Bio-Techne Scholarship Program

Eligibility
Applicants to the Bio-Techne Scholarship Program must:

Dependent* children, age 26 and under as of the application deadline, of full-time employees of Bio-Techne, Corp., who work an average of 1600 hours per year (i.e. 32 hours per week) as of the application deadline.
*Dependent children are defined as natural and legally adopted children or stepchildren living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.

Children of deceased employees are eligible provided that the employee had been employed at Bio-Techne, Corp. for a minimum of five years with 10,000 work hours.

High school seniors or graduates who plan to enroll or students who are already enrolled in full-time undergraduate or graduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Awards
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $5,000 award. Up to fifty(50) 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.

Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of academic record, demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience, statement of goals and aspirations, unusual personal or family circumstances, and an online recommendation. Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Bio-Techne, Corp. play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Notification
Applicants will be notified in late July. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Bio-Techne, Corp. Payments are made in one installment August.

Parent employee of recipient must be employed a the time checks are disbursed.

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 and credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

Also as part of your application, one online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf.

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