatics in their robot. One merit-based award is available for the 2024-25 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 5, 2024, at 11:59 PM CT.

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Volunteer Judges Needed for NFPA’s Scholarship Programs

NFPA Members are invited help review applications for the:

• Fluid Power Scholarship program where reviewers can expect to review applications in April-May 2024
• Robotics Challenge Scholarship program where reviewers can expect to review applications and help with phone interviews in May-June 2024

NFPA’s scholarship programs rely on volunteer judges from the fluid power industry. For each program, the time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours. Last cycle, 16 judges from 13 NFPA member companies reviewed 97 student applications to NFPA Scholarship Programs.

For questions or more information about NFPA’s Scholarship Programs, contact Haley Nemeth, Workforce Program Manager, at hnemeth@nfpa.com.