Six students to be awarded $10,000 per year and paid summer internships for
up to four years
WALTHAM,
Mass. and BROOKLYN,
N.Y., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Grid
today announced the launch of a scholarship program aimed at
increasing diversity in engineering across Massachusetts and New York. The Company will begin accepting
applications today and will select six candidates for the 2022-2023
academic year to each receive a $10,000 scholarship and a paid summer internship
in National Grid's Massachusetts
or New York business. Scholarship
and internship recipients who continue to meet the program's
criteria may continue receiving these benefits for up to four
years.
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"As one of the biggest drivers of the delivery of a clean energy
future, we know we must also invest in the workforce needed to
achieve net zero," said John
Pettigrew, Chief Executive Officer, National Grid. "I
strongly believe that National Grid can be a force for doing good.
This scholarship fund is part of our continuing commitment to
ensuring that our workforce is diverse and ready to bring fresh new
ideas to fight climate change, the generational challenge we all
face. I can't wait to bring these engineering students on board and
support them as they prepare to lead the future."
Core to National Grid is the Company's Responsible Business
Charter and an explicit commitment to forging a truly diverse,
equitable and inclusive talent pool. National Grid is also
committed to creating a culture where every colleague is valued for
their unique skills, backgrounds, expertise, and insights.
Diversity of identity brings fresh thinking and innovation, which
is why National Grid is committed to achieving fifty-percent
diversity across all Company new talent recruitment programs as
well as among the senior leadership group by 2025.
National Grid Engineering Scholarship Program
Criteria:
- Be high school seniors, high school graduates or current
college undergraduates residing and attending school in
New York or Massachusetts
- Plan to enroll or be enrolled in full-time undergraduate study
at an accredited four-year college or university in New York or Massachusetts for the entire upcoming academic
year
- Maintain a GPA score above 3.0 during scholarship program
- Come from a home with a household income of less than 80% of
the HUD median
- Accepted into an engineering program
- Accept a paid summer internship with National Grid in the
summer of 2023 and each subsequent summer that the engineering
student remains in the scholarship program
- There is no requirement for the scholarship students to apply
for or accept a position at National Grid, post-graduation
The deadline for applications is June 30,
2022. The program will be administered by Scholarship
America. All interested parties can apply at:
https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/ng-chargingourfuture/
About National Grid
National Grid (NYSE: NGG) is an
electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company serving
more than 20 million people through our networks in New York and Massachusetts. National Grid is focused on
building a path to a more affordable, reliable clean energy future
through our fossil-free vision. National Grid is transforming our
electricity and natural gas networks with smarter, cleaner, and
more resilient energy solutions to meet the goal of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions.
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