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| About the Foundation |
The SPE Foundation
offers numerous scholarships to students
who have demonstrated or expressed an interest
in the plastics industry.
They must be majoring
in or taking courses that would be beneficial
to a career in the plastics industry. This
would include, but is not limited to, plastics
engineering, polymer science, chemistry,
physics, chemical engineering, mechanical
engineering, and industrial engineering.
All applicants must
be in good standing with their colleges.
Financial need is considered for most scholarships. |
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| Plastics
Pioneers Association Scholarships **NEW** |
The Plastics
Pioneers Association (PPA) is an organization
of individuals who are persons of
accomplishment in the plastics industry
and who wish to foster the bonds of
friendship and fraternalism among
them.
The objectives of the organization
are to recognize achievements in the
fields of plastics and / or polymer
science, engineering, technology,
education, sales / marketing or management;
to support industry-wide educational
programs and to promote the study
and improvement of plastics and /
or polymer science, engineering and
technology in the plastics industry.
One key way these objectives are
achieved is through the Plastics Pioneers
Education Fund, which supports scholarships
to worthy students. This year, the
Plastics Pioneers Association selected
The SPE Foundation as the administrator
of their scholarship program. |
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| PPA Scholarships |
Ten $3,000 scholarships
are available to students who are
committed to becoming "hands-on"
worked in the plastics industry -
students who are dedicated to careers
in plastics as technicians or engineers.
- Applicants must be undergraduate
students in either a 4-year college
or a 2-year technical program.
- Fields of study include plastics
engineering, plastics technology,
polymer science, chemical engineering,
mechanical engineering, industrial
engineering, packaging, manufacturing
support, mold making, mold design,
product design, etc.
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| THE
SPE Foundation Scholarships |
| General Scholarships |
| Undergraduate and
graduate scholarships range up to $4,000
annually. Scholarships are awarded for
one year only, but applicants may apply
for re-award for up to three additional
years. |
In addition, the following scholarships
are included in the General Scholarship
category:
| Composites
Division / Harold Giles Scholarship |
| One undergraduate
or graduate award of $1,000 is made
annually. |
| Robert E. Cramer
/ Product Design & Development Division
/ Mid-Michigan Section Scholarship |
| One undergraduate
or graduate award of $1,000 is made
annually. |
| Robert G. Dailey
/ Detroit Section Scholarship |
| One undergraduate
or graduate award of $4,000 is made
annually. |
| Ted and Ruth Neward
Scholarships |
| Three undergraduate
or graduate awards of $3,000 are made
annually to citizens of the United States |
| Polymer Modifiers
& Additives Division Scholarships |
| Three $4,000 undergraduate
awards are made annually. |
| Thermoplastic
Materials & Foams Division Scholarship |
| One $1,000 undergraduate
award will be made annually to a student
in a science or engineering program.
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| Vinyl Plastics
Division Scholarship |
| One
$3,000 undergraduate award will be made
annually . Preference will be given
to applicants with experience in the
vinyl industry, such as courses taken
, research conducted or jobs held. |
Special
Scholarships
The following special scholarships require
specific information or background and must
be applied for separately.
| Blow Molding Division
Memorial Scholarships (in memory of
Carrie Fox Solin and John Raymond |
| Up to two awards
of $8,000 (payable over 2 years) will
be made. Applicants must be completing
the second year of a 4-year undergraduate
plastics engineering program and be
a member of an SPE Student Chapter. |
| Extrusion Division
/ Lew Erwin Memorial Scholarship |
| One award of $2,500
is made each year to support undergraduate
or graduate research in the field of
polymer extrusion. Applicants must be
working on a Senior or MS project which
the scholarship will help support. The
project must be described in writing,
including background, objective, and
proposed experiments. The recipient
will be expected to furnish a final
research summary report. |
| Fleming / Blaszcak
Scholarship |
| This $2,000 scholarship
is available to full-time undergraduate
students at a 4-year college or students
enrolled in a graduate program. Applicants
for this award must be of Mexican descent
and citizens or legal residents of the
United States. |
| Gulf Coast Hurricane
Scholarships **NEW**
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| For the 2007-2008
school year, the award will consist
of one 4-year university of college
scholarship of $6,000 (funds distributed
on a yearly basis) and two 2-year junior
college or technical institute scholarships
of $2,000 (funds distributed on a year
basis). Learn
more. |
| Thermoforming
Division Memorial Scholarship |
| Multiple scholarships
up to $7,500 are awarded annually to
graduate or undergraduate students,
including those enrolled in associate
degree or technical degree programs.
Applicants must have experience in the
thermoforming industry, such as courses
taken, research conducted or jobs held. |
| Thermoset Division
/ James I. MacKenzie Memorial Scholarship |
| Two awards of $1,000
are made annually–one to an undergraduate
student and one to a graduate student.
Applicants must have experience in the
thermoset industry, such as courses
taken, research conducted or jobs held. |
The
SPE Foundation is an affiliate of the Society
of Plastics Engineers
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