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The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce its 2022-2023 fellowship and scholarship recipients. The ACI Foundation is a non-profit subsidiary of ACI that promotes progress, innovation, and collaboration in the concrete industry through strategic investments in ideas, research, and people to create the future of the concrete industry.

ACI President Cary Kopczynski served as an ACI Foundation Trustee in the 3 years preceding his term as president and is proud to support the mission of the ACI Foundation - investing in people, ideas, and research to build the future of the concrete industry. During his presidential term, he has committed to help the ACI Foundation broaden its donor base so it can sustain and build its impact. He is advocating for the Foundation’s objective to reach a record number of 1000 donors by the en...

Because of your support, the ACI Foundation fellowship program awards more than $200,000 annually to students to both further their studies and help them gain professional exposure to the concrete industry and ACI by funding travel to the ACI Concrete Convention. Madeleine (Maddy) Murphree was awarded the 2020‐ 2021 ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship.Maddy pursuing her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on materials at the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville...

The ACI Foundation’s Concrete Research Council seeks to advance the concrete industry through the funding of concrete research projects that further the knowledge and sustainability of concrete materials, construction, and structures. The annual request for proposals is open now through December 1, 2021.

The ACI Foundation announces that applications are now being accepted from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2022-2023 academic year. Four new fellowships and two new scholarships have been added, bringing the total of annual awards available up to 32.

Master Builders Solutions, the ACI Georgia Chapter, and the ACI Ontario Chapter have generously funded three new awards through the ACI Foundation. The awards will further the ACI Foundation’s mission of funding students and nurturing the future of concrete.

The ACI Foundation’s Strategic Development Council (SDC) will host its next virtual Technology Forum on August 24-26, 2021. This 50th forum will include technology showcases that highlight new materials, industry research needs and examine collaborative research models that have the potential to advance the industry.

The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the newly expanded Middle East & North Africa Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic award year.

The ACI Foundation has established the Burg-Coleman Iowa State ‘77 Fellowship. This new fellowship is funded through a generous $75,000 donation from Ronald G. Burg, ACI Executive Vice President, and Jeffrey W. Coleman, ACI President, 2020-2021.

The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce the election of a new trustee — Jeffrey Coleman, and the re-election of two existing trustees — Michael J. Paul, and William E. Rushing. They join Michael J. Schneider, current Chair of the Board of Trustees, and four other serving trustees.