ICCF SCHOLARSHIPS

Introduction

The Foundation established a Scholarship Program to support building and fire safety by supporting the education of existing and future code officials; increasing participation in code development and honoring those who have been essential to the formation of ICC. The current scholarships offered by the Foundation are:

• Advanced Building Safety Leadership Scholarships
• Code of Honor Scholarships
• Managed Scholarships
• Professional Education Scholarship
• Sponsored Scholarships

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Advanced Building Safety Leadership Scholarships – Coming Soon

The scholarship program is geared towards senior level code officials and department heads with the goal of advancing leadership skills and building upon the knowledge base of experienced building safety professionals. The scholarship will cover expenses for courses covering executive development, executive leadership, conflict resolution training, and crisis communication.

Code of Honor Scholarships

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Introduction

The International Code Council Foundation (ICCF) will begin offering scholarships to government members seeking to attend the Final Action Code Hearings. The first grantees will be for the 2010 Final Code Development Hearings.

The power of ICC has always been broad participation from a full spectrum of the building code industry. However, at this time a large number of government members are unable to attend Code Development Hearings due to budget constraints, a trend which is only expected to worsen with the budget reductions facing most cities and counties across the country. Due to the fact that these representatives are the only members who can vote on code changes, this critical gap must be addressed.

The scholarships will meet this need, ensuring that ICC code decisions continue to reflect the consensus view of officials at all levels of government. ICCF will require absolute transparency as a part of the scholarship application and review process, with the parameters applied equally to all applicants.

Award Overview

Scholarship awards will provide winners with cost reimbursements for reasonable and customary Code Hearing expenses consistent with the ICC travel policy. In order for their employees to qualify for this award, government employers must support the application with a written commitment to cover their employee’s per diem should they be awarded the scholarship. In 2009, ICCF will distribute 15-25 scholarships, with the actual number of awards dependent on available funding. One hundred percent of the funds donated for this program will be used for the scholarships – all administrative costs of the scholarship program will be funded by ICCF. In order to ensure diversity and a true cross section of membership, applicants will be sorted into categories. Awards will be given in equal numbers in each of the following categories:

• Emerging Leaders – individuals who have served between 4 and 9 years. This will solidify commitment to the organization and industry as well as reward current participation.
• Future Leaders – individuals who are new to the industry, serving 4 years or less. This will provide a foundation for continued participation and leadership throughout the winners’ careers.
• International Leaders – officials must reside outside of the United States. This category recognizes the importance of sharing knowledge and best practices with our counterparts abroad.
• Small Town Leaders – officials whose city or county population is 20,000 or less. This will ensure the representation of small towns and rural areas which by nature tend to have less of a presence at the conference.
• Veteran Leaders – individuals who have served 10 years or more. This will reward their continued leadership as well as ensure that the organization continues to benefit from their experience and knowledge.

Applicant Criteria

Applications will be submitted online. Applicants must be currently employed in the building or fire code industry and represent a government entity (city/county/municipality). Applicants must be a member of their local ICC chapter. The applicant’s employer must be willing and able to provide the applicant’s per diem during the conference and provide written documentation.

To ensure the highest level of ethics and professionalism, all applicants will be required to sign a pledge agreeing to take a professional/ethics course. Applicants will also be required to agree to allow monitoring of their voting participation to verify attendance. A separate form with a signature line for each of these prerequisites must be submitted in conjunction with the online application.

Winners per Category

The number of scholarships awarded per category will be based on the amount of funding available. To arrive at the total number of awards available, the total funding available will be divided by the estimated average expenses per participant. The resulting figure will then be the total number of awards available, which will be divided equally among the five categories. In the event of an uneven number resulting in left over funds, the money will allocated by the ICCF Scholarship Committee or held in reserve for scholarships the following year.

Application Evaluation Process

An ad hoc Professional Education Scholarship Review Committee will be created. While the scholarship applicant review process will not be overly complex or onerous, ICCF will require exceptional integrity and transparency.

Managed Scholarships

The Foundation provides administrative support for ICC Chapters who have scholarship programs. This optional chapter benefit is provided with no administrative support fee. Recipients of managed scholarships are selected by the sponsoring ICC Chapters in accordance with criteria determined by the Chapter. The International Code Council Foundation acts as home for the scholarship funds. The scholarships are funded solely by the sponsoring ICC Chapters. The International Code Council coordinates the distribution of the scholarships. Separate policies are in effect for each scholarship that details the administrative guidelines.

The current scholarships are:

Professional Education Scholarship

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Introduction

Code officials are the key to ensuring construction of safe and strong buildings in modern times because they develop and enforce model building codes for use in building and maintenance of a strong and safe built environment. Like all professions, code officials require ongoing training and education opportunities for professional development and excellence, however, access to training and education programs is increasingly limited due to ongoing economic shortfalls. As a result, many ICC governmental members are facing shortfalls in training and education opportunities for code officials.

This challenging trend is expected to worsen with the continuous economic challenges facing cities, counties, provinces and territories in the U.S. and abroad. This must be addressed and solved to help preserve the integrity of the model building code and development process, the ongoing professional development of the code official profession and the safety of individuals and families worldwide.

Award Overview

The International Code Council Foundation (ICC Foundation) is introducing the Professional Education Scholarship Program to support creation of ongoing training and education opportunities for code professionals to support building safety worldwide.

The Professional Education Scholarship Program will provide financial support for reasonable transportation and lodging expenses for ICC appointed representatives of governmental members to attend approved education and training courses during the annual conferences or other approved venues. All expenses will be paid on a cost reimbursement basis and expended consistent with the ICC travel policy. Awards will be given in equal numbers in each of the following categories:

• Future Leaders – Voting representatives of ICC Government Members new to the industry, serving 4 years or less.
• Emerging Leaders – Voting representatives of ICC Government Members who have served between 4 and 9 years.
• Veteran Leaders – Voting representatives of ICC Government Members who have served 10 years or more.
• International Leaders – Voting representatives of ICC Government Members who reside outside of the United States.
• Small Town Leaders – Voting representatives of ICC Government Members whose city or county population is 20,000 or less.

Application Criteria

Scholarship applications can be submitted online. Applicants must be currently employed in the building or fire code industry and represent a government entity (city/county/municipality). Applicants must also be a member in good standing of their local ICC chapter.

To ensure the highest level of ethics and professionalism, all applicants will be required to execute an integrity pledge and to attend one professional ethics course in addition to other approved course offerings. Applicants will be required to provide proof of successful completion of the funded courses.

Application Evaluation Process

The review and selection committee decisions are based on a point system using a blind review process to ensure integrity and transparency of the selection process.

Sponsored Scholarship

2009 ICC Foundation Scholarship Winners

	William M. Duke University of Alabama Civil/Construction Engineering William Tangye Scholarship Winner
	Matthew Fiorentino Loyola University Economics/International Business Charlie O’Meilia Scholarship Winner
	Courtney Patricia Korff University of Davis California Veterinary Medicine ICCF General Scholarship Winner
	Valerie Adele Korff University of Davis California Animal Science ICCF General Scholarship Winner
	Chris Largent University of Texas at Arlington Bioengineering Research J.W. Neese Scholarship Winner
	Edward Knight Bentley III University of Alabama Civil Engineering C.D. Howard Scholarship Winner