Scholarship Advice

Aside from the National Scholarship Contest provided by the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA), there are some chapters of AFSA across the United States running state-sponsored essay contest that allows students from these states to have a chance of winning additional scholarship money.

So on top of the $2000 scholarship money that you could win in AFSA National Scholarship Program, you can still be eligible to win up to $3000 additional scholarship prize if your respective state is running a state-sponsored AFSA scholarship.

The two common states that offer state-sponsored AFSA scholarship via essay writing contest are the Virginia AFSA Chapter , Connecticut AFSA Chapter and the Georgia Fire Sprinkler Association.

As of this date, the Georgia essay contest for the 2006-2007 is already closed. The new topic and schedule will be announced in the summer of 2007. But for those students from Virginia, they can still submit their 700-1000 word essay that describes the history and impact of automatic fire sprinklers  until March 1, 2007. Virginia AFSA is giving away prizes of $1500 for 1st place, $750 for 2nd place, and $500 for 3rd place.

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