NIBA Presidential Scholarships
National Industrial Belting Association
Award: $4,000
Deadline: Apr 1, 2026
To provide financial assistance to an individual pursuing a minimum two-year course at an accredited college, university, or technical school. Qualifications: Applicants must be a child of an employee of an active niba distributor/fabricator or manufacturer member company; applicants must employee of an active niba member company; must attend a two-year or more accredited college, university or technical school; applicant must be a high school senior (or have ged equivalent), or a college student; applicant may not be a previous winner. note applicant may win a different scholarship than applicant won in the past (i.e. previous presidential scholarship winners are eligible for the memorial scholarship, and vice versa). Selection criteria: Selection will be candidates based on the following allocation: 40% = academic achievement (20 GPA, 20 SAT/ACT score); 60% = essay. How to apply: Applicants must submit online applications; should include academic achievement: sat or act scores (completed within the past 6 years); gpa (4.0 scale use this link to convert applicant gpa to the 4.0 scale if necessary); one or two-page essay (maximum 1,000 words) on one of these topics: what are the most important issues applicant field is facing today? what do applicant consider to be the single most important societal problem? why? explain the importance of applicant major in today’s society; choose a book or books that have affected applicant deeply and explain why; all applications must be completed online and in English. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.