The mikeroweWORKS Foundation’s Work Ethic Scholarship Program announces another pile of free money available for an education to learn a skilled trade. The program is administered by Scholarship Management Services, a division of Scholarship America. High school seniors, graduates or GED equivalent are eligible to apply for scholarship program. The program rewards people with a passion to get trained for a skill that is in demand. If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a one-time award.
The mikeroweWORKS Foundation is a 501(c) (3) public charity that rewards people with a passion to get trained for skilled jobs that actually exist.
Eligibility:
Applicants to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation Work Ethic Scholarship Program must be:
- High school seniors, graduates or GED equivalent who are enrolled or planning to enroll at an accredited two-year college, vocational, technical school or other approved technical institute in the United States.
- Enrolled or planning to enroll in an approved vocational or similar trade-related program. You can see list of approved programs (https://www.scholarsapply.org/uploads/mrethic/trades.pdf)
- Planning to complete a trade-related program after December 1, 2016.
- Past recipients of a mikeroweWORKS Foundation Educational Scholarships are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply:
For applying the scholarship, the candidates must register themselves through the given link:
https://www.scholarsapply.org/mikeroweworks/register.php
Supporting Documents:
- Transcript of grades. Applicants must include high school, vo-tech or college transcripts of grades from each school attended. Grade reports are not accepted
- A copy of page one from most recently filed IRS Form 1040.
- Two (2) completed Reference Questionnaires.
- Signed S.W.E.A.T. Pledge.
- Completed S.W.E.A.T. Pledge Short Answer Questions.
- Completed School Cost Form.
Award Amount:
- In total, they have scrounged up more than $400,000 for this latest program.
- If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a one-time award. Awards are only for the school tuition cost at an approved vocational or similar trade-related program.
- The number and amounts of the awards will be determined by the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. There is no maximum on the amount of an individual award, and all award amounts are subject to confirmation by the school of the award recipient’s program cost.
Application Deadline:
Application must be submitted by May 15, 2016 by 11:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time). Only the first 150 applications will be processed.
Link for More Information:
www.mikeroweworks.org/scholarship
Contact Information:
For more information you can Email: mikeroweworks-at-scholarshipamerica.org or call: 1-507-931-1682 and ask for the mikeroweWORKS Foundation Work Ethic Scholarship Program
