Scholarship Award Criteria

The 27th Infantry Regiment Historical Society has established the following criteria for administering and awarding
educational scholarships:

• All applications must be complete and factual.
• Scholarships will be awarded in $1 ,027.00 amounts.
• The number of Scholarships will be determined by the Committee.
• A child, grandchild or spouse of an active or deceased member of the Society for at least 12 months prior to the application date.

The following requirements must be adhered to:

• The Committee will not be able to consider and application that is incomplete.
• Any applications filed after the deadline will be returned to the applicant.
• The awards are considered only for those applicants who will be attending a 2-year 4-year college, university, junior college or trade school.
• The applicant must be intent on pursuing a course toward a degree or certificate of completion and must include at least 12 semester hours per semester toward that goal.
• The application and supporting documents must be submitted to the Scholarship Chairperson by the deadline date.

The completed application must include in addition to the application form the following forms:

• A personal letter from the applicant giving the reasons for the request, plans for the future, summary of school activities and interests and other points of interest the applicant thinks pertinent.
• A transcript of high school credits through the first semester of the senior year to include rank in class and most recent ACT or SAT college entrance test scores
• If the applicant is in the second or later year of an undergraduate program, the transcripts of post-high school must be submitted.
• Letters of recommendation by 3 recognizable community citizens, one to be from the high school principal of the graduating school, the authority who certifies high school equivalency or the equivalent.
• A letter of acceptance from the institution selected by the applicant or a list of applications pending. The award will not be made until the acceptance is giver A full-face head and shoulders color photograph of the applicant, not larger than 3 x 4.