2024 IMEA Peter Braffitt Memorial Scholarship

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The 2024 IMEA scholarship program is in remembrance of the late Peter Braffitt. Pete was an industry icon, well respected and loved by all, and responsible for growing Gemeco into the distributor it is today. The scholarship is designed to encourage and support students interested in a career in marine electronics. The goal is to alleviate the marine electronics industry worker shortage through education of students to become technical installers of marine electronics and increase the number of qualified new employees for NMEA member companies. Scholarships will be awarded to students who aspire to enter into the exciting career of marine electronics.

The IMEA scholarship program has 2 main focus areas:

1. Focused on marine trade school students who are entering into or currently enrolled in a trade school marine technology program, with a focus on marine electronics. The scholarship amount is $5,000, made out to the student's trade school.
   
2. Focused on NMEA Dealer and Trade member companies This scholarship includes 4 free NMEA installer trainings (all 4 NMEA installer certification class offerings, BMEI, BN2K, AMEI, AN2K) for an installing NMEA Dealer or Trade member for a specific employee. This scholarship aims to “reduce the risk of investment” in training by the member company, if the specific employee leaves the company in the future. Scholarship also includes travel reimbursement up to $1000 for awardee to travel to an NMEA in person training event.

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2024 Scholarship Program Application Details

• The IMEA Board of Directors will review and award scholarships by July 31, 2024
• All applicants must fill out the IMEA / NMEA Scholarship form.
• All applications must be submitted by July 31, 2024.
• Funds will be sent to scholarship winners by August 15, 2024 in time for the start of the Fall semester (This applies to marine trade school applicants, not NMEA Dealer & Trade applicants.)
• Any member of the general public can apply for this scholarship. 
• Additional information may be requested after application has been reviewed.

The 2024 IMEA Scholarship program award includes:

• $5,000 tuition payments made directly to applying student’s trade school to offset tuition costs.
• NMEA Basic MEI training Certification class.
• NMEA 2000 Basic Installer Training Certification class.

Any member of the general public can apply for this scholarship.

Want to Donate?
Interested scholarship donors can make a tax deductible donation in two easy ways:
● Electronically via PayPal® at the following link: Click for PayPal Donation
● Check sent to IMEA, 846 Ritchie Hwy., Suite L4, Severna Park MD, 21146.  

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For additional information, please contact the IMEA/NMEA National Office at 410-975-9425, or email [email protected]