Scholarship Program

Our awards target plumbing and HVAC apprentices & trade school students, plus college students pursuing studies directly related to the plumbing-heating-cooling industry.

Hit the button below to see who won our 2025 scholarships and read their thank you notes to the donors & sponsors who made their awards possible.
2025 Scholarship Winners

In 2026, we awarded 80 scholarships, thanks to the Foundation’s donors and generous support from these sponsors:

• A.O. Smith – Two Awards
• Bernzomatic – Eighteen Awards, including three $5,000 scholarships
• Bradford White – Five Awards
• Delta Faucet Company – Six Awards
• Ferguson Cares Foundation, HOLA Business Resource Group – Four Awards
• Home Depot PRO – Four Awards
• HomeServe – Nine Awards
• InSinkErator – Two Awards
• RIDGID – Three Awards
• State Water Heaters – One Award
• Zoeller – Two Awards
• Additional awards are sponsored by Bill Jones, Gerry Kennedy, the Gil Meyerowitz estate, PHCC of Massachusetts Auxiliary, and the PHCC Past National Officers

• A PHCC-approved plumbing or HVACR apprentice program or the Foundation’s Fast Track to Service & Repair online courses. Apprentices or technicians 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. Check to see if your employer is a member of PHCC here.
• 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.

Additional program rules apply.

On the scholarship form, applicants will be asked to provide detailed responses to 5 background and experience questions. Applicants can use the blanks in the application form, OR download & complete this PHCC Scholarship Essay Answers Form (Word document) then upload it using the upload tool in the application platform.

The expectation is that applicants will provide 3-4 sentence answers minimum per question. Applicants are asking our donors to give them potentially thousands of dollars – they expect applicants to earn those funds with thoughtful and complete answers to these questions. The answers to these questions are what make the most impact on receiving a scholarship or not. Applicants are strongly encouraged to take the time to prepare their answers like they would take the time to prepare for an important test.

Tip – Applicants can use voice-to-text on their computer or phone to talk out answers if that is easier than typing. Remember to do a proofreading and grammar check before uploading answers.

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.

Contractor and Instructor Recommendation Letter Templates
Want to provide your applicant with a letter of recommendation? Download some example letters from here and add details about your applicant. Please DO NOT use the exact same letter for multiple employees/students with just the names changed. This will hurt your applicants’ scores and their ability to receive an award.

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 scholarships@naphcc.org.