Automotive Content Professionals Network Launches New ‘ACPN Explorer’ Scholarship Program
BETHESDA, Md. – January 29, 2025 – The Automotive Content Professionals Network 
(ACPN), a community of the Auto Care Association, today announced the launch of the ACPN Explorer Program, formerly called the “ACPN Connect Scholarship.” ACPN relaunched the scholarship program to better reflect the goals of the program.
“The ACPN Explorer Program conveys the ideas of new beginnings, discovery, and growth,” said Courtney Pedler, chair, ACPN. “It provides people newer to our industry with the opportunity to uncover the vast potential within the automotive content profession. The technology we use is changing so rapidly, and it’s a profession with so much heart that we’re all explorers, really.”
Expanding professional advancement
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of United Motor Products, the program now offers scholarships to two recipients for 2025. Each of the inaugural “Explorers” will receive a scholarship valued at over $3,000, which will cover the majority of the costs associated with attending ACPN programming during the Auto Care Association’s Auto Care Connect event week. This enhancement allows ACPN to support more professionals in their journey of networking, learning and advancing in the automotive content space.
ACPN at Auto Care Connect
The 2025 Auto Care Connect education event will take place from May 12-15, 2025, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, Ariz. Auto Care Connect is the pinnacle learning event for professionals in the auto care industry.
Auto Care Connect offers a unique platform for the industry to come together and engage in learning sessions developed by their peers, industry pioneers and professional specialists to spur creative and strategic thought.
Now accepting 2025 applications
For more information about the ACPN scholarship click here. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.
To learn more about the upcoming Auto Care Connect event, including featured speakers, schedule of events, sponsorship opportunities and more, visit autocare.org/acpn.