The SPE Foundation General Scholarships

While most scholarships do not require specific knowledge or have special criteria, some scholarships are limited in scope. See the section below entitled Special Scholarships to determine if you are eligible to apply. Please be sure to include the specific information that is required to be submitted with your application.

Foundation Scholarships
Multiple undergraduate and graduate scholarships range up to $4,000 annually. Scholarships are awarded for one year only, but applicants may apply for a re-award for up to three additional years.

Detroit Section/Thomas E. Powers Scholarship
One undergraduate award of $4,000 is made annually.

Detroit Section/Robert G. Daily Scholarship
One undergraduate award of $4,000 is made annually.

Injection Molding Division Scholarship
One award of $3,000 will be made annually to a graduate or undergraduate student. Applicants must have experience in the injection molding industry, such as courses taken, research conducted, or jobs held.

Robert E. Cramer/Product Design & Development Division/Mid-Michigan Section Scholarship
One undergraduate award of $1,000 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 and Additives Division Scholarships
Three $4,000 undergraduate awards are made annually.

Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division Scholarship
One undergraduate award of $2,500 will be made.

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.

The SPE Foundation Special Scholarships

Blow Molding Division Memorial Scholarships
Up to two awards of $8,000 (payable over 2 years) will be made per year. Applicants should be completing the second year of a 4-year undergraduate plastics engineering program, be a member of an SPE Student Chapter, and submit an essay on the importance of blow molding.

Composites Division/Harold Giles Scholarship
One undergraduate or graduate award of $1,000 is made annually. Applicants must have experience in the composites industry, such as courses taken, research conducted, or jobs held.

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 a Ph.D. candidate, or be working on a Senior or M.S. project which the scholarship will help support.

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
One four-year university scholarship of $6,000 (funds distributed on a yearly basis) and two two-year junior or technical institute scholarships of $2,000 (funds distributed on a yearly basis) are available. Applicants must be a resident of, and attending college in, a Gulf Coast State (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana, Texas). Funds will be distributed on a yearly basis.

K. K. Wang Scholarship
One award of $2,000 will be made to a graduate or undergraduate student. Applicants must have experience in injection molding and computer-aided engineering (CAE), such as courses taken, research conducted, or jobs held.

Pittsburgh Section Scholarships
Up to two awards of $2,000 each to graduate or undergraduate students. Applicants must have graduated from a high school in one of the following western Pennsylvania counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Brooke, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Fayette, Greene, Hancock, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Washington or Westmoreland.

Plastics Pioneers Association Scholarships
Multiple $3,000 scholarships are available for undergraduate students, including those enrolled in associate degree or technical degree programs, who are committed to becoming "hands-on" workers in the plastics industry - students who are dedicated to a career as plastics technicians or engineers.

Thermoforming Division Memorial Scholarships
Multiple scholarships up to $7,500 are awarded annually to graduate or undergraduate students, including those enrolled in associate or technical degree programs. Applicants must have experience in the thermoforming industry, such as courses taken, research conducted, or jobs held.

Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group Scholarship
One award of $1,000 will be made annually to a graduate or undergraduate student. Applicants must have experience in the thermoplastic elastomers industry, such as courses taken, research conducted, or jobs held.

Thermoset Division Scholarships
In memory of Harold Giles and in honor of James Cunningham, two awards of $1,500 are available - one for a graduate student and one for an undergraduate student. Applicants must have experience in the thermoset industry, such as courses taken, research conducted or jobs held.

Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship
One award of $1,000 is available for undergraduate students, including those enrolled in associate degree or technical degree programs. Applicants must be attending school in Arizona, California, Oregon or Washington state.