{"id":37,"date":"2018-05-15T19:43:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T19:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/chattanooga\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:51:36","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/chattanooga\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37\" class=\"elementor elementor-37\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0aa9aa0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0aa9aa0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ebecad\" data-id=\"2ebecad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c313cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c313cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scholarships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027c3b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"027c3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $2.5 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields!<\/strong><\/p><p>Students in the Chattanooga Section may be eligible for the following scholarships:<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>National, District, and Section Scholarships &#8211; Deadline March 1st for the following fall term<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/national-scholarships#Sections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Scholarships<\/a><br \/><\/strong>For students pursuing a specific degree at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Scholarships range from $3,000 &#8211; $5,000+.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/district-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District Scholarships<\/a><br \/><\/strong>A minimum of $15,000 is available in each of AWS&#8217;s 22 Districts for students pursuing a degree or certificate in a welding or welding-related program. Scholarships typically range from $1,000 to $2,500+.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/section-named-and-district-named-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section and District Named Scholarships<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nancy C. Cole Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Chattanooga Section Scholarship<br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>This scholarship will be awarded to a student who resides in the Chattanooga section.<\/p><p><strong>District 8 Women of Gases &amp; Welding Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>Founded in November 2011, the Women of Gases &amp; Welding (WGW) has a mission to enhance the success of women in the gases and welding industry through advocacy, recruitment, and professional development. Functioning as a committee within GAWDA (Gases and Welding Distributors Association), WGW designs professional development programming for women at national conferences and engages sponsors to support programming and scholarships for women.<\/p><p><strong>Jimmy Walker Sr.\/Saf-T-Cart Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>This scholarship is for a student who is enrolled in the Welding Program at Coahoma Community College.<\/p><p><strong>nexAir LLC \u2013 Gary Enders Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>This scholarship was established by nexAir in honor of Gary Enders.<\/p><ul><li>Priority is for a welding student at Moore Tech College of Technology \u00a0(aka William R. Moore College of Technology)<\/li><li>If no applicants from Moore Tech, then the scholarship may go to a applicant from District 8, with preference for the West Tennessee Section<\/li><li>Students may be pursuing a certificate, Associates Degree, or Bachelor\u2019s Degree<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/welder-training-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Welder Training Scholarship<\/strong><\/a><br \/>For students seeking welder training in a certificate program less than two years in length through a trade school, community college, or other facility providing welder training. Each District has a minimum of 25 &#8211; $1,000 scholarships to award.<\/p><p>Applications are accepted January-November and selections are made on a rolling basis until the District awards the designated funds for the year.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Apply for AWS Foundation Scholarships at <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.aws.org\/applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship.aws.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarships The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $2.5 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields! Students in the Chattanooga Section may be eligible for the following scholarships: National, District, and Section Scholarships &#8211; Deadline March 1st for the following fall term National ScholarshipsFor students pursuing a specific degree at an&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/chattanooga\/scholarships\/\"><span>Read More<\/span><i>&#43;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scholarships - AWS Chattanooga Section<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/chattanooga\/scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scholarships - AWS Chattanooga Section\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scholarships The American Welding Society Foundation awards over $2.5 million annually for education and training in welding and related fields! 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