2024 PPG Foundation Scholarship Program
Since 1956, the PPG Foundation has awarded more than 3,000 scholarships to students across the U.S. who are either children of PPG employees or who attend school in communities where PPG has a presence. This year, PPG’s scholarship program, in partnership with the National Merit® Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), has granted monetary awards to 31 students in recognition of their hard work and achievements.
Supporting these students in their pursuit of higher education remains at the forefront of the Foundation’s mission. All PPG Foundation scholarships span up to four years of undergraduate college study, or until undergraduate degree requirements are met, whichever comes first.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
TRIDIB CHAKRABORTY
"Receiving this prestigious award from the PPG Foundation gives me the courage to pursue biochemistry at the University of Michigan. From helping students pursue the arts, to empowering the next generation of engineers, the devotion that PPG has for the future generations education is unparalleled."
The PPG Foundation Scholarship Program is administered through the National Merit Scholarship Program - the largest, independently financed competition for college undergraduate scholarships in the U.S. All aspects of the selection of winners of the PPG Foundation Scholarship Program and the administration of their awards are handled by NMSC. Scholarship winners are selected by NMSC based on the results of students’ Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) during their junior year of high school.
See the 2024 scholarship recipients below and click here (PDF) to learn more about the students.
Felix Airhart
Gabriella Allen
Nikolai Bell
Tridib Chakraborty
Elliot Clarkson
Kaj Colby
Emma Connor*
Nina Cranor
Ever Criddell
Christian Dixon
Philip Elicker*
Colin Grant*
Emiliano Gutierrez*
Bryce Hanson
Jiyu Hong
Mitchell Kulfan*
Brennan Leem
Ian Love*
Chase Majkowski
Chloe Mance
Jayden Manyrath
Sneha Nandwani
Lyra Ogle*
Nikhil Patwardhan*
Aarushi Raj*
Natalie Robinson*
Isaiah Trumbull
Additional 2024 winners not pictured above include: Parnitha Bandla, Julia Jiang, Elena McCutcheon and Nicholas Walls.
*indicates PPG employee-child recipient.
Click here for the 2023 scholarship recipients.
Sue Sloan Award recognizes outstanding academic, community service commitments
Each year, the academic talents and outstanding community service commitment of one PPG employee-child recipient are recognized with the Sue Sloan Scholarship Award. Established in 2019, the award honors Sloan, the former executive director of the PPG Foundation, and a director of National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s Board from 2008 to 2014, for her lasting mark on PPG’s community engagement efforts and the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Congratulations to the 2024 recipient, Aarushi Raj, child of Anurag Raj, sustainability business partner. Aarushi plans to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study Biology and English and pursue a career as a physician.
SUE SLOAN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
AARUSHI RAJ
"I am honored to receive the Sue Sloan Scholarship Award. I appreciate PPG's unwavering support for education and its generous contributions to community development. This award will support my studies at the University of North Carolina and enable me to pursue my academic and community service goals, continuing to make a positive impact just as PPG exemplifies in its ongoing efforts."