Discontinued Grants and Programs
Don B. Daily Safety Grant
The Don B. Daily Safety Grant was established in 2011 by the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) and the AIST Foundation to commemorate the life and industry service of Mr. Daily, a compassionate man who truly cared about the safety of all employees working in the steel industry. His enduring mark on the mini-mill steel industry of North America has been the establishment of numerous safety and health initiatives that have significantly improved the work place.
The objectives of the grant are to promote a safe workplace for the steel manufacturing industry, to increase the number of students who study health and safety awareness relative to the manufacturing environment, to provide direct student interaction for awareness of the steel industry, and recruit more students for employment in the steel industry.
The Don B. Daily Safety Grant ran from 2011 to 2025. The AIST Foundation and SMA continue to administer the Don B. Daily Safety Steel Intern Scholarship, which provides an opportunity for North American university students studying safety or industrial safety hygiene to win a scholarship and paid summer internship within the steel manufacturing industry.
Steel Research and Applications Grant
This grant was originally created as the FeMET Design Grant in 2005, then changed to the AIST Foundation Steel Research & Applications Grant in 2015 to challenge North American university teams (students and professors) to submit proposals for grant funding to provide research to the benefit of the steel industry through basic and applied research. The grant provided funding:
To challenge university teams (students and professors) to perform basic and applied research that will benefit the steel industry.
To increase the number of students and professors interested in the steel industry.
- To recruit more students for employment in the steel industry.
The program ran from 2005 to 2016.
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Electrical Engineering Grant
This grant was established to challenge North American university teams (students and professors) from electrical engineering departments to submit proposals for grant funding in the theme area of an electrical engineering challenge (industrial control systems, power and energy systems, electrical machines and motor drives) within the steel manufacturing industry. The grant will provide funding to encourage the following:
Support the professors in promoting the industry to electrical engineering students.
Provide direct interaction for electrical engineering students with the steel industry.
Recruit more electrical engineering students for employment in the steel industry.
This program ran from 2015-2019.