Graybar Construction Trades Scholarship Opportunity
Date Posted: March 6, 2025
Posted In: News, Workforce,
Graybar has established a scholarship to help raise the visibility of opportunities in the construction trades and to remove barriers for students who have financial need.
The Graybar Construction Trades Scholarship will be awarded to students who will enroll full time as undergraduate students in an accredited nonprofit two-year college or technical school program in the construction trades. Students in apprenticeship programs will also be considered. The scholarship amount will be $2,500 and it is renewable for a maximum of four semesters of community college, technical school, trade school, vocational school, or full-time or part-time in an apprenticeship program in the construction trades. The renewal of funding is dependent upon the applicant continuing to make satisfactory progress toward a degree and continuing to demonstrate financial need.
Scholarship applications are due April 15, 2025.
Eligibility
To be eligible, the applicant must:
- Be a graduating high school senior, have graduated high school, or have earned a high school equivalency diploma (GED, HiSET, TASC)
- Plan to enroll full time in a nonprofit community college, technical school, trade school, vocational school or full-time or part-time in apprenticeship program in the United States of America.
- Intend to complete an associate degree, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or certificate program leading to work in the construction trades (such as carpentry, construction management, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting, sheet metal, welding, telcom, etc.)
- Have achieved a minimum grade point average (G.P.A.) of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, 456 on the GED, or 60 on the HiSET (at least an 8 on each subtest) or equivalent scores on a state-sanctioned test
- Demonstrate financial need
How to Apply
- Click here to view the Graybar Construction Trades Scholarship
- Click “sign in” or “sign up” on the top right corner
- Complete the My Scholarship Central General Application – this is the student’s profile. If county or high school is not listed, select “other”
- Check “recommended opportunities” list for the Graybar Construction Trades Scholarship.
- Click orange “apply” button, answer the questions and click “submit”
The Graybar Construction Trades Scholarship program is administered by the St. Louis Community Foundation. Eligibility, financial need, and award amount for this scholarship program will be determined by the St. Louis Community Foundation. This scholarship program, as a component fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation, does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, national origin, gender, age, color, sexual orientation, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.
If you have trouble accessing the online application, would like more information, or have questions about scholarships, please contact:
Ellen Vietor
Scholarships Manager
scholarships@stlgives.org
314-880-4960