Paul and Helen Lenchuck Scholarship Program

The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) Education and Research Foundation has established the Paul and Helen Lenchuck Scholarship Program for full-time students engaged in the pursuit of an engineering (structural, architectural engineering, or related field) graduate degree at eligible colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The purpose of this program is to support students pursuing a graduate degree in the engineering field while encouraging innovative design, application, or utilization of manufactured concrete masonry and hardscape products in the built environment.

Eligibility

The scholarship fund is specifically targeted to support graduate-level students.

• Before the start of the proposed period of study (but not necessarily at the time of application), the applicant must possess a bachelors degree from a higher education institution which is accredited by the responsible regional or national agency.
• At the time of acceptance of the scholarship (but not necessarily at the time of application), the applicant must be accepted for graduate study at a college or university in an engineering, construction, architecture, or materials science program. The applicant’s formal and independent study must focus on the use of concrete masonry as a building material.
• To receive the full scholarship award, the recipient must be an enrolled graduate student during the entire scholarship period.
• The applicant must be proficient in the English language. If English is not the applicant’s native language, a TOEFL or GRE score must be submitted along with the application.
• Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA (based on a 4 point system) prior to and throughout the scholarship period.

This scholarship program is administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability or national origin.