Northwest Fisheries Scholarship Program Grant

Northwest Fisheries Scholarship Program Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Northwest Fisheries Association
Amount: US $2,500 - US $5,000
Last Updated: January 18, 2026

Summary

The Northwest Fisheries Scholarship Program, managed by the Northwest Fisheries Association (NWFA), aims to support members' families in pursuing post-secondary education. Scholarships are awarded to qualified employees, their spouses, partners, and dependents. Each year, multiple scholarships, including the Bob Boroughs and Ted Evans Endowment Fund Scholarships, are available, with awards exceeding $5,000 for full-time students and up to $2,500 for part-time students. This initiative fosters education within the seafood industry.

Overview

The Northwest Fisheries Association (NWFA)'s goal is twofold: to provide NWFA members an environment in which to network business opportunities, and to supply them with current information on state and federal policy, fish standards and quality control, transportation, and tax and environmental issues. The NWFA currently represents approximately 180 member companies, including primary and secondary seafood processors, seafood brokers and distributors, and direct-support industry members. These businesses, primarily from Washington, Alaska and Canada, produce a wide variety of fish and shellfish products, and distribute them worldwide. The Northwest Fisheries Association (NWFA) Scholarship Fund was established for the purpose of providing financial assistance for post-secondary education to all NWFA member company families. Awards For full-time study (12 semester or quarter hours per term in a term-based program using credit hours) there will be a minimum of three named NWFA Scholarships awarded each year: the Bob Boroughs Endowment Fund Scholarship, the Ted Evans Endowment Fund Scholarship and the Ted Stevens Memorial Scholarship. Other scholarship awards may be given by the board of trustees at their discretion, and may include a Past Presidents’ Scholarship, a Board Scholarship and a NWFA scholarship. Awards of $5,000 or more are granted. For part-time study one scholarship up to $2,500 (to cover tuition and books) will be awarded. Only one scholarship per applicant per year will be awarded and no applicant can be awarded a NWFA scholarship more than twice.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Any qualified member company employee, or a spouse, domestic partner or dependent of a qualified employee who plans to attend college or a vocational-technical school in the upcoming school year is eligible to apply for a scholarship. To qualify for eligibility the employee must have a minimum of one year of employment.The NWFA Scholarship Fund allows unmarried couples living together in committed, on-going family relationships to participate. Couples who meet the following conditions to be eligible:both are eighteen years of age or older;neither is married to any person;are not related by blood to one another in a manner that would bar their marriage in Washington State;are living together in a relationship of mutual support, caring, and commitment;and do not have any other domestic partner.A “qualifying dependent” must satisfy all of the following tests:Relationship to qualified member company employee:Spouse,Child, stepchild, foster child, sibling or stepsibling, or grandchild. Must be under the age of 19 at the end of the tax year, or under the age of 24 if a full-time student for at least five months of the year, or be permanently and totally disabled at any time during the year. Did not provide more than one-half of his/her own support for the year.