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The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation is an educational, research, and charitable organization serving the metal forming and fabricating industry. Contributions to the FMA Foundation fund scholarships for training in the trades, and grants for manufacturing summer camps for youth and for conducting research relating to metal forming and fabrication technology in manufacturing.
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FMA Foundation director Boyd Coddington — A life celebrated |
Everyone at the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation is
saddened by the untimely death of a key member of its board of directors.
Car-building legend Boyd Coddington passed away
Feb. 27 at a hospital in Whittier, Calif.
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Bot-Building Preps Industry's
Future Innovators
FMA Sponsors Team at
FIRST Robotics Championship
On April 17-19, Atlanta's Georgia Dome was host to 343 teams of high-schoolers competing in the FIRST Robotics Championship. Pitting their ingenious ball-hurling robots against each other, the kids put their newly won skills in engineering and design on colorful display. Opening ceremonies featured former President George H. W. Bush urging FIRST students to solve society's problems through innovation. FMA was a proud sponsor of Winnovation (Team #1625), from Winnebago, Ill.
GO-Brennan Scholarships
Ten new scholarships of $500 each
were
introduced in a YouTube video
by teen race car driver and welding
prodigy Brennan Palmiter. No forms were required—applicants just uploaded their own videos by the April 4th deadline.
Go here to view them!
Traditional Scholarships
Application deadline was April 4 for an FMA Foundation scholarship of up to $5,000 per school year for members, $2,500 for nonnmembers. Applications for members-only trade school scholarships of up to $2,000 are accepted throughout the year. Details here.
Grants Announced March 13
National winners of FMA Foundation grants to host manufacturing summer camps for kids were announced in a March 13 press conference with John Ratzenberger and Brennan Palmiter at Metal Matters: The Metal Fabricator's Management Summit in Orlando. Details here. To apply for a 2009 Grant, click here.
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