The Home Depot Foundation is taking the initiative to grow its $50 million trades training commitment by introducing a Pro Scholarship Program to prepare the next generation of skilled tradespeople.
The following scholarship program will concede $2,000 in monetary help to high school seniors and graduates entering or currently enrolled in a trade-related program. Scholarships will be granted by The Home Depot Foundation’s charitable accomplice, SkillPointe Foundation.
The ultimate purpose of offering this scholarship program is to compensate for the growing labor shortage in the construction industry. The Path to Pro scholarship program is deliberately intended to eliminate the monetary load for students entering the skilled trades.
The Home Depot Foundation attempts to improvise the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to stop the growing labor shortage, and provide support to communities who are affected by natural disasters. Since 2011, the Foundation has put more than $375 million in veteran causes and worked on more than 50,000 veteran homes and offices. The Foundation has vowed to put half of a billion dollars in veteran causes by 2025 and $50 million in training skilled tradespeople through the Path to Pro program.
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Brief Description
Here is a brief description for you concerning the following scholarship:
| Organization | Home Depot Foundation |
| Educational level | High school and college students |
| Subjects | All |
| Amount | $2,000 |
| Access mode | Online |
| Number of awards | No specific limit |
| City | Any |
| Nationality | Domestic |
| Country | US |
| Contest deadline | June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, December 31, 2021 |
| Application fees | Not required |
| Requirements | No specific requirements |
Who are Eligible?
Following are the eligibility requirements that need to be satisfied to qualify for this following scholarship:
- Applicant should be a high school senior, high school graduate, or have a GED equivalent to enter an authorized construction trade school or postsecondary program in the U.S.
- Applicant must be planning to enroll or already enrolled into a certified building construction trade school or postsecondary program in the U.S.
- Applicant must not be an employee or dependent of an employee of The Home Depot.
- Applicant must be focused on Carpentry, Electrical, HVAC, PLumbing or Construction Management
How to Apply?
To apply for this particular scholarship, the applicant has to visit the link given at the end of this article by clicking on “apply now” and fill out the application form providing all the correct and reliable information about you. The application form also consists of three essays with the topics as follows:
- Tell us about your background and what drives your passion for pursuing a career in the skilled trades?
- Where do you see yourself post graduation and how will this scholarship and education help you achieve your career goals?
- Is there anything you would like to share that might be relavant to winning this award?
The third one optional, but the rest two are must be written in English with a word limit of 250. Once you are done with filling the form, confirm it and submit it.
Benefits
The winners will be notified around six weeks after the application deadline. The winners will be judged based on their application form submission and will be awarded the scholarship amount of $2,000.
Application Deadline
The application deadlines for the following program are as follows:
- June 30, 2021
- September 30, 2021
- December 31, 2021.
