The DFI Educational Trust provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students studying in the fields of geotechnical and foundation engineering and construction management. Scholarships are available through school-specific funds, open to students at specific engineering institutions, and at-large funds, open to any student studying in a related field. DFI recognizes that the future of our industry depends on our ability to encourage and engage promising young engineers to consider careers in the deep foundations industry.
The Trust manages the following scholarship programs:
School Specific Scholarships
- Carnegie Mellon University Scholarship
- Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund
- Langan Engineering and Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund
- Stanley Merjan City College of New York Civil Engineering Scholarship
- Penn State Scholarship Fund
- Larry P. Rayburn University of Cincinnati Civil Engineering Scholarship
- George J. Tamaro Manhattan College Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund
- University of Pittsburgh Scholarship Fund
At-Large Scholarships
- Educational Trust General Scholarship Fund
- Clyde N. Baker, Jr. Foundation Engineering Scholarship Fund
- Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Paul DeBruyn Memorial Student Scholarship Fund
- Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund
- Goble Rausche Likins Scholarship Fund
- Francis Gularte Scholarship Fund
- Fred H. Kulhawy Memorial Scholarship Fund
- John O'Malley Scholarship Fund
- Terracon Consultants Scholarship Fund
- Thomas Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship