INDOT offers scholarships for aspiring engineers

Indianapolis, In. — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is offering scholarships as well as paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation to civil engineering students.

INDOT’s scholarship program offers students $3,125 per semester or $2,083 per trimester for up to five years of post-secondary civil engineering education. Students can use scholarship funds for education expenses, fees and textbooks. In return, scholarship recipients work for INDOT in full-time, paid positions during their summer breaks and upon graduation.

Qualified students must be accepted to or enrolled full time in one of Indiana’s certified civil engineering schools. Eligible schools include Purdue University Fort Wayne, Purdue University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Trine University, University of Evansville, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern Indiana and Valparaiso University.

Applications for the 2019-2020 academic school year must be submitted by Dec. 31, 2018, and can be completed at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov.

To learn more about INDOT’s Engineering Scholarship program, click here. Parents or students with questions about the process can contact Workforce Development Manager K.D. Thurman at [email protected] or 317-234-8551.