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.
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.
$1,000.00
Awarded to a student intern that has worked at an SFSA
member foundry in the area of melting or refining
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.
$1,000.00
Awarded to a student intern that has worked at an SFSA member foundry on a particular project
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.
SFSA Congratulates the 2022 Scholarship Recipients:
Payton Altum – Harrison Steel Castings Company
Justin Hutches – Howell Foundry
Md Moinuddin Shuvo- Ashland Foundry & Machine Works, LLC
Jacob Sklenar – MetalTek International
Brian Stripp – MetalTek International