Corrpro Companies Inc.
Summer Internship 2008

This internship has been created through a special partnership with Corrpro Companies Inc. The selected student will travel to their offices in Houston, Texas to work for a three month period during the summer of 2008.

Corrpro, established in 1984, and headquartered in Medina, Ohio, has offices worldwide, and is a leading provider of corrosion control engineering services, systems and equipment to the infrastructure, environmental and energy markets around the world. They are the leading provider of cathodic protection systems and engineering services, as well as a leading supplier of corrosion protection services relating to coatings, pipeline integrity and reinforced concrete structures.

Both the NACE Foundation and Corrpro Companies are committed to encouraging and assisting the most qualified and brightest students as they reach for their career goals and ambitions.

This year, the NACE Foundation will distribute the following summer internships on behalf of Corrpro Companies:

• One (1) summer internships at Corrpro Companies, Inc. in Houston, Texas (another US location possible)

This scholarship/award will be presented at the NACE Annual Conference in March 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Academic scholarship/award recipients are encouraged, but not required, to be present at the NACE Annual Conference to receive their awards.

2.1 Process Overview

2.1.1 Availability of summer internships will be determined by the NACE Foundation by December 1 of each year.

2.1.2 The NACE Foundation will specify the distribution of available internships on their Web site by January 1 of each year.

2.1.3 The NACE Foundation initiates a Selection Committee for available internships, scholarships and awards.

2.1.4 Upon receipt of the applications (and after passage of the deadline for receipt), NACE Foundation staff will send applications to Selection Committee members. The Selection Committee will review the applications and select recipients based on number of available internships and the quality of the applicants.

2.1.5 One alternate recipient may be chosen in the case that an applicant later becomes ineligible or cannot fulfill their commitment.

2.2 Type of Award

2.2.1 Corrpro Summer Internship

• The sponsoring company/organization will provide supplemental compensation to the internship recipient throughout the course of the training, in addition to some travel assistance.
• An applicant will be evaluated on the strength of his/her academic record and two recommendations.
• The internship recipient shall submit a letter report to the NACE Foundation within six months after completion of the internship describing the goals, achievements, and professional experience gained as a result of the internship.

2.3 Selection Criteria

2.3.1 The following criteria will be assessed in an application by the Selection Committee to select the recipient of the summer internship:

• Academic record, including a description of the school's grading system for student performance to help evaluators
• Professional and personal activities
• Detailed work experience particularly if related to corrosion work and activities
• Description of past/current/future research plans
• Personal Profile Statement which includes an explanation of why they want to do an internship in corrosion/corrosion control
• Two Letters of Recommendation

2.4 Eligibility Qualifications

2.4.1 Eligibility requires that applicants be enrolled full time in an undergraduate or graduate program engaged in science and/or engineering related to the study of corrosion or corrosion control in an accredited college or university. Students enrolled in 2-year or junior colleges are eligible to apply.

2.4.2 Both North American (Northern, Eastern, Central, and Western Areas designated by NACE) and International (Europe, West Asia/Africa, East Asia/Pacific Rim, and Latin America) students are eligible.

2.4.3 Post-doctorate students are not eligible.

2.4.4 Relatives of members of the Selection Committee or the NACE Foundation are not eligible.

2.4.5 This internship is not intended to replace stipends or other financial support provided to students for their education by industry, universities, or other organizations.

2.4.6 Internship recipients may apply for subsequent NACE Foundation scholarships/awards, but priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received awards or funding from the NACE Foundation.

2.4.7 Applicants for the NACE Foundation Summer Internship program must reside and attend a college/university in a country which the NACE Foundation may legally support. Any countries sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/) or individuals included on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) or Blocked Persons list are excluded from eligibility.

2.5 Application Guidelines

2.5.1 Applications for the Corrpro Companies summer internship are to be completed by the students themselves. Applicants must submit their typed information on the official forms listed below. A form may be downloaded from this site as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file or as an MS Word Document.

• Corrpro Companies Application Form
  (24K PDF) (268KB MS Word)
• Recommendation Form
  (32K PDF) (252KB MS Word)

2.5.2 Personal Profile Statement. In addition to information requested on the Application Forms, student applicants must attach an individual statement of 500 words or less, typed, double-spaced, describing career plans, reports on special projects, leadership roles, work experience, and community involvement. This is an opportunity for the applicant to convey specific career plans relating to a particular area of interest.

2.5.3 Evidence of academic achievement (including rank in class, if available) is an important factor; therefore, a transcript or facsimile of recent academic record and current GPA is required. The institution should describe the grading system for student performance.

2.5.4 Applications should include two (2) official Recommendation Forms from educators or employers.

2.6 Liability

2.6.2 Recipients of the summer internships are responsible for locating safe, suitable and economically priced living quarters in the city in which they will perform their internship.

2.6.3 Recipients of the summer internship(s) are responsible for paying all relocation/moving costs, living expenses and other costs incurred throughout the duration of their internship, as well as for providing their own form of transportation to and from the sponsoring organizations offices or internship job site.

2.6.4 Recipients of the summer internship(s) agree to remain until the end of the internship program (the timeline will be agreed beforehand between the intern, the NACE Foundation and Corrpro Companies, Inc.)

2.7 Publicity, Reporting

2.7.2 Upon acceptance, all internship recipients must submit a current color photograph of themselves to the NACE Foundation, which will be used for publicity purposes.

2.7.3 The internship recipient shall submit a letter report to the FSSAG Chairman and the NACE Foundation within six months after completion of the internship which will clearly describe experiences and the practical applications learned that reinforce academic training.

2.8 Application Deadlines

2.7.1 2008 NACE Foundation Academic Scholarship/Award applications must be received at NACE Headquarters no later than March 1. Send all required materials to:

NACE Foundation
Summer Internship Program
1440 South Creek Drive
Houston, Texas 77084-4906
USA
Telephone: (281) 228-6205
Fax: (281) 228- 6305

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