Transportation Policy, Operations, and Logistics

Malcom P. McLean Scholarship

Award Level
This award is for a total of $15,000 spread across two academic years. Additionally, the awardee will be guaranteed participation in the prestigious Eno Transportation Foundation Leadership Development Conference ($1,500 of the first year of the award is set aside for this program).

Research Assistantship
Awardee will work with a faculty member as a research assistant during the academic year for 20 hours/week. (This applies only to awardees who are full-time students.)

Summer Internship
Awardee will be eligible for a paid internship with a transportation company during the summer between the first and second year.

Eligibility
Applicants to the Master’s in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics (TPOL) at the School of Public Policy; U.S. citizens or permanent residents only. Preference is given to full-time students.

Application Procedures
No additional application is required for consideration for this award. All applicants to the TPOL program will be considered for the award.

Conditions
Awards may be combined with other university support.

The Malcom P. McLean Scholarship in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics is made possible through the generous support of the Malcom P. McLean Foundation. McLean (1913-2001) is known as the father of containerization, which revolutionized the loading and unloading of ships, and was a key enabling technology for the logistics revolution that is currently transforming the global production and distribution of goods. He has been recognized as one of ten people in the 20th Century who changed the world.

For more details, please contact the School of Public Policy’s Graduate Admissions Office at 703.993.8099 or spp@gmu.edu

TPOL Program Description