PHCC Educational Foundation

Scholarship Program

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We Awarded 57 scholarships worth up to $139,000 this year!

The PHCC Educational Foundation and its industry partners are teaming up to provide financial assistance to students pursuing a career in the p-h-c industry.

Contractors, be sure to have your apprentices apply! Even if your company pays for apprenticeship training, a scholarship win will help offset your training costs and build a sense of accomplishment for the apprentice who wins. Please limit applications to a max of four per company and tap your best set of apprentices to send in their applications.


The 2023 Application Period is Now Closed
All applicants were notified of their status in August. The 2024 application season will open in January.

Questions? E-mail us at [email protected].

For 2023, there were 57 scholarship awards available, thanks to the Foundation’s donors and generous support from these sponsors:

  • A.O. Smith
  • Bradford White
  • Delta Faucet Company
  • InSinkErator
  • RIDGID
  • Scorpion Home Services Marketing
  • Sterling, a Kohler Brand
  • SupplyHouse.com
  • State Water Heaters
  • Viega
  • Additional awards are sponsored by Bill Jones, Gerry Kennedy, PHCC of Massachusetts Auxiliary, PHCC of Texas Auxiliary, and the PHCC Past National Officers

 

Open to applicants who are legal United States residents (citizens, green card holders, etc.). Applicants must be currently enrolled in or plan to enroll in:
  • A PHCC-approved plumbing or HVACR apprentice program. Students must also be working full-time for a licensed plumbing or HVAC contractor who is a member of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association. Approved courses of study are plumbing or HVACR installation, service and repair.
  • A full-time certificate or degree program at an accredited two-year community college, technical college, or trade school, with a major directly related to the plumbing-heating-cooling (p-h-c) profession. Approved majors are: business management; mechanical CAD design; construction management with a specialty in mechanical construction; and plumbing or HVACR installation, service and repair.
  • A full-time undergraduate degree program at an accredited four-year college or university, with a major directly related to the plumbing-heating-cooling (p-h-c) profession. Approved majors are: business management; construction management with a specialization in mechanical construction; and mechanical engineering.
  • A maximum of four employees from any one employer may win an award in any given year.

Also open to Canadian citizen apprentices enrolled in a PHCC-approved plumbing or HVACR apprentice program. Canadian applicants must also be working full-time for a licensed plumbing or HVAC contractor who is a member of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association. Approved courses of study are plumbing or HVACR installation, service and repair.

 

Notes:

  1. Scholarships awarded through the PHCC Educational Foundation are designed to assist students who plan to major in a field of study directly related to the p-h-c industry. If an applicant plans to pursue a course of study in one of the approved major areas listed above, but the trade school, college or university uses a different name for their particular program, the applicant should submit official documentation from their school that describes the major and course of study.
  2. To be considered a full-time student, applicants must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of credit or the minimum number of credits required by the applicant’s institution to qualify for full-time student status, whichever is greater.
  3. To be eligible for the PHCC of Massachusetts Auxiliary award, applicants must attend/plan to attend a 4-year college and be be a resident of Massachusetts. The PHCC of Massachusetts Auxiliary scholarship award has no restrictions on course of study.
  4. To be eligible for the PHCC of Texas Auxiliary award, applicants must be also be a resident of Texas. The PHCC of Texas Auxiliary scholarship award has no restrictions on course of study.

Additional program rules apply.


The apprentices and students applying for scholarships from the PHCC Educational Foundation must collect letters of recommendation to complete their application. The application form allows applicants to upload a letter of recommendation they already have OR send a request message to a person they would like to write a letter for them.

Read below if you have received a request from an applicant to submit a letter of recommendation.
Note – If you are unwilling to provide a letter of recommendation, please contact the applicant directly so that he/she may select another reference. Your letter will be considered confidential and will be read only by the Review Committee.

Need a template to get started?
Download some example letters from here and add details about your applicant.

Who Can Provide a Letter of Recommendation (L.O.R.)?
– PHCC Members: Your company must be a contractor business member of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association. Please write the L.O.R. on company letterhead and be sure to sign it. The letter of recommendation cannot be from the scholarship applicant’s parent or guardian. For apprentice applicants, ideally the L.O.R. would be from the applicant’s direct supervisor or the business owner. Members of the PHCC Association Executives Council are also eligible to provide a L.O.R. for an applicant.

– Academic Advisor/Counselor/Instructor: To provide an academic L.O.R., you must be the applicant’s teacher, instructor, principal, guidance counselor, academic advisor, etc. In the case of an apprentice or tech taking online training through the PHCC Academy, the person providing the applicant with their hands-on training can provide this L.O.R.

If you require assistance, or have questions about qualifications, application details, or the scholarship program? Contact us at [email protected]g.

The application and all required materials must be submitted online no later than May 1st each year. Applications are reviewed over the summer and winners are selected in late July. All applicants are notified of their status by mid-August,

PHCC National Auxiliary Scholarships

Under a separate program, the PHCC National Auxiliary also awards scholarship each year.

Learn More

2023 Scholarship Program Sponsors