Rusty & Debbie Hoffman Family Scholarship Grant

Rusty & Debbie Hoffman Family Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Society Of Heating Refrigerating & A C Engineers
Amount: Up to US $5,000
Last Updated: December 21, 2025

Summary

The Rusty & Debbie Hoffman Family Scholarship supports aspiring undergraduate mechanical or architectural engineering students from ASHRAE Region IV. This one-year scholarship is available to those with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or in the top 30% of their class, studying at accredited institutions with recognized ASHRAE student branches. The scholarship aims to foster the next generation of professionals dedicated to sustainable heating, ventilation, and air conditioning solutions in the built environment.

Overview

ASHRAE's Mission and Vision Mission: To serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and their allied fields. Vision: A healthy and sustainable built environment for all. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality and sustainability within the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s global built environment today. ASHRAE is an international society of more than 50,000 heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning professionals from over 132 nations dedicated to serving humanity and promoting a sustainable world. Rusty & Debbie Hoffman Family Scholarship A one-year scholarship available to a qualified undergraduate mechanical or architectural engineering student enrolled at one of the schools listed below or who has graduated from a high school within the geographic boundaries of ASHRAE Region IV (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia): North Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityEast Carolina UniversityUniversity of North Carolina – Charlotte Scholarships are available to full-time undergraduate engineering or pre-engineering students pursuing a Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree in a course of study that has traditionally been a preparatory curriculum for the HVAC&R profession at a school.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must have a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a scale where 4.0 is the highest and/or a class standing of no less than the top 30% and meet at least one of the following criteria:The institution hosts a recognized ASHRAE student branch ASHRAE Student Branches orThe program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)The program is accredited by the Consejo de Acreditacion de la Ensenanza de la Ingenieria (CACEI)