The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) has opened the application process for its 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Program. This year, REMSA is awarding one President's Scholarship in the amount of $7,500, as well as one $5,000 runner-up scholarship and one individual scholarship at $2,500.
The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, May 29, 2020.
Please note due to the current landscape REMSA is primarily operating on a digital basis and requesting you submit your application and materials electronically to [email protected] .
To be eligible for consideration, an applicant must:
- be a full- or part-time employee of a REMSA member company; or the spouse, son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of a current full-time employee of a REMSA member company. An employee who is the scholarship applicant does not have to be a full-time employee. Interns are not eligible;
- be enrolled at the time of the application as a full-time college student at an accredited two-year college offering an associate's degree or an accredited college or university offering a bachelor's degree; and
- demonstrate successful completion of the previous year of study and a willingness to continue.
Please visit www.remsa.org/scholarships for information on the scholarship program, or click to download the REMSA 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Application.
This year's essay question is:
Climate change is a frequently debated issue in today's current events. In what ways does the freight rail industry benefit our environment? Do you think freight rail is a sustainable mode of transport when considering both the environment and the North American economy? Why or why not?
