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Green Home Improvement Scholarship (ID 2054)


Scholarship Description

Start Date:
4/1/2017
Deadline:
12/15/2017
Website:
http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/scholarships/#.VsdbNRgrK1s
Amount:
3 - $5000
Description:
Tell Us How You Would Solve America’s Skilled Labor Problem.

Imagine a world — just 30 short years from now — in which no one knows how to build a house or fix a leaky toilet.

America’s facing a problem that could make that kind of situation a reality: High school and college students have stopped pursuing careers in important skilled labor trades like plumbing, carpentry, and heating and cooling. As a result, there is a shortage of younger workers with the knowledge and skills necessary to take the place of older, retiring workers. This means that there may soon be few people who know how to perform the work that keeps our homes and businesses in good working order!

Contact Information

Email:
[email protected]

Eligibility

Gender:
NA
Eligibility:
-High school seniors who’ve been accepted to a college or trade school
-Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college, university or trade school in the United States
Special Criteria:
Our challenge to you: How do we fix it?
HomeAdvisor will award a $5,000 scholarship to three students who can devise a creative solution to America’s skilled labor crisis — further detailed in HomeAdvisor’s 2016 Skilled Labor Shortage Report — by answering two questions:

What would be your strategy for solving the labor shortage?
What would you do to encourage others to attend a trade school instead of a four-year college?

Here’s what you need to know:

How to enter:
Simply email your well-developed, 1,000- to 2,000-word essay to [email protected]. (Be sure to proofread it first.)