Southern Section A&WMA Scholarships
The purpose of the Southern Section A&WMA Scholarship Program is to assist graduate students pursuing careers in the environmental areas of air quality, water quality, and/or waste management. Examples of eligible graduate study may include research and development of new or improved air or water pollution control technologies; waste treatment, reuse or recycling technologies; physical or chemical characterization of pollutants; and innovative policies aimed to achieve environmental benefits. The applicant's goals should be directed toward achievement of A&WMA's purpose as stated in the Bylaws quoted below:
"The purpose of the Association is to promote better understanding of problems in the fields of air pollution and hazardous waste management within the geographic area of the Section and to provide a means for exchanging information directed toward solving those problems."
Applicants must be pursuing a graduate-level course of study and research leading to a career related to air or water quality, waste management, pollution prevention, environmental policy/compliance/law, or sustainability. Applicants must also be attending a full-time graduate school program at a university within the area of the A&WMA Southern Section (i.e., Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi & Tennessee) for the 2025-2026 academic year.
For the 2025-2026 academic year, the Southern Section will present two $1,500 scholarship awards. The Section's Student Scholarship Awards Committee will review all applications received. Announcement of the scholarship awards will be made by the Committee by May 31 and awarded at the Southern Section Annual Meeting, to be held August 27-29, 2025 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
A link to the 2025-2026 A&WMA Southern Section scholarship application form is provided below. If you have any questions, please contact Carla Brown.
Follow the link to the 2025-2026 A&WMA Southern Section scholarship application package here or copy and paste the following URL in your web browser: http://www.ss-awma.org/ss-scholarship.html.
For the 2025-2026 academic year, the Southern Section will present two $1,500 scholarship awards. The Section's Student Scholarship Awards Committee will review all applications received. Announcement of the scholarship awards will be made by the Committee by May 31 and awarded at the Southern Section Annual Meeting, to be held August 27-29, 2025 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
A link to the 2025-2026 A&WMA Southern Section scholarship application form is provided below. If you have any questions, please contact Carla Brown.
Follow the link to the 2025-2026 A&WMA Southern Section scholarship application package here or copy and paste the following URL in your web browser: http://www.ss-awma.org/ss-scholarship.html.