FMA Foundation Scholarships

"GO-Brennan" Scholarships "Lap Two"

Coming to YouTube Sept. 15!

Win one of 25 $500 scholarships — without picking up a pencil! On Sept. 15 on YouTube, teen race-car driver Brennan Palmiter will kick off "lap 2" of FMA Foundation's "GO-Brennan" Scholarships. To qualify for this competition, you must be headed to a two-year trade or technical school next spring for classes in welding or other metal fabricating processes. Best part about "Go-Brennan' Scholarships? No paperwork to fill out! To apply, simply make a one-minute video telling us: why you'd like to go into manufacturing, what job you're aiming for, and what school you want to attend. Oh, and feel free to show us your skills in the shop — and something you've made out of metal. Post your video on YouTube by Nov. 9; winners will be announced Nov. 24!

"GO-Brennan" Scholarship Winners

Students Fabricate on YouTube.com
for Scholarships

In February, the FMA Foundation established ten scholarships of $500 each to students seeking careers in manufacturing. The "GO-Brennan" Scholarships are tied to FMA's sponsorship of 16-year-old stock car driver Brennan Palmiter's 2008 racing season. Brennan, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., is proficient in four types of welding, a skill he uses to motivate other young people to consider the industrial trades.

To kick off the program, Brennan appeared in a video on YouTube inviting high school, trade school, and college students to apply for the scholarships. The application process was quite untraditional: students created and posted their own videos explaining why they want to be in manufacturing, what career they seek, and where they want to attend school. They were also encouraged to include footage of themselves fabricating or welding metal.
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Traditional Scholarships

Since 1990, the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation has awarded scholarships annually to students in courses of study that may lead to careers in manufacturing.

Eligibility

To apply, you must be:

• A full-time student with a minimum 3.0 GPA (for a college scholarship) or a 2.0 GPA (for a trade/technical school scholarship),
  enrolled in an engineering or manufacturing-related course of study, or a trade or technical program, that may lead to a career in manufacturing; or
• a member of FMA, TPA, or OPC
• the employee of a member company; or
• the child of a member; or
• the child of a member company's employee.

College scholarships for non-members are $2,500 per school year and college scholarships for members are $5,000 per school year. Trade school scholarships up to $2,000 per school year require membership.

Individuals applying for membership-based scholarships must have a Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) or Tube and Pipe Association, International (TPA) Basic Membership; or the Outside Processors Council (OPC), or be the child of a member who has a Basic Membership, or an employee or child of an employee who has an Advantage or AdvantagePlus Membership, or have a Student Membership to be eligible. Students may apply for membership at the time of application. Annual FMA student memberships cost $25.

To apply, you must submit a completed online application form and other materials by the application deadline. To be eligible for consideration, all materials must arrive at the FMA Foundation prior to 5 p.m. on April 4, 2008.

Eligibility Guidelines (PDF download)

Scholarship winners may be offered a three-day internship with the FMA Foundation to attend FABTECH International / AWS Welding Show being planned for Las Vegas, October 6-8, 2008. The all-expense-paid internship is valued at more than $1,500 and includes travel, hotel, meals, technical educational sessions, and free admission to FABTECH. Interns chosen will be introduced to the latest technology and meet industry leaders at the largest metal forming and fabricating show in North America.

How to Reach Us

For additional information regarding opportunities to support FMA Foundation, please call toll-free 888-394-4362 or email foundation@fmanet.org.