Roy G. Post Foundation announces 2025 scholarships

The foundation, which is named after the founding chief executive of Waste Management Symposia, is committed to supporting future leaders in radioactive waste management and nuclear fields. This is the 23rd year that the foundation has provided scholarships to advance undergraduate and graduate education. In that time, more than $4 million has been awarded, and 375-plus students have benefitted from the scholarships.

The winners: Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the Next Generation Workforce Student Awards & Reception at WM2025, being held March 9–13 in Phoenix, Ariz. They also will receive an all-expense paid trip to WM2025, courtesy of WM Symposia. This year’s scholarship winners are students at the following schools:

Aiken Technical College (Aiken, S.C.)

Augusta University (Augusta, Ga.)

Boise State University (Boise, Idaho)

Claflin University (Orangeburg, S.C.)

Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.)

College of Eastern Idaho (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Columbia Basin College (Pasco, Wash.)

Florida International University (University Park, Fla.)

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Freiberg, Germany)

Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.)

Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)

Heritage University (Toppenish, Wash.)

Idaho State University (Pocatello, Idaho)

Jackson State University (Jackson, Miss.)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.)

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Socorro, N.M.)

Northern New Mexico College (Espanola, N.M.)

Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (São Paulo, Brazil)

Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.)

Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.)

Roane State Community College (Harriman, Tenn.)

Shawnee State University (Portsmouth, Ohio)

South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, S.C.)

Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)

Tennessee State University (Nashville, Tenn.)

University of Central Florida (Orange County, Fla.)

University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland)

University of Houston–Victoria (Victoria, Texas)

University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho)

University of Leeds (Leeds, England)

University of Manchester (Manchester, England)

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

University of Nevada–Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.)

University of Nevada–Reno (Reno, Nev.)

University of New Mexico–Los Alamos (Los Alamos, N.M.)

University of Sheffield (Sheffield, England)

University of Tennessee–Knoxville (Knoxville, Tenn.)

University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)

Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.)

Washington State University (Pullman, Wash.)

Other awards: The Longenecker Challenge, started in 2019 by Bonnie and John Longenecker, encouraged 10 of the scholarships that are being awarded through the Longenecker Challenge Supporters: Fluor, BWX Technologies, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Longenecker & Associates, N3B Los Alamos, and Tetra Tech.