The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) is once again accepting grant applications to fund initiatives having the purpose of improving or advancing the collision and mechanical repair industries. Grant requests will be accepted through October 7 and reviewed at the AASP Board of Directors meeting in November.
The Industry Improvement Grant initiative was established by AASP in 2010 to provide funding for innovative and collaborative projects and programs that address unmet needs within the mechanical and collision repair industries. Since its inception, the program has awarded over $20,000 in grants to fund projects from research into business-to-business data ownership and collection of collision-related legal decisions to creating a glossary of industry terms in Spanish.
Interested parties can visit www.autoserviceproviders.com for additional information and to download a grant application. Grant proposals must have a sponsoring AASP Affiliate and/or involvement of the AASP National office.
AASP already invests in the industry at the local level through educational grants to AASP Affiliate organizations. To date, AASP has contributed over $57,000 toward management and technical educational programming hosted by AASP Affiliates. In addition, AASP founded, funds and maintains the Database Enhancement Gateway in collaboration with the Automotive Service Association and Society of Collision Repair Specialists.
More information:
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers
