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Scholarship Available for Students on the Path to Environmental or Architectural Careers

  • 04/01/20

JESSUP, MD – An exciting new scholarship is now available to students. The Ambient Bamboo Floors Scholarship is designed to help students who are on the path to any type of environmental or architectural career.

Ambient Bamboo Floors, does more than provide customers with the highest quality, eco-friendly bamboo flooring. The company also cares about helping the youth in our community reach their goals, specifically in academics, providing education regarding the environment. Therefore, they are investing in the education of the next generation vis-a-vis a great scholarship opportunity. The intent is to help one student who shows an interest in sustainability by providing funds to pay for tuition, books or other school-related expenses via an annual merit-based scholarship award.

Any student who wishes to apply for this scholarship program must be enrolled at an accredited two-year or four-year college for the current academic year and must be a resident of the U.S. If selected, the winning student will receive $1,200 in scholarship funds.

All candidates will need to fill out an application, available online, and write a 2,000-word (minimum) essay on one of the following topics:

  • Evaluate the ecological role bamboo has played throughout the course of human history and determine to what extent, if any, bamboo will contribute to a more sustainable planet.
  • Analyze the environmental benefits of using bamboo flooring vs other options as it applies to a reduction of humanity's carbon footprint.

This is an ongoing scholarship and applications are reviewed once per year on September 1.

For more information or to apply, visit www.ambientbp.com/scholarship.php.

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