The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association has announced the availability of seven undergraduate scholarships for tuition assistance. This year REMSA is offering a total of $20,000 in scholarships. Two $5,000 President's Scholarships and five individual scholarships at $2,000 will be awarded.

Scholarship funds, awarded annually, are sent to the financial aid office at each recipient's institution to be applied to the student's account at the beginning of the fall term of study. Students must be in attendance for a full year following receipt of the award.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for consideration, an applicant must

• be a full- or part-time employee of a REMSA member company; or the spouse, son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter of a current full-time employee of a REMSA member company. An employee who is the scholarship applicant does not have to be a full-time employee;

• be enrolled and in attendance at the time of application as a full-time college student at an accredited two-year college offering an associate's degree or an accredited college or university offering a bachelor's degree; and

• demonstrate successful completion of the previous year of study and a willingness to continue.

To apply for REMSA's 2011 Scholarship Program, visit www.remsa.org.