SkillsUSA National Championships Scholarship

Award Maximum: Full Tuition

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App Deadline:

Jun 05, 2025

Eligibility:

N/A

Provider:

SkillsUSA

Available Campus(es):

All

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About this Scholarship

About SkillsUSA

Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA is a national membership association for middle school, high school and trade school students preparing for careers in the skilled trades. The organization partners with industry, students and teachers to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Throughout its history, SkillsUSA has served more than 13.5 million members. SkillsUSA advances its mission by local chapter educational programs, district and state conferences and the SkillsUSA Championships. Through partnerships with other organizations, SkillsUSA offers several scholarships to eligible members.^{^^xi}

What is it?

A national competition for high school seniors judged by SkillsUSA judges with scholarships as the prizes. HVAC, welding fabrication and welding are the categories they can compete in.
Awards are 100 percent tuition for the first-place winner, 50 percent tuition for the second-place winner and 25 percent tuition for the third-place winner.

When is it?

The National Leadership and Skills Conference and SkillsUSA Championships is scheduled for June 23 – 27, 2025.

Who can apply?

SkillsUSA members.
First-place medalists selected on a competitive basis during state competitions.
Those who are registered with the organization and have attended the mandatory contest orientation meeting.
Additional contest rules and requirements can be found in the SkillsUSA
Championships Technical Standards. Click here for more information.

How to apply?

In order to compete in the National Championships, you must be a member of SkillsUSA and win first place in the state competitions.

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Additional Sources

HVAC/R

^**i https://www.ahrinet.org/scholarships-education/rees-scholarship-foundation
^**iii https://www.phccnationalauxiliary.org/about-us

Welding

^*i https://www.aws.org/about/
^*ii https://www.aws.org/foundation/page/scholarships
^*iii https://app.aws.org/sections/dist_list
^*iv https://www.aws.org/foundation/page/welder-training-scholarship
^*v https://www.aws.org/foundation/page/national-scholarships#Sections
^*vi https://www.smeef.org/about-smeef/who-we-are/
^*vii https://www.smeef.org/sme-education-foundation-scholarships/scholarship-opportunities/
^*viii https://www.fmamfg.org/about

Electrical

^***i https://www.publicpower.org/deed-funding-students

Military

^{^i} https://www.military.com/education/money-for-school/learn-how-to-find-scholarships.html

Trade School

^{^^i} https://www.fastweb.com/college-scholarships/articles/vocational-and-trade-school-scholarships
^{^^ii} https://trustedpros.com/about
^{^^iii} https://trustedpros.com/scholarships
^{^^iv} https://nths.org/who-we-are/
^{^^v} https://nths.org/scholarships-2/
^{^^vi} https://imagine-america.org/about
^{^^vii} https://imagine-america.org/students
^{^^viii} https://www.americantrucks.com/scholarships.html
^{^^ix} http://www.wrksolutions.com/about-us
^{^^x} http://www.wrksolutions.com/for-individuals/financial-aid
^{^^xi} https://www.skillsusa.org/who-we-are/
^{^^xii} https://www.skillsusa.org/recognition/scholarships-and-grants/