2024 Joe Beirne Scholarship Program

Sixteen partial college scholarships of $4,000 each are being offered for the 2025-2026 school year. Winners, selected in a lottery drawing, also will receive second-year scholarships of the same amount contingent upon satisfactory academic accomplishment. Part-time students, less than 12 credits, will receive half of the scholarship monies.

Deadline

Final deadline for applications is 11:59 pm EDT, April 30, 2025.

History

The CWA Joe Beirne Foundation was established in October 1974 by the Communications Workers of America Executive Board to honor the name and memory of the founding President of CWA, who served for more than 30 years.

Apply

Eligible for the awards are CWA members and their spouses, children and grandchildren, including those of retired or deceased members.