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FMA’s Foundation awards scholarships annually to students in courses of study that may lead to careers in manufacturing. FMA proudly announced its Scholarship Winners for the 2011-2012 academic year.  The 20 awards, totaling $30,000, will help cover tuition, fees, and books for students enrolled in programs that lead to technical careers.

Eligibility

To apply, you must:

  • Be currently enrolled in or entering a post-secondary study program at a community college, technical college or trade school leading to a career in the manufacturing technology industry.
  • Be a full-time student with a minimum 2.5 GPA.
  • Complete an on-line application
  • Submit an official high school or college transcript
  • Submit a program description for the intended major.

General Guidelines:

  • A scholarship award may be used to defray the cost of tuition, school fees, and/or books. Awards cannot be used for housing or meals, nor can they be held for use beyond the school year in which awarded.
  • Annual award amounts and the numbers of scholarships available will be determined by the NBT Board of Directors. The NBT board may create new scholarship categories at its discretion.
  • Scholarship winners are responsible for advising Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs of any change in mailing address. Send notifications to foundation@fmanet.org or call (815) 399-8700.
  • NBT will investigate any suspected misuse of funds and/or seek recovery of disbursed funds if misuse is determined. Recovered funds will be dedicated for charitable purposes.
  • NBT will retain records pertaining to receipt of donations to the scholarship fund and disbursement and use of scholarship funds.
  • Staff, directors and officers of FMA, FMAC, OPC, NBT or members of the Scholarship Committee of Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, as well as their children and relatives are ineligible.
  • In case of a tie score between applicants, the Scholarship Committee and NBT staff will determine a winner.

Upon being selected a winner via award notification, you must:

Become a student member* of FMA, TPA or OPC if no active membership affiliation exists in any one of the following categories:

  • Winner is a student or basic member
  • Winner is the child of a basic member
  • Winner is an employee of an Advantage-level member company
  • Winner is the child of an employee of an Advantage-level member company

* Please call Customer Service at 888-394-4362 for student membership and benefit information.

Scholarship Types & Amounts

Trade school and community or technical college scholarships — Up to $1,500

In addition to the scholarship award provided by NBT, all winners will receive a student version of Solidworks™ CAD software.

Apply for a Scholarship Now!

Submit a completed online application form and other supporting materials by the application deadline.
To be eligible for consideration, all materials must ARRIVE at NBT prior to 5 p.m. on March 22, 2012.

Award announcements will be made in June 2012.

Prior to completing the application you can view a ‘reference copy’ of the online application.Note: This PDF is for REFERENCE only to aid students in formulating answers in advance of completing the online application.
Submitting this PDF in lieu of an online application will disqualify applicants.