Due Oct 5, 2026
Association for Iron & Steel Technology Scholarships
Direct application
$7,500
50 winners
Eligibility
Major
Chemical Engineering
Education level
Undergraduate
Year of study
Second year
Status
Canada
Grades
GPA 2.5+
About this scholarship
Full-time sophomores, juniors, and seniors at accredited North American universities majoring in engineering, engineering technology, computer science, data science, safety, or industrial hygiene who plan careers in the iron and steel industry may apply. Applicants must be USMCA citizens (U.S., Canada, or Mexico) with a minimum 2.5 GPA.
Recipients receive a $7,500 scholarship and must commit to a paid summer internship at a North American steel-related company. AIST assists with internship placement, and self-placed internships require pre-approval.
Apply with an essay, resume, transcript, and recommendation letters expressing strong interest in the iron and steel industry by the October 5 deadline.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Essay describing professional goals, interest in a steel-industry career, and applicable skills
- Resume
- Academic transcript
- One to five recommendation letters submitted directly to AIST
- Essay length limit is stated as 'not to exceed two pages' (no word/character count given); a typical 2-page double-spaced essay is roughly 500-1000 words
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
- Resume in PDF format (academic info, work experience, extracurriculars, leadership)
- Academic transcript (official or unofficial accepted)
- Minimum 1, maximum 5 recommendation letters (preferably from a steel company representative and/or discipline-related professor), submitted directly by the author to AIST
- Recipients must commit to a paid summer internship at a North American steel-related company; self-placed internships require AIST pre-approval.