The IFMA Foundation will present $100,000 in scholarships to 36 students pursuing degrees in facility management and related fields during the World Workplace 2011 Conference & Expo, held Oct. 26-28 in Phoenix, Ariz.

The IFMA Foundation works for the public good to promote priority research and educational opportunities for the advancement of the facility management profession. The foundation has been awarding facility management scholarships to deserving students for more than two decades to ensure the quality of the built environment in a changing world.

Fifty-four graduate and undergraduate students representing 23 schools applied for the scholarships, which are awarded based on merit. The scholarships range from $1,500 to $5,000 per student, and the winners also receive a free trip to World Workplace.

This year's winners represent countries including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, and hail from schools including Brigham Young, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Harvard, Texas A&M and the University of Calgary.

"These scholarships demonstrate that practicing facility professionals care about the future leaders of their profession, and I am honored to be selected as a 2011 IFMA Foundation scholarship recipient," said Angela Lewis, P.E., LEED AP, doctoral student in the University of Reading's School of Construction Management and Engineering. "IFMA Foundation scholarship donors are investing in the development of tomorrow's researchers, educators and facility professionals. I thank them for their contributions."

The scholarships will be presented Thursday, Oct. 27, at 5:30 p.m. at the at the Sheraton Hotel in Phoenix, as part of the IFMA Foundation Education Reception & Scholarship Presentation, made possible by ARAMARK. Scholarships are being provided by several IFMA chapters and councils, as well as by companies including Davies Office Refurbishing and Sodexo. The reception is open to anyone who would like to attend.

The event will also mark the presentation of the second annual IFMA Foundation International Student of the Year award, which will be presented to Sigrid van der Pluijm, who maintains a 4.0 grade point average in the facility management program at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

Since the IFMA Foundation began awarding scholarships to students in 1991, it has provided a total of 346 scholarships worth US$954,750. For more information about the IFMA Foundation's education, research and scholarship initiatives, or to make a donation, visit www.ifmafoundation.org.

To learn more about World Workplace 2011, or to register, visit www.worldworkplace.org.