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The scholarship competition is open each year to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada.

Scholarships to make possible the attainment of a Bachelor's degree or a two-year vocational/technical certification are determined in a competition among eligible applicants that is judged by an independent Selection Committee.

Awards to Members are $2,000 per academic year. They are granted for a specific period from one to four years leading to a Bachelor's degree or a two-year vocational/technical certification.

Awards to Children of Members are: College ― $1,000 per academic year. All awards are renewed each year until a Bachelor's degree is obtained or for a maximum of four years, whichever occurs first. Vocational/Technical School ― $2,000 per year until certification is reached or for a maximum of two years, whichever occurs first.

Eligibility for Competition
An applicant must be either: an IAM member, or the son, daughter, stepchild or legally adopted child of an IAM member.

A Member Applicant
Must have two years of continuous good-standing membership up to and including the closing date of the competition which is February 25, 2004; the IAM member must maintain continuous good-standing membership throughout the life of the award; must be working in a company under contract with the IAM; may apply, whether entering college or vocational/technical school as a freshman or at a higher level with some college credits already completed; may apply as a full-time or part-time student; and if not a winner, may apply again the following year.

Child of a Member Applicant
Must have one living parent with two years' continuous good-standing membership up to and including the closing date of February 25, 2004; must be planning to graduate during the winter or by the end of the spring 2004 school year (i.e., normally a high school senior or completing the last year of college preparatory work); and will be eligible if the parent died after the son or daughter entered high school if the parent had two years of "continuous good-standing membership" at the time of death. A "continuous good-standing membership" is understood to be a period of membership during which the member continuously has paid monthly dues uninterrupted by withdrawal cards. The IAM member must maintain continuous good-standing membership throughout the life of the award.

Scholarships are not Available
● to applicants who do not intend to work without interruption for a Bachelor's degree or completion of a vocational/technical school certification,
● to members' children who are attending or have already attended college or vocational/technical school,
● to children of members on the payroll of the Grand Lodge,
● to graduate students,
● to applicants who do not plan to enroll in an accredited college or vocational/technical school.

How to Apply
There are three different Application Packets: one for children of members (college); one for children of members (vocational/technical school) and one for members (either).
To be valid, an application must be submitted on the appropriate form. Application Packets for the 2004 competition may be obtained by writing to the IAM Scholarship Program, indicating whether applicant is a member, or the child of a member.


Request for IAM Scholarship Application Packet
A Request form for an Application Packet for the 2004 IAM Scholarship Competition is available in the Summer 2003 issue of the IAM Journal. Applications are also available to print out online at:
http://www.goiam.org/visit.asp?c=669