Scholarships
Attracting the brightest students to the steel industry and developing future leaders remains a critical need; and they are strategic initiatives of the Steel Founders’ Society. The Foundation aims to attract the next generation workforce by providing scholarships.
Schumo Scholarship
Established in memory of Robert M. Schumo,
former president of SFSA and Pennsylvania Electric Steel, in recognition of his generous gift that started
Steel Founders’ Society Foundation.
$2,000.00
Awarded to a student intern that has worked at an SFSA member foundry on a particular project
Peaslee Scholarship
Established in honor of the late Dr. Kent Peaslee,
Chair of Steelmaking Technology and Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri
University of Science and Technology.
$2,000.00
Awarded to a student intern that has worked at an SFSA
member foundry in the area of melting or refining
Cooke Scholarship
Created in honor of Jim and Betsy Cooke, a foundry leader and his wife, an inspiration to the Society.
$2,000.00
Awarded to a student intern that has worked at an SFSA
member foundry on a project focused on management or other non-technical or production.
Stevens Scholarship
Created in honor of Sandy Stevens, wife of Tom Stevens, who edited our Handbook and other Society publications.
$2,000.00
Awarded to a student intern that has worked at an SFSA
member foundry on a project focused on high alloys (corrosion, heat and wear resistant SFSA-supported grades). The High Alloy scholarship offers the opportunity for an additional $3000 scholarship (contact SFSA for additional details).
The scholarships are competitive. Each applicant is required to submit a paper and PowerPoint with results of a particular project they have completed during their employment at an SFSA member foundry. The presentation must illustrate a specific task or investigation and be shared at the annual T&O Conference.