MACSC BACKGROUND
The Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council (MACSC) is a group of like-minded construction safety professionals dedicated to the protection of life and property in the construction industry. Our efforts are directed towards, but not limited to: sharing safety information for our mutual benefits, fostering safety awareness, standardizing safety practices, encouraging cooperation and open communications, providing a resource of knowledge, experience and information and assisting contractors with implementing and maintaining safe work practices.
The MACSC Foundation is sponsoring multiple $1000 - $5000 CASH AWARD scholarships for an undergraduate or graduate student studying to be a safety or industrial hygiene professional. The scholarships are offered once each academic year to a student meeting the eligibility criteria listed below. The award is written directly to the individual winners to be used to help defray the cost of credits, books, and other costs incurred while in pursuit of a degree. Council has the right to require proof of registration/enrollment/document of indented course cost.
The goal of the MACSC Foundation is to encourage students to live and work within Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Castle County (DE), the New York City area, and Northern Maryland, with the hope that recipients will build their careers in the Philadelphia region after graduation.
All eligible undergraduate and graduate students, as outlined in the criteria below, are strongly encouraged to apply. There are no “losers” in this process. Regardless of the outcome, submitting an application is a valuable opportunity to introduce yourself to fellow professionals in the safety field—and to allow them to get to know you. Your peers and mentors in the safety community are genuinely invested in your success and are eager to support you.
Application deadline: Completed application along with all required documentation must be postmarked by Thursday, February 26, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for the MACSC Safety Scholarship, applicants must be an undergraduate or graduate student who will be entering into either their junior or senior year of study currently enrolled in a recognized safety & health program (or a combination) of the following degree programs:
Construction Management • Safety Management • Occupational Safety & Environmental Health • Safety Sciences • Environmental Science • Civil & Construction Engineering Technology • Environmental Protection & Safety Management • Public Safety Management • Public Health/Industrial Hygiene
EVALUATION CRITERIA
MACSC Foundation Safety Scholarships will be awarded based on the following set of criteria:
• Submission of essay.
• Transcript (Unofficial transcripts will be accepted)
• Assessment of the applications Grade Point Average (GPA)
• Receipt of two (2) letters of recommendation or reference from an employer, professor, or industry mentor. At least one letter of recommendation must be written within sixty (60) days of the scholarship application submission date.
• Consideration of involvement in other safety-related activities or organizations.
• Evaluation of the quality of the scholarship application.
• Quality of Interview with Scholarship Screening Committee
APPLICANT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
Applicant must reside in or attend a program, school, college, or university in one of the following regions: Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, New Castle County Delaware, New York City Area and Northern Maryland.
The goal of the MACSC Foundation is to encourage students to live and work within Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Castle County (DE), the New York City area, and Northern Maryland. The Foundation hopes that scholarship recipients will build their careers in the greater Philadelphia region after graduation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Application: Application along with the required documentation,
must be completed online and postmarked by Thursday, February, 26,2026. Any application received without one or more of the requirements will not be submitted to the selection committee for evaluation nor considered for the scholarship.
Notification: Applications will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee, and successful candidates will be selected for final review and interview. All applicants will be notified of the results. Selected candidates will be contacted and scheduled for interviews via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or another compatible virtual platform. To be considered for the scholarship, participation in the interview process is required. The recipient(s) of the award will be invited to attend, as our guest, the Annual Awards Luncheon on Friday, April 10, 2026.
Administration:The Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council Scholarship is administered by a sub-committee of the Council who has final and binding discretion to decide all questions regarding the awarding of the MACSC Scholarship, its administration, and its terms.
Limitation: As the Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council is an incorporated non-profit association and does not directly employee any person, all Council members and their immediate family are eligible for the award, assuming all other eligibility criteria is met. Past recipients are eligible to apply for the award, given they still meet all requirements and submit a new and complete application.
Ownership All submitted applications and essays become the property of the MACSC Foundation and may be published by the Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council. Successful essays may be published by the Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council and may be, along with information about the winner, shared widely through our website, news releases, and other media. Winners must provide a photo of themselves for MACSC’s use in public communications.
If you have any questions about the scholarship or application process, please feel free to contact Reginald Shubert by phone at 484.571.8876 or email at Rshubert@barrandbarr.com or Sue Geyer by phone at 215-557-1961 or email at sgeyer@macsc.org at the MACSC office.
Refund Policy for Events
Refunds for Events are available if a request is made to the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association (GPHA). Refunds are available up until 3 business days prior to the event. Refunds are not issued when a request is made with less than 3 business days prior to the event.
The refund is valid for credit card payments only. Due to the costs associated with processing payments made by other methods, we are not able to offer the refund for other payment methods.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the commitment Mid Atlantic Construction Safety Council ("MACSC") to the privacy of visitors to the MACSC website located at www.MACSC.org and of its customers ("Members"). Except as required by law or as otherwise provided herein, MACSC will take commercially reasonable steps to ensure your right to privacy. GPHA is committed to developing long lasting relationships that are built on trust and would never intentionally violate that trus
Information We Collect
The information that MACSC collects in connection with the Services is hosted on servers located in the United States (U.S.), unless otherwise provided. By using the Services, you freely and expressly give MACSC your consent to export your information and data to the U.S.
Membership Information.
Members are asked to provide certain personal information when they sign up for a Membership and/or services including name, postal address, email address, telephone number, and billing information (such as a credit card number). In addition, members may also be asked to complete an online form that collects information about demographics, product usage and preferences, along with other information that will help us improve our products and services.
Social Media.
