{"id":24,"date":"2018-05-31T19:34:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/upperpeninsula\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:03:56","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/upperpeninsula\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24\" class=\"elementor elementor-24\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6fff91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6fff91\" 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-a1c50db\" data-id=\"a1c50db\" 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-6d9c4b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d9c4b3\" 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-a3ff15a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3ff15a\" 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 Upper Peninsula Section may be eligible for the following scholarships:<\/p><p><strong><u>National, District, and Section Scholarships \u2013 Deadline March 1st for the following fall term<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/national-scholarships#Sections\"><strong>National Scholarships<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong>For students pursuing a specific degree at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Scholarships range from $3,000 \u2013 $5,000+.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/district-scholarships\"><strong>District Scholarships<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong>A minimum of $15,000 is available in each of AWS\u2019s 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>Ted B. Jefferson Memorial Scholarship<\/strong><\/p><p>In 1943, Ted Jefferson, then a principal of the Welding Engineer Publishing Company, revised the Welding Encyclopedia for the first time. He edited and published the 11th through 17th editions over a period of 33 years. Ted Jefferson died on July 6, 1988, at the age of eighty.<\/p><p>In honor of Ted Jefferson\u2019s long association and dedication to the Welding Encyclopedia, the American Welding Society renamed the book Jefferson&#8217;s Welding Encyclopedia in 1976.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aws.org\/foundation\/page\/welder-training-scholarship\"><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.\u00a0Applications are accepted January-November and selections are made on a rolling basis until the District awards the designated funds for the year.<\/p><h2><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Apply for AWS Foundation Scholarships at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.aws.org\/applications\/\"><strong>scholarship.aws.org<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/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 Upper Peninsula Section may be eligible for the following scholarships: National, District, and Section Scholarships \u2013 Deadline March 1st for the following fall term \u00a0National ScholarshipsFor students pursuing a specific degree at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/upperpeninsula\/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-24","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 Upper Peninsula 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\/upperpeninsula\/scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scholarships - AWS Upper Peninsula 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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