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The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is committed to supporting university-level fluid power education and programs that train the next generation of the fluid power workforce. To help get more university graduates educated in fluid power, the University Fluid Power Grant is designed to provide funding to faculty to add more fluid power curricula to their undergraduate engineering programs.

The University Fluid Power Grant Program is looking for projects that develop curriculum for the General Electrical/Electronic, Data Acquisition, and Controls Competencies identified by our industry as critical to fluid power education. Materials developed under this grant will be shared freely on the NFPA Foundation website for use by other schools.

We will work with applicants to determine funding needed to add curriculum that covers missing competencies. NFPA’s funding year is July 1-June 30. Grants will be awarded until funds are depleted.

In response to the increasing need for emerging talent with practical experience, NFPA has established a grant program designed to support the development of hands-on fluid power projects that are cost-effective, replicable, and easy to implement for students at the high school and college level. The primary objectives are to design and pilot the project, finalize the Bill of Materials (BOM) and lesson plans, and develop a ready-to-use, tested curriculum that NFPA can publish and distribute to other schools.

Several project concepts have been validated by industry professionals, and NFPA may assist in connecting grant recipients with industry mentors for additional guidance. Priority will be given to applicants whose final projects are easily replicable, with a cost under $500 for high school projects and $2,000 for university lab courses of 10-15 students.