Scholarships Available:
AACE International North Florida Section will award scholarships of up to $1,000, for Florida residents or students enroll in a Florida University or College. Awardees will be notified by email. The scholarships will be issued as a payment on the awardee’s behalf sent directly to the University / College financial office.
Timing:
For 2024, the scholarship application must is a two-step process. The application shall be fill and submitted online via the following link: Scholarship Application and the Essay (minimum 250 words) shall be email to nflaace@gmail.com with "2024 Scholarship" as the email subject.
Both steps shall be completed by 11:59pm on May 4th, 2024.
Applicants must be currently enrolled in a program related to cost engineering/cost management with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 Grading scale). These programs include:
Applicants in their final undergraduate year must have been accepted to attend a full-time graduate program in the next academic year to qualify for a scholarship.
Evaluation Criteria:
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of academic performance (35%), extracurricular activities or employment (35%), and an essay (30%) on the value of study of cost engineering or total cost management. The essay should explain how AACE’s principles could be an important part of your career goals.
The essay should explain how AACE’s principles could be an important part of your career goals.
AACE International is dedicated to advancing the study of cost engineering, and project management through the integrative process of total cost management. To promote this objective, AACE awards academic scholarships to full-time students pursuing a related degree in engineering, construction management, building construction, computer sciences, business, information technology, etc. The cost engineering profession uses the process of total cost management to identify and define those areas of business in which the discipline of cost engineering and cost management principles may be applied to plan and control resources, assets, costs, profitability, and risk. The major elements of the cost engineering discipline include estimating, project controls, planning and scheduling, business sciences, and project management.
