The ASA Graduate Scholarship Program 2008-2009

Purpose

The purpose of the ASA Graduate Scholarship Program is to attract, identify, and assist outstanding graduate students pursuing careers within the field of concrete with a significant interest in the shotcrete process.

Program Summary

The ASA Graduate Scholarships are available to applicants who have been accepted into a graduate program in the field of concrete at the time of application to an accredited college or university within the United States or at Laval University in Canada. To receive consideration for an ASA Graduate Scholarship, the applicant needs only to submit one application.  Based on essays, submitted data, and references, the ASA Scholarship Committee will select scholarship recipients who appear to have the strongest combination of interest and potential for professional success in the shotcrete industry.

Two $3,000 (USD) awards are available through the American Shotcrete Association (ASA) for the 2008-2009 academic year. One scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student attending an accredited college or university within the United States and the second scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student attending Laval University in Canada.

Each ASA Graduate Scholarship award consists of a stipend of $3,000 (USD) and is paid in 2 installments of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500 USD) directly to the student’s educational institution. The first payment will be made in the fall 2008 and the second in the early winter of 2009.

Requirements and Directions

The following criteria apply to all graduate scholarship applicants. Please read and follow this information carefully.

1. At the time of application, the applicant shall have been accepted for graduate study in the area of concrete at an accredited college or university within the United States or at Laval University in Canada.
2. Applicants must be a full-time first or second-year (after bachelor’s degree) graduate student during the entire scholarship year. Course work during a summer session will count toward the degree year. Applications will be accepted from anywhere in the world but graduate study must take place in the United States or at Laval University in Canada during the award year.
3. For your application packet to be considered for this award, each of the following pieces of information must be submitted by the deadline indicated on the application form:
   *Completed 2008-2009 typed application form (handwritten applications will not be accepted)
   *One-page resume (anything over one page will not be accepted)
   *Essay (1-page limit, 300 words or less, name must be on first page, please include all scheduled classes for balance of academic year)
   *Two (2) completed online reference forms
   *All undergraduate and graduate transcripts (all universities attended during all undergraduate and graduate years)
   
   Note: ASA does not contact applicants upon receipt of their application materials.
4. The application, resume and essay should be sent to info@shotcrete.org together in one email package. Hard copies of applications, resumes and essays will not be accepted.
5. Transcripts are to be mailed directly to ASA and are only accepted if:
   1) they are original documents. Unofficial transcripts, copies of transcripts, faxed, or emailed transcripts are not acceptable under any circumstance.
   2) they are mailed directly from the university or
   3) they are mailed by the student but are in a sealed envelope with a university stamp over the seal.
   4) they are in English or accompanied by a translated English version as well as an explanation of the grading scale if different from the 4.0 scale used in the United States.
   
   Note: If transcripts sent to ASA have a different last name than what appears on your application (maiden name), be sure to note it in parentheses on the name line of this application.
6. Online reference forms are statements of evaluation of the applicant, in terms of potential for growth, character, leadership capacity, and career interest, which are required from two evaluators. All reference forms must be submitted in English. Only the online reference form will be accepted. Mailed, emailed, or faxed letters of recommendation will not be accepted. There is no need for more than two reference forms. Only the first two reference forms received will be included in your final application package. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all application materials are received by the deadline.
7. The deadline for all application materials is 5:00 p.m. EST on September 1, 2008.                       Note: Please be sure that your name is on every piece of material submitted.
8. All graduate scholarships can be withdrawn for failure to comply with any of the items above.

     2008-2009 ASA Graduate Scholarship Application

     2008-2009 Online Reference Form

     Educators interested in promoting the ASA Graduate Scholarship Program are encouraged 

     to download this promotional flyer to distribute to their students.