The Scholarship Committee is pleased to offer scholarships for both environmental field majors and for non-environmental related majors whose studies align with NEWEA’s mission. One $2000 scholarship will be awarded to a qualifying Undergraduate (associate’s or bachelor’s program) or Graduate applicant in the field of civil/environmental engineering or related sciences and one $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a student interested in working in the water industry and currently enrolled in any field certificate, associate’s, or bachelor’s program. The scholarship recipients will also receive a one-year Student membership to NEWEA.

• Applicants must be enrolled on a full-time basis in an approved program leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree in the field of civil/environmental engineering or related sciences.
• Undergraduate or Graduate Applicants must be entering their second year of full time college studies as of September 2024. Applicants who are concluding their studies in the 2024-2025 academic year(including Summer 2025) are also eligible to apply.
• The program study must be approved by the NEWEA Scholarship Committee and it must be directly related to the water environment. The program must be at a college or university in one of the six New England states, and pertaining to one of the following fields of study:
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Water Resources Management
  • Environmental Biology
  • Civil Engineering in a program with a documented emphasis on Environmental Engineering or Water Resources Management; and similarly named or focused programs.