ASCE Florida Section: E. Bruce Lawson Leadership Scholarships Grant

The ASCE Florida Section: E. Bruce Lawson Leadership Scholarships provide $1,500 to undergraduate students pursuing civil engineering at Florida universities. Established in 2021, this scholarship honors Bruce Lawson, a past ASCE Florida Section President. Eligible applicants include LGBQT students and those focusing on utilities within civil engineering. Recipients are selected by the current ASCE Florida Section President and must be active ASCE members, fostering leadership and community engagement among future civil engineers.

American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 160,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries.
ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment. The Society advances civil engineering technical specialties through nine dynamic institutes and leads with its many professional- and public-focused programs.
2025 Florida Section Scholarship Information
The ASCE Florida Section and Florida Engineering Foundation are pleased to announce the 2025 scholarship endowment partnerships. These endowments support 9 scholarships for students studying civil engineering in Florida universities and are awarded each year at the ASCE Florida Section Annual Conference. All applicants must be ASCE members and pursuing their studies in civil engineering at a Florida school.
ASCE Florida Section: E. Bruce Lawson Leadership Scholarships
The E. Bruce Lawson Scholarship Endowment was established in 2021 to support undergraduate scholarships. Bruce is a past ASCE Florida Section President and a former ASCE Region 5 Governor. He is a professional engineer who graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This undergraduate scholarship will be announced each year by the current ASCE Florida Section President to highlight an area of civil engineering of common interest between Bruce and the current Section President.
Rob Best, 2024-2025 ASCE Florida Section President, has designated that this scholarship be awarded to a student who has selected utilities focus within Civil Engineering. This scholarship is also open to any undergraduate LGBQT student pursuing a degree in civil engineering. The scholarship award is $1,500.

Eligibility

The scholarship is open to any undergraduate student who meets either of the following criteria:

• Any undergraduate LGBQT student pursuing a degree in civil engineering, OR

A student who has selected utilities focus within Civil Engineering (as designated by Rob Best, 2024-2025 ASCE Florida Section President).The applicant is an active member of his/her local ASCE student chapter.This scholarship program is open to all undergraduate students who have not previously won the undergraduate scholarships.
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