The MALSCE Education Trust offers student scholarships every year for Massachusetts residents.
We annually offer three different types of scholarships:
SURVEY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP: Due February 15, 2017
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This is for a $500 scholarship awarded to students that are enrolled in a valid/accredited Land Surveying Certificate Program. The MALSCE Education Trust will select applicants to receive $500 scholarships each, to be awarded by March 25, 2017.
Qualifications and Requirements - Download the Requirements
An Applicant must:
- Be accepted in a Survey Certificate Program in an accredited school
- Be a Massachusetts resident
- Have completed 3 credit hours in the Certificate Program
- Submit a letter of recommendation by a qualified sponsor to the MALSCE Education Trust Chair. The sponsor must be a department head, dean, professor, or instructor who has personal knowledge of the applicant. An applicant’s employer may also be a sponsor. The Trustees will not accept a letter of recommendation from a sponsor other than the types listed above.
- Submit an official school transcript(s) of all available grades.
- Submit a completed application.
ALL INFORMATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE MALSCE EDUCATION TRUST CHAIR NO LATER THAN February 15, 2017.
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (for Bachelors or Associates Degree Students): Due February 15, 2017
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A scholarship awarded to a student presently enrolled full time (days) as an undergraduate in an accredited College, University, Junior College, Technical Institute or Community College and majoring in Land Surveying, Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering. Completed applications are due February 15, 2017. The MALSCE Education Trust may select one or more applicants to receive scholarships per year and currently plans to award one or two scholarships in 2017. The Trustees will determine the number of scholarships and the amounts by March 25. 2017. Typically 2-3 scholarships are awarded each year with varying denominations of $500, $1000 or $2000 each. The MALSCE Education Trust Chair will contact winning applicants.
Qualifications and Requirements - Download the Requirements
1. An Applicant must:
- Presently be enrolled full-time (days) in an accredited College, University, Junior College, Technical Institute, or Community College and majoring in Land Surveying, Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering;
- Be a Massachusetts resident (based upon parents’ full time residence, if still a dependent); however, he/she may attend an out-of-state school
- Complete and sign the application and give it to a qualified Sponsor, who will forward it along with his/her letter of recommendation to the MALSCE Education Trust Chair, and;
- Send, or have the school where he/she is enrolled send an official transcript of all grades (including the latest Fall 2016 term) to the MALSCE Education Trust Chair. Transfer students must also forward transcripts from previous schools.
NOTE: ALL INFORMATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE MALSCE EDUCATION TRUST CHAIR NO LATER THAN February 17, 2017.
2. A Sponsor(s) must:
- Be a department head, dean, professor, or instructor who has personal knowledge of the applicant. An applicant’s employer may also be a sponsor, if that employer is a MALSCE member in good standing. Friends and relatives of the applicant may not be sponsors. The Trustees will not accept a letter of recommendation from a sponsor other than the types listed above.
- Forward the completed application along with his/her letter of recommendation to the MALSCE Education Trust Chair no later than February 15, 2017.
2017 UMAINE SCHOLARSHIP: Due February 15, 2017
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The MALSCE (Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers) Education Trust will award a scholarship to a Massachusetts resident who is an incoming freshman (or transfer student) enrolled in the University of Maine Surveying Engineering Technology program (SET/SVT) which will consist of a minimum of $1,000/semester throughout their under-graduate level education, up to a maximum of $2,000/year (maximum of two semesters/year for a maximum of $8,000 or maximum $10,000 for 5-year, SET-BS and MBA option).
Qualifications and Requirements - Download the Requirements
1. An applicant must:
- Be a Massachusetts resident (based upon parents’ full time residence, if still a dependent);
- Be an incoming freshman (or transfer student) enrolled in the UMAINE Surveying Engineering Technology Program (SET/SVT)
- Complete and sign the application and give it to your qualified Sponsor, who will forward it along with his/her letter of recommendation to the MALSCE Education Trust Chair. Also include an official transcript of all grades from previous schools (high school for incoming freshman and college for transfer student). Transcripts may be sent in a separate mailing directly from the school.
2. In order to continue to receive the MALSCE UMaine Scholarship, the Recipient must:
- Remain in the SVT program with a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 for each semester and cumulative.
- Send an official transcript from UMAINE at the end of each semester to the MALSCE Education Trust Chair showing classes taken and grades received together with a cover letter summarizing their academic experience for the semester. Payment by the Trust will be made at the end of each semester once the Trustees have reviewed the submitted documentation.
3. A Sponsor must:
- Be a department head, dean, professor, or teacher who has personal knowledge of the applicant. An applicant’s employer may also be a sponsor. Friends and relatives of the applicant may not be sponsors. The Trustees will not accept a letter of recommendation from a sponsor other than the types listed above.
- Forward the completed application along with his/her letter of recommendation to: Mary Ann Corcoran, PLS, MALSCE Education Trust Chair c/o The Engineering Center, One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108; mcorcoran@hillengineers.org (if sent by email, please follow with hard copy)
CONTACT for application:
Mary Ann Corcoran, PLS, MALSCE Education Trust Chair
c/o The Engineering Center
One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108
Tel: 413/841-0355, Email: mcorcoran@hillengineers.org
