ASSP Foundation Academic Scholarships Grant

ASSP Foundation Academic Scholarships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Foundation
Last Updated: October 21, 2025

Summary

The ASSP Foundation Academic Scholarships provide vital financial support to students in environmental health and safety programs. With over $6 million awarded since 1990, the foundation aims to enhance career prospects through education and leadership development. In the 2024-2025 academic year, $215,000 was allocated to 117 recipients, fostering a sustainable talent pipeline in EHS. This initiative not only promotes the profession but also ensures a safer future for workers by encouraging new talent to enter the field.

Overview

About Us Serving as the charitable arm of ASSP, the ASSP Foundation provides financial and programmatic support of the profession on behalf of ASSP and the ASSP community. The ASSP Foundation is committed to a safer future for workers. We advance environmental health and safety (EHS), we promote EHS as a career choice, and we help build a sustainable talent pipeline for the profession. The ASSP Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization, EIN 36-6145045. Donations are tax-deductible. Impacting Lives Since 1990, the ASSP Foundation has awarded more than $6 million in academic scholarships and professional education grants to environmental health and safety students and professionals working towards their educational goals. For the 2024-2025 program year, the ASSP Foundation awarded $215,000 in academic scholarships to 117 students within the environmental health and safety field, preparing for their careers or looking to supplement their careers with additional college coursework. ASSP Foundation Academic Scholarships The ASSP Foundation has invested more than $6 million into the environmental health and safety community to develop opportunities for career guidance, education and leadership development. The charitable effort is designed to attract new individuals to the profession as well as enhance the knowledge and skills of current safety students and professionals.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Academic scholarships are available for students within the environmental health and safety field, preparing for their careers or looking to supplement their careers with additional college coursework.Must be enrolled in an EHS-related degree program and taking courses in the 2024-2025 academic year, with at least three (3) credit hours in progress. You may be earning your associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s degree, or be enrolled in a doctorate program.

Ineligibility

College coursework is not covered by professional education grants.Due to federal and international taxation and regulations, scholarships are not available to students studying outside of the United States.