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Applications for 2026 open September 16, 2025; deadline is March 31, 2026.
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Automotive Aftermarket Scholarship Central is sponsored by University of the Aftermarket Foundation (administers scholarships from over 40 organizations). A centralized application for scholarships available to students training to become automotive, heavy duty, or collision repair technicians, as well as studying business, engineering, or other related courses.
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Automotive Scholarships - Main Page More than 40 organizations award automotive scholarships Accepting 2026 applications starting: Thinking about an automotive aftermarket career? Good choice! Servicing or supplying parts for vehicle maintenance and repair can be a rewarding career.
An automotive scholarship can help pave the way. Since 1986, the University of the Aftermarket Foundation has provided funding for aftermarket education programs and research. By awarding grants throughout each year, the Foundation financially supports the continued development and distribution of courses in every-broadening areas.
By supporting such academic offerings, the Foundation and its donor ensure that education will have a stabilizing influence in the ever-changing and increasingly complex aftermarket. Automotive Scholarships - Supporting the Industry's Future Chairman's Welcome - Mike Buzzard In 2025, 475 scholarships were awarded for a total of $944,750! 1086 complete applications were considered for scholarships by more than 40 donor organizations.
That is the power of our program: By completing a single application at the automotivescholarships. com website, students can be considered for multiple scholarships. – 44% of applicants in 2025 received a scholarship – 12% of winners received multiple scholarship Become a Scholarship Contributor Help contribute to the automotive aftermarket future.
Why Automotive Aftermarket Our goal with the Automotive Scholarships is to give some additional financial help to students seeking a career in the aftermarket, or who are from aftermarket families. The automotive aftermarket is an excellent career choice for your sons and daughters. Trained professional automotive technicians are in high demand.
They can earn excellent starting salaries, and an experienced technician can earn $75,000 or more. Today’s technicians must have knowledge and skills in electrical/electronic systems, computers, diagnostic processes, and much more. Another important consideration is that this is a job that can’t be “outsourced” overseas.
You can help your students accelerate their career in the automotive aftermarket by encouraging them to apply for an Automotive Scholarship. Priority is given to these categories of applicants: Students planning to become technicians in automotive, collision, heavy duty or agricultural fields. Students planning to work for any automotive aftermarket company.
We encourage you to get your students to apply. There are several fliers you can download from the “Resources” page at this site. You may reproduce them for your students.
PLEASE also take the time to give a letter of recommendation to your students who apply. Since 1996 the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium and University of the Aftermarket Foundation and other donors have awarded more than 2,000 scholarships. Other automotive organizations who award scholarships began collaborating with UAF in 2007, and they have made more than 600 additional awards.
These outstanding young people are a growing community of aftermarket professionals, and are listed in this searchable Scholarship Alumni database.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Students pursuing automotive technician, collision repair, heavy-duty, agricultural, or aftermarket business careers. Priority to students entering technician fields. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $944,750 total in 2025 across 475 scholarships. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was March 31, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Automotive Aftermarket Scholarship Central is funded by University of the Aftermarket Foundation (administers scholarships from over 40 organizations). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
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