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Caliber Family Scholarship Program
Application status: Closed

Caliber Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in the trades or technical degree fields in college or vocational school programs.

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.
 

Elegibilidades en español

Applicants to the Caliber Family Scholarship Program must:

  • Be dependent* children, age 24 and under, of full-time Caliber domestic employees who have a minimum of one (1) continuous year of employment with the company 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.
  • Be high school seniors or graduates
  • Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study in the trades and technical degrees** at an accredited two-year college or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.
    **Technical degrees include, but not limited to: Automotive Repair, Automotive Technician, Automotive Technology, Mechanical, etc.

If taking certification programs, they must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length and applicants must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed in August.

Children of Vice President or higher are ineligible.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,500 award. Up to 40 awards will be granted annually.

Awards are renewable up to one year 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, fulltime enrollment, and continued parental employment.

Assuming there are qualified applicants, recipients will be represented across the Caliber territories. Recipients may also receive an opportunity to attend the Platinum Leadership Training Event and/or future career opportunities with Caliber.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in March.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Caliber Foundation. Payment is made in early August.

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
  • An online recommendation

Financial need will not be considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Caliