Scholarship Funds now accepting applications

The Beech Scholarship Fund is now accepting grant applications from high school seniors attending Temple University for the fall 2014 academic year, and current students of Temple University.

The applicant's must major in either Arts, Business, Education, Engineering, or Liberal Arts to qualify, and they must be students of color and live in the Philadelphia county.

If you know of someone interested in applying for the scholarship, please share the following link with them,http://www.beechinterplex.com/bcs_scholarship.asp.

Applicants interested in applying for a scholarship may download the application below. Any person that may have questions regarding the scholarship may contact Christine Brown, by email at cbrown@beechico.com. The deadline for submission is May 2, 2014. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.

The Beech Scholarship Fund recipient selection process is designed to ensure fairness. All applicants are ranked fairly and selected according to the scholarship criteria. Once the Selection Committee has reviewed each application and has selected the four scholarship recipients, each awardee will be notified in June 2014.

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The George Snow Scholarship Fund offers need-based scholarships to high school seniors attending:

1. All Palm Beach County High Schools

2. Blanche Ely and Pompano Beach High Schools in northern Broward County

3. All Homeschooled students who would be attending a high school in Palm Beach County
or Blanche Ely and Pompano Beach High Schools in northern Broward County

4. Woman in Miami/Dade County, Broward County and Palm Beach County interested in
obtaining degrees in the Technology and Engineering fields.

WE DO NOT OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO ANY STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE ABOVE AREAS.

The Fund looks for applicants that have a financial need, are active in their school and community, have strong educational and career goals, and are self motivated. Students applying for these scholarships can attend any accredited college, university, vocational/technical school anywhere in the country and major in any subject. In addition to our unrestricted scholarships, we also offer many specific scholarships that you can apply for on our “Area of Study and Areas of Interest Question” page in our application. Your answers will help us determine which of these specific scholarships you may be eligible to receive.

If you have any questions regarding the above criteria for our scholarships, please contact
the Scholarship Fund at info@scholarship.org.

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