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Daniel Keil Service for Water Legacy Scholarship

This scholarship is available for applicants intending to pursue a career in the water environment field. One scholarship will generally be awarded, normally valued at $2,000, with emphasis on either 2-year or 4-year degrees or enrollment in a Masters program. A demonstrated commitment to service is required.

Daniel Keil Service for Water Legacy Scholarship Requirements

  • The applicant must enroll as a full-time college student (by September of the award year) that allows the applicant to pursue a professional career (e.g., engineer, operator, lab analyst) in the *water environment field.
  • Applicant may be attending or accepted to enroll in either a 2 or 4-year institution and be pursuing either Associates, Bachelors, and/or Master’s degrees (If you are a high school senior who had not yet been accepted at a program, you must provide the names of the programs to which you have applied.)
  • Official proof or transcript of grades from high school or college.
  • Essay (800–1,000 words) on volunteer service experience and how the applicant has integrated that experience into career goals related to the water environment.
  • A minimum of two letters of recommendation—At least one letter must be from a teacher or professor and at least one letter must be strongly related to volunteer service. Letters must be from someone not related to the applicant
  • A demonstrated commitment to service. All service is considered.
    • Service to the community and/or service to under-served or disadvantaged communities including (but not limited to) under-developed countries and/or economically disadvantaged communities either within or outside the United States carries additional weight.
    • Applicants do not necessarily need to come from under-developed or economically disadvantaged communities. However, Applicants should be able to demonstrate how people in under-served or economically disadvantaged communities have benefited from the Applicant’s volunteer service.
    • Consideration will be given for the strength of an Applicant’s service relative to the Applicant’s opportunities for service (e.g., a high school student’s volunteer opportunities could be more limited to those of a college student)
  • Preference to residents Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, but residents of any geographic location may apply.
  • May be attending or plan to attend a school anywhere in the U.S.

Daniel Keil Service for Water Legacy Scholarship Selection Criteria

  • Career Objectives and Environmental Interest essay on volunteer service experience and how the applicant has integrated that experience into career goals related to the water environment.
  • Academic Potential: Grade Point Average and type/difficulty of courses taken
  • Demonstrated commitment to service. All service is considered—Consideration will be given for the strength of an Applicant’s service relative to the Applicant’s opportunities for service (e.g., a high school student’s volunteer opportunities could be more limited to those of a college student).
  • Letters of Recommendation/Reference

Daniel Keil Service for Water Legacy Scholarship Additional Information

  • Number of Awards: 1
  • Award Amount: $2,000
  • For applicants who are prior PNCWA scholarship recipients, an additional Award Renewal essay is required.

* Water environment academic programs may include civil, environmental, and bioresources engineering; environmental studies; environmental law; water and/or wastewater operations; and laboratory analyses. Mechanical, chemical, structural, or other engineering and technical disciplines, and environmental pre-law, will be considered on a case-by-case basis, provided the Applicant demonstrates how her/his field of study and career plans relate to the water environment.