Clifford H. “Ted” Rees, Jr. Scholarship 2025

Each year, four SkillsUSA members studying HVAC-R are selected by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) to receive a $2,500 award towards the continued study of HVAC-R at the college/postsecondary level. AHRI members manufacture quality, efficient, and innovative HVAC-R equipment and components for sale around the world. These products account for more than 90% of the residential and commercial equipment manufactured and sold in North America.

SkillsUSA is America's proud champion of the skilled trades. Since 2020, the Clifford H. "Ted" Rees, Jr. Scholarship Foundation has contributed $100,000 to SkillsUSA and awarded 36 scholarships to SkillsUSA recipients.

We're a student-led partnership of education and industry that's building the future of the skilled workforce. Representing nearly 400,000 career and technical education students and teachers, SkillsUSA chapters thrive in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide. Our mission is accomplished through the SkillsUSA Framework of Personal Skills, Workplace Skills and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics, which is integrated into classroom curriculum.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must be:

• a registered member of a SkillsUSA chapter

• an 11th grader, 12th grader, or current college/post-secondary student

• a current HVAC-R student

• plan to continue HVAC-R training at a college, certificate program, or apprenticeship in the 2025-2026 academic year, or the academic term immediately following high school graduation