The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute is offering five scholarships for current NDSU juniors and seniors to be awarded for the 2011-12 academic year. To be considered, students should apply by April 30. The application is online at www.ndsu.edu/transportation/scholarship.

The Charles E. Herman Scholarship recognizes academic achievement and promotes the education of transportation students with a preference to women and minorities at NDSU. Funding for one $2,000 scholarship is provided by the Charles E. Herman Scholarship Endowment Fund, NDSU Development Foundation.

The Paul E.R. Abrahamson Transportation Scholarship recognizes outstanding students at NDSU with an interest in the transportation and logistics of agricultural products. Two scholarships of $1,500 will be awarded.

The Transportation Engineering Scholarship recognizes academic achievement and promotes the education of transportation students at NDSU. Two scholarships of $1,500 will be awarded.

Funding for the Abrahamson and Transportation Engineering scholarships is provided by the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute’s Mountain-Plains Consortium through the University Transportation Centers Program of the U.S. Department of Transportation.