Advantage Solutions has established a scholarship program to assist employees who are planning to continue their education at a college, university or CEGEP school.
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Applicants to the Advantage Solutions Better Together Education Foundation Scholarship must:
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive an award between $2,500 and $10,000. Up to 29 awards will be granted.
The program will be administered in two cycles and in full compliance with IRS Revenue Procedure 76-47. No more than 10% of eligible applicants may receive awards.
Provided qualified applications are received, ranked awards will be granted per cycle as follows:
Cycle one (March 4 to April 2)
One (1) Award for $10,000
Three (3) Awards for $5,000
Eleven (11) awards for $2,500
Cycle two (September 9 to October 8)
One (1) Award for $10,000
Two (2) Awards for $5,000
Eleven (11) awards for $2,500
Awards are renewable up to three years or until a degree is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance (maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale), and continued enrollment. Per IRS Revenue Procedure 76-47, the employment eligibility requirement does not apply to previous recipients.
Student may only apply and receive one of the awards. Students who were not selected may reapply if they meet the requirements in subsequent cycles.
Awards are for qualified education-related expenses (tuition, fees, books and required supplies) only.
Awards will be issued in U.S. dollars (USD).
Students must receive approval from the Sponsor to defer their award. One deferral per recipient is allowed.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need will be considered. Recipients must demonstrate need.
Applicants for Cycle 1 will be notified in late May.
Applicants for Cycle 2 will be notified in late November.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Advantage Solutions. Payment is made for Cycle 1 in early August and for Cycle 2 in late January.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Advantage Solutions play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
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. SAT or ACT test scores are optional.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
