Piston Scholarships (Skilled Trade Education Scholarships)

Piston Scholarships (Skilled Trade Education Scholarships) is sponsored by Piston Foundation. The Piston Foundation helps students take their first steps towards a skilled trade career, specifically in the collector car industry.

Automotive Scholarships & Car Restoration Job Opportunities You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Creating More Collector Car Technicians We’re helping young car enthusiasts turn their interest into careers.

The shortage of qualified technicians and restoration specialists is the biggest challenge facing the collector car industry. So we are setting out to change this. By making skilled trade education and hands-on training more accessible for more people, the Piston Foundation aims to help build a new and diverse generation of tradespeople in the collector car industry.

Automotive Scholarship and Job Programs Skilled Trade Education Scholarships The Piston Foundation helps students take their first steps towards a skilled trade career. If you are attending, accepted, or enrolled in a 2- or 4-year automotive technology program and have a strong interest in working with collector cars, a Piston Fund scholarship can help make school more affordable.

Building the Workforce That Will Sustain Car Culture The Piston Jobs Program is the next step in our mission to fuel the careers of future technicians. This new and developing initiative will connect Piston Scholars with job opportunities across the collector car industry—helping restoration shops, private collections, and specialty businesses find the skilled talent they need. Ten Scholars.

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Celebrating Five Years of Fueling the Future Celebrating Five Years of Fueling the Future Five years after its founding, the Piston Foundation gathered supporters in New York City to celebrate a milestone that belongs to an entire car community. Gallery item image.

Piston Awards 30 Scholarships to 2025 Class of Future Technicians Piston Awards 30 Scholarships to 2025 Class of Future Technicians Piston is thrilled to announce our 2025 Piston Scholars—30 exceptional students who share a passion for collector cars and the determination to master automotive trade skills. Meet the 2025 Piston Scholars Gallery item image.

Piston Scholar Zoe Carmichael Featured on Hot Wheels Local Legends Piston Scholar Zoe Carmichael Featured on Hot Wheels Local Legends Piston Foundation alumna Zoe Carmichael was featured on Hot Wheels’ Local Legends for her workshop “Knowledge is Power” — an Auto 101 course empowering women with hands-on car skills and creating inclusive garage spaces.

Give to what you love by making a gift that helps the next generation access the education and training they need to begin a career as a classic car technician. Piston Foundation scholarships are awarded to aspiring technicians to help them begin an auto restoration career. Give to the car culture you love.

Turn your collector car into education and hands-on training for aspiring collector car technicians. Your car can change lives. 100% goes to our scholarship program.