MACSC’s website includes social media features (such as the Facebook "Like" button). These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets may be hosted by a third party or directly on MACSC's website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the feature.
Cookies and Tracking
Cookies are electronic collections of information stored on a local computer that are used by websites to keep track of visitors and registered users and to relate one computer transaction to a later one, and other methods of uniquely tracking visitors for different purposes.
You may set your web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or change the settings on your web browser to clear or disable cookies. If you decide not to accept cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the features of MACSC's website. Additionally, please be aware that if you visit third party websites where you are prompted to log in or that are customizable, you may be required to accept cookies. Cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your personal (e.g., contact) information. However, advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. MACSC does not control use of these cookies and is not responsible for information collected through them.
MACSC uses different types of cookies. For example, some cookies are "required cookies" which are necessary for MACSC's website to work. In addition, cookies are used to provide GMACSC's existing Members with the opportunity for continued savings and increased convenience as described in more detail below.
Cookies for Improving Our Web Site
MACSC uses "performance cookies" to inform GPHA of a repeat visit. However, these cookies do not tell GPHA who a visitor is, the visitor's name, email address, or passwords.
Use of Information
MACSC uses information it collects primarily to provide and collect payment for its memberships and other services. Passively collected information, such as information collected from or about your device including through the placement or reading of cookies or other tracking technologies is used to provide a customized experience as you use MACSC's services.
Membership Contact/Account Information.
The information collected from Members are used to manage each Member's account (such as for billing and account management purposes) and to promote other products or services that MACSC believes may be of interest to its Members. MACSC may also generate non-identifying and aggregate profiles from information that Members provide during registration (such as the total number of Members in a given category, but not their names). As explained in more detail below, MACSC may in certain instances use this aggregated and non-identifying information to promote advertisements that appear on MACSC's website and in connection with its services. Any such aggregated and non-identifying information that MACSC collects, and any analysis of such information that it produces, is proprietary information of MACSC.
Analytics/Statistics.
GPHA uses information gathered from its website analytics (for example, User IP addresses) to help diagnose problems with GPHA servers, and to administer and optimize GPHA's website. GPHA also gathers broad demographic information from this data to help improve its website and make your browsing and purchasing experience more responsive, efficient, or enjoyable. Any statistics gathered by GPHA are proprietary property of GPHA.
Responses to Email Inquiries.
When Members send email inquiries to GPHA, the return email address (and other personal information provided in the inquiry) is used to answer the email inquiry received.
Sharing of Information
Confidentiality.
With the exception of other members of the Endurance corporate family and trusted business partners who work with or on behalf of MACSC, and are subject to specific confidentiality agreements, MACSC will not provide or sell to any third party your personal information and will keep all Member information confidential, subject to the following:
Co-marketing Activities.
Some services are offered or promoted in conjunction with a GPHA partner or sponsor. For example, GPHA may partner with other corporate affiliates of Endurance or with trusted non-affiliated partners for co-promotions of a particular product or service. MACSC may share certain Member contact information but no billing information with MACSC's partner or sponsor in order to provide the relevant services or to run the promotion. If MACSC shares Member information with partners and sponsors, GPHA requires that they maintain the Member information in confidence, and use the information solely for purposes of providing the services or carrying out the agreed upon promotion.
Legal Reasons.
MACSC may access, preserve and share Member information with companies, organizations, governmental entities or individuals outside of GPHA if we believe, in good faith, that the law requires us to do so. This may include, but is not limited to, responding to subpoenas, court orders or other legal processes (such as law enforcement requests). MACSC may access, preserve and share Member information as necessary to: establish or exercise MACSC's legal rights or defend against any legal claim including threatened claims involving MACSC based on the anonymity of a domain name; investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected fraud or other illegal activities; prevent death or serious physical harm to any person; or investigate violations of MACSC's Terms of Service.
Unsubscribe/Opt-out.
When you become a Member of MACSC, you are automatically subscribed to receive transactional notices about your account, email newsletters and news of special promotions offered through MACSC and/or in conjunction with MACSC's partners.
To unsubscribe from MACSC newsletters and promotional mailings, please update your preferences in your MACSC control panel or contact MACSC support. You may also unsubscribe through the links provided in promotional email messages sent by MACSC or on MACSC's behalf.
How to Access or Modify Your Information.
MACSC allows you to access, update, and correct inaccuracies in your personal information in MACSC's custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law. You may request access, updating and corrections of inaccuracies in your personal information MACSC has in its custody or control by accessing the control panel or by contacting support via email, phone or online chat. MACSC may request certain personal information for the purposes of verifying the identity of the individual seeking access to their records.
To ensure you receive the information you need to manage your account and protect your privacy, please be sure to keep your contact and billing information up to date. You can update all account-related information directly through your control panel. Alternatively, you can contact MACSC support.
Data Security
Encryption. When a Member orders from MACSC, personal data transmissions are encrypted and all of the Member's personal information is protected. MACSC uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), the industry standard, for encrypting all personal information, including name, address and credit card numbers.
Revisions to this Policy
MACSC reserves the right to revise, amend, or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and in any manner. However, if MACSC plans to materially change how it plans to use previously collected personal information, MACSC will provide you with advance notice prior to the change becoming effective and an opportunity to opt-out of such differing uses. MACSC encourages you to periodically review this page for the latest information on its privacy practices.
Contact Us Regarding This Policy
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact:
MACSC
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 810
Philadelphia, PA 19103
United States of America
Telephone: (215) 557-1961
Email: sgeyer@macsc.org
