{"id":5408,"date":"2026-07-02T14:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:17:15","slug":"foundation-scholarship-deadline-extended-nominate-a-student-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/foundation-scholarship-deadline-extended-nominate-a-student-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Scholarship Deadline Extended: Nominate a Student Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ports.org\/about\/content.aspx?ItemNumber=21800&amp;navItemNumber=20811\">Foundation for the Seaports of the Americas<\/a> has <strong>extended the nomination deadline<\/strong> for its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ports.org\/about\/content.aspx?ItemNumber=23156\">scholarship program<\/a> supporting undergraduate students pursuing ports and maritime careers to <strong>July 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAPA member ports are invited to nominate one student per cycle for the scholarship, which awards $5,000 for every $50,000 in minimum Foundation balance. Eligible students are enrolled in maritime-related academic or workforce programs, including technical and vocational training, certificates, or registered apprenticeships. The <a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.submittable.com\/u\/login\/identifier?state=hqFo2SBmU1hyVWtYTHRhdEJzMG42MVpiVklKSWFVcUxtaDVFaqFur3VuaXZlcnNhbC1sb2dpbqN0aWTZIGQ2bEdLLTM5OXpPOHdhV2V5dk9HWnRrRWRudHZ6emVro2NpZNkgRmZpZ1l1TFp1VFVQdkNKQktxWlBOcHIzMzBtRk1lM3Olb3JnaWS0b3JnXzBPZFRSMWQ4ZmttbTVDR26nb3JnbmFtZdksZ21zLTM4N2YxMzlhLWY4OTktNGQ5MC1iMGZhLWYzNzUyZGViYjBjOS1lbXA\">application portal<\/a> is open now, and awards will be announced in August 2026. Ports can also help grow scholarship capacity through a donation to the Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ports.org\/about\/content.aspx?ItemNumber=23156\">Learn more here<\/a> or contact Foundation Director Shannon McLeod at <a href=\"mailto:smcleod@ports.org\">smcleod@ports.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation for the Seaports of the Americas has extended the nomination deadline for its new scholarship program supporting undergraduate students pursuing ports and maritime careers to July 8. AAPA member ports are invited to nominate one student per cycle for the scholarship, which awards $5,000 for every $50,000 in minimum Foundation balance. Eligible students &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5409,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions\/5409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}