Scholarship for Campus courses
Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarship
In collaboration with the Siebel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering TWO full tuition brewing education scholarship in 2025.
Both scholarships are for the World Brewing Academy Concise Course in Brewing Technology in Chicago in November 2025. The Concise Course in Brewing Technology is a two-week intensive program that covers every topic critical to successful brewery operations. The program is designed for brewers pursuing a wider knowledge of professional brewing standards and techniques in order to advance their brewing careers as well as individuals planning to enter the brewing industry. Each Concise Course scholarship includes a $1,000 stipend to help offset travel and lodging expenses
Rules and regulations
Applicants must be from the states Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The full application must be received no later than April 21, 2025.
How to apply
Application for Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships
1. Please describe your career goals and relate how the Siebel course will help you meet these goals.
2. The craft brewing industry has undergone many changes over the past decade with the rate of change accelerating in the last few years. Please describe the challenges and opportunities this has produced and how you will be a positive force in shaping the future of the industry.
3. Please discuss how your accomplishments have demonstrated your dedication to the art of craft brewing.
4. Please indicate how you will help further the goals of the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation.
Please provide two letters of recommendation, with one letter being from a professional brewer, in support of your application along with relevant contact information for all parties.
The content of your application and recommendations are very important, as this information is all the Selection Committee has to evaluate your candidacy. Please make sure to answer all four questions separately in essay format. Note that applicants must live in the stated geographic region on April 21, 2025 to be eligible for the scholarship.
The Concise Course scholarships are open to individuals planning to enter the brewing industry and to brewers with no more than three years of brewery work experience.
Candidates applying for the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships must include a completed application, however the application fees are waived. The registration form can be downloaded here. On the registration form, applicants must indicate that they are applying for the “Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Scholarship”. All the above is to be sent for arrival April 21, 2025 to: Siebel Institute of Technology ATTN: GLEN HAY FALCONER SCHOLARSHIP 322 S Green Street Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60607
Note that all applications must be on standard paper and single sided pages only. All applications must be mailed via UPS, FedEx, DHL, or USPS (regular, Priority, or Express, but not Registered or Certified). All applicants and the two recipients of the scholarships will be contacted directly by the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation by May 23, 2025.
About the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation
The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is a non-profit organization created to commemorate and celebrate the life, interests, and good works of a well-loved and leading Northwest brewer. The Falconer Foundation has granted 57 scholarships since 2004 and is dedicated to promoting knowledge and expertise in the craft brewing industry in memory and honor of Glen Hay Falconer. For more information on the Foundation and its activities, please visit www.glenfalconerfoundation.org
About Glen Hay Falconer
About Glen Hay Falconer
Passion, dedication, and creativity defined Glen Falconer’s beers and his entire approach to life. Glen began his brewing career as an avid homebrewer and dedicated member of the Cascade Brewers Society, a clan of skilled homebrewers based in the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon area. As a professional brewer, Glen continued to support the craft of homebrewing by providing access to brewing ingredients, procedures and unique beer recipes.
In 1990, Glen followed his dream and pursued a professional brewing career, beginning at Steelhead Brewery in Eugene. Glen completed the Siebel Concise Course in Brewing Technology in 1994. Glen then refined his skills at the renowned Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon, working side-by-side with his close friend and mentor John Maier.
In 1996, Glen became head brewer at the Wild Duck Brewery in Eugene, providing six regular beers on tap as well as a wide variety of specialty ales and lagers each season. Glen continued as head brewer at the Wild Duck until his untimely death in 2002.
Enlarging on the tradition of brewing, laughing heartily and embracing adventure fully represented Glen’s life. While Glen won numerous professional craft brewing prizes and accolades, perhaps his finest accomplishment was the back-to-back Gold Medals received posthumously for his Auld Gnarly Head Barley Wine at the 2002 and 2003 Great American Beer Festival. Application for Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships 1. Please describe your career goals and relate how the Siebel course will help you meet