Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program

American Road and Transportation Builders Association

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 2/1/2025

Closes: 4/15/2025

Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program provides financial assistance for college to children of highway workers killed or disabled on the job.

Win up to

$5,000

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: Yes
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to the sons, daughters, and legally adopted children of highway workers who have died or become permanently disabled in roadway construction zone accidents.

Applicants must be attending or planning to attend an accredited 4year college or university, 2-year college, or vocational/technical school.

Candidates for an M.B.A. degree or a master's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or another constructionrelated program are also eligible.

Their parent must have been employed by a transportation construction firm or a transportation public agency at the time of death or disabling injury.

Selection is based on academic performance (GPA of 2.5 or higher), a 200word statement from the applicant on reasons for wanting to continue education, letters of recommendation, and financial need.