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Michael Worthington Scholarship

Applications will be open September 1 to October 31, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Eastern

In 2016, CPSE created the Michael Worthington Scholarship in continued remembrance of our long time Board member and friend, who passed away September 25, 2015. As Mike exemplified continuous improvement and encouraged others to constantly grow and improve, we have committed to awarding up to five scholarships annually to active fire/EMS members serving at the Company Officer level.

Scholarship recipients receive the FO designation and a waiver of the initial designation fee.

Learn about other CPSE awards or contact CPSE if you have any questions.

Scholarship Application Guidelines

This scholarship will pay for the entire fee of an initial application for selected individuals. Submission of this application does not guarantee award of scholarship nor award of FO designation.

The annual application period is September 1 – October 31.

The Fire Officer (FO) designation scholarship is open to all Company Officer level who have supervisory responsibility. An applicant seeking the FO designation scholarship must be an active member of a fire/EMS organization.

Individuals seeking a scholarship shall complete the form by typing all responses. Handwritten applications will not be accepted. The application form must be completed in its entirety.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Applicants must have a minimum of 100 points in Education and Experience to qualify for completing the scholarship application.
  • When completing the application, please refer to the current version of the candidate guidelines and application for Fire Officer (FO) designation as the criteria in that application will be used as a scoring guideline in rating your application.