2024 Scholarship Application

Applicant's Name

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City

State

Postal Code

Email

Phone

Business & family member linked to BIAWC

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Please attach a copy of your high school and/or post-secondary school transcript, whichever is most recent, or certified documentation of other pertinent academic achievement. If you are entering a new post-secondary academic program or school, please attach a copy of your letter of acceptance if you have received one. Current transcripts are adequate documentation for a program you’re already involved in that you want to continue.

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Applicant's current or last school:

Current year in school:

Graduation date:

Cumulative GPA:

Student ID number if this is a program you want to continue:

Additional School/GPA information:

If you’re in-between schools/programs, please list your last school and GPA in the space above, and explain your situation here.

School/program(s) being considered for this scholarship:

Area(s) of study:

When will you begin/resume classes in this program?

Personal Statement / Financial Need:

Please attach a personal statement (also known as a cover letter, or essay) telling us about the career/educational plans you will pursue using this scholarship, and why you should be one of our scholarship recipients for the upcoming academic year. This is your chance to tell us who you are and what you hope to do in the future, and why you need our support. Please give us insight into your financial needs – financial need is considered in weighing scholarship applications.

20MB max

Work experience and community service/extra-curricular school activities:

Please attach a list of your work and community service experience and school activities, giving  the job title/description or activity/office held, the dates of your involvement, and the approximate hours per week this involved.

20MB max

Letters of recommendation:

Please attach three current, signed letters of recommendation from people not related to you.

20MB max

Additional Information

APPLICATION DEADLINE
All applications and supporting materials must be received by noon, Friday, April 26, 2024, to be considered. The selection committee will make its decision by the end of April. Each applicant will be contacted shortly thereafter. All applicants will be contacted. Scholarships are made only for the program/school described in your application. Applicants who change their school/program after the BIAWC’s scholarship decisions are made will forfeit their scholarships.

DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
Scholarship checks will be issued directly to the applicant’s school of choice, to be used for tuition, fees and/or books during the upcoming academic year. Scholarships are not available to pay off previous student loans.

SUBSEQUENT SCHOLARSHIPS 
Scholarship awards are made for one academic year only. You are encouraged to reapply for aid in subsequent years!

QUESTIONS? 
Any false information included in this application will be grounds for immediate disqualification. Please direct questions to BIAWC Education Director Gretta Millard at 360-671-4247 or grettam@BIAWC.com.

STATE SCHOLARSHIPS in the BUILDING TRADES 
The Building Industry Association of Washington also awards sizable scholarships to students in fields of study that involve the building trades. For information, contact BIAW in Olympia at 1-360-352-7800

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