- Winners of the 2022 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: How would the world be different if every human had access to clean drinking water and safe sanitation?
First Place
Chantal Cheung - Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
Second Place
Wyatt Snyder - Indiana University, Indiana, US
Callie Lowery - Mercer University, Georgia, US
Sofia Lang - McGill University, Alberta, Canada
- Topic: How would the world be different if every human had access to clean drinking water and safe sanitation?
- Winners of the 2021 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: What can IWSH do to raise awareness for those who lack access to running water, sanitation?
First Place
Julia Marjoram - Saskatchewan Polytechnic; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Second Place
Natalie Amato - Carleton University; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Third Place
Megan Tan - Henry Wise Wood High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Topic: What can IWSH do to raise awareness for those who lack access to running water, sanitation?
- Winners of the 2020 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: With which like-minded organizations should IWSH partner and how would these specific partnerships advance and enhance the IWSH mission to deliver clean water and safe sanitation to those most in need?
First Place
Charu Vijay - Tufts University
Second Place
Liam Murdock - University of Prince Edward Island
Third Place
Lianza Isabel Reyes - Syracuse University
- Topic: With which like-minded organizations should IWSH partner and how would these specific partnerships advance and enhance the IWSH mission to deliver clean water and safe sanitation to those most in need?
- Winners of the 2019 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: What can IWSH do to improve sanitation and clean water for those who lack access to a plumbing system?
First Place
Sophie Banspach - Columbia University, New York, NY
Second Place
Sarah Nasr - Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Third Place
Uzair Ahmed - Offenburg University, Offenburg, Germany
- Topic: What can IWSH do to improve sanitation and clean water for those who lack access to a plumbing system?
- Winners of the 2018 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: If you had to choose one location within the United States to conduct the next Community Plumbing Challenge (providing safe access to clean water and proper sanitation), which location would you choose and why?
First Place
Austin Stoltzfus - Willow Street, PA
Second Place
Lorren Verrett - Walkersville, MD
Third Place
Karina Keefe - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- Topic: If you had to choose one location within the United States to conduct the next Community Plumbing Challenge (providing safe access to clean water and proper sanitation), which location would you choose and why?
- Winners of the 2017 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: The International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) helps provide safe access to clean water and sanitation systems. How would you promote the IWSH projects and what slogan would you use do to so?
First Place
Ankitha Doddanari Nalin Kumar - Bothell, WA
Second Place
Raymond Rowell Reyes - Quezon City, Philippines
Third Place
Farrah Bell - Beverly Hills, FL
- Topic: The International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) helps provide safe access to clean water and sanitation systems. How would you promote the IWSH projects and what slogan would you use do to so?
- Winners of the 2016 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: IAPMO has been in existence since 1926. Of all the IAPMO Group's core competencies, which division do you feel is making the greatest impact today?
First Place
David Barry - Georgia Gwinnett College, Cumming, GA
Second Place
Noah Ramsey - DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY
Third Place
Julie Slama - Yale University, Peru, NE
- Topic: IAPMO has been in existence since 1926. Of all the IAPMO Group's core competencies, which division do you feel is making the greatest impact today?
- Winners of the 2015 scholarship essay contest
- Topic: What role can IAPMO play in helping the plumbing industry develop new sources of potable water?
First Place
Justine Martinez - California State University, Los Angeles
Second Place
Annaly Kramer - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Third Place
Shantell Robinson - Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
- Topic: What role can IAPMO play in helping the plumbing industry develop new sources of potable water?
ESSAY TOPIC
How can IWSH contribute toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and what can the foundation do to best lead by example?
PURPOSE
To acquaint the uninitiated with the crucial importance the plumbing industry plays in our everyday lives. To introduce students to the global impact of IWSH projects.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Students must provide a copy of their current full-time schedule, school transcripts, or acceptance letter with their submission.
Must be a current high school senior; or enrolled or accepted as a full-time (12 credit hours) student in an accredited technical school, community college, trade school, four-year accredited college or university, or an apprentice program.
International students are eligible. Please submit proper school documentation with the essay.
GENERAL RULES AND REQUIREMENTS
Any submission that is missing some or all of the requirements will be disqualified.
- The deadline for essay submissions is 11:59pm (PT) on April 28, 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted.
- Each submission must include a cover page containing the student’s name, address, phone number, and email. We must be able to contact you if we have any questions or comments regarding your entry.
- Essays must be written on the topic noted above and must be an original essay.
- One essay per student.
- Essays should be no fewer than 800 words and no more than 1,600 words. The essay cover page, added footnotes, references or citation page does not contribute to the word count.
- Entries must be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or an equivalent font with a one-inch margin on all sides of the page. Standards of content and style from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 8th (https://style.mla.org/formatting-papers/), will be expected for:
- Documentation of sources in the text of your essay;
- The format of the list of works cited;
- Margins and indentation; and,
- Essays MUST be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format. Essays submitted in any other format will not be considered.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
- Students must provide a copy of their current full-time schedule, school transcripts, or acceptance letter with their submission.
- Submit a current picture. (Publication purposes only – for winners of the scholarship contest.)
Essays must be submitted via email to essay@iwish.org, or USPS to:
International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation
Attn: Leticia Gallegos, Essay Contest
4755 E. Philadelphia Street
Ontario, CA 91761 USA
Any submission that is missing some or all of the requirements will be disqualified.
All submissions become the property of IWSH. The winners’ essays will be posted on the IWSH website and published in the Official Magazine.
Please email questions to essay@iwsh.org.
PRIZES
The Sandra Imprescia Essay Scholarship Committee will review essays to determine the top three. IWSH’s Board of Directors will select and announce essay contest winners by the Fall 2022. Prizes will be awarded as follows:
First Place – one (1) winner
- $2,000
- Publication of essay in Official and at IWSH website
- One year IAPMO student membership
Second Place – three (3) winners
- $1000
- Publication of essay in Official and at IWSH website
