Carl C. Yount Charitable Scholarship

Carl C. Yount Charitable Scholarship must:

Be high school seniors or graduates, current college undergraduates, or graduate level students
Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.
Be pursuing theatrical arts or music, medical courses, orthopedics or research in orthopedic surgery and allied fields

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $5,000 award. Up to 2 awards will be granted.

Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Awards are for undergraduate and graduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in March.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Carl C. Yount Charitable Scholarship Trust. Payment is made in July.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

Academic record
Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
Work experience
A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
Unusual personal or family circumstances

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of the Carl C. Yount Charitable Scholarship Trust play a part in the selection.

Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
Copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information section of the application. Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.