WELCOME TO IAPD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The IAPD Charitable Foundation was established in 1981 as a non-profit tax exempt corporation to provide scholarships at the undergraduate and graduate degree levels to employees of IAPD member firms and their children, as well as students enrolled in a professional sales program (major, minor or concentration).
Each year, worthy recipients are awarded up to US$5,000 to provide meaningful financial support for their college/university education.
The IAPD Annual Scholarship Program:
- Provides meaningful financial support for the education of worthy scholarship candidates.
- Benefits the business community through well-educated employees.
- Exposes scholarship candidates to the ever-expanding plastics industry.
- Strengthens IAPD through a direct link to education today.
Funds for the scholarship program are collected primarily through donations from IAPD member companies. To find out how you can support the IAPD Annual Scholarship Program, please contact the IAPD Charitable Foundation at +913.345.1005.
To apply for a 2025 IAPD scholarship, college-bound high school seniors and college/university students at the undergraduate or graduate degree level must meet one of the following criteria:
- Be employeed by an IAPD member company, or
- Be a child of an employee of an IAPD member company, or
- Be enrolled in a professional sales program (major, minor or concentration).
Candidates must have a minimum of a 3.5 cumulative GPA based on a 4.0 scale. Recipients are ranked based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities and essay and presentation. Scholarship applicants are not eligible to win an IAPD scholarship two years in a row.
In addition to completing the online scholarship application form, submitted scholarship applications must include the following supporting materials to be considered:
- A 500-word, one page essay on:
- Please describe one performance plastic item that you use daily that enriches or impacts your life.
Performance plastics are not single-use plastics, they are long-lasting plastic materials that can be used to replace metal, wood and other materials in critical applications. They can be strong, lightweight, flexible, durable and even environmentally friendly. Watch this video to learn more about what performance plastics are and see examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcjxcu_ksPA - A current transcript.
- The addendum page of this application
Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. All information submitted will be maintained in confidence and used solely for purposes of analyzing the scholarship application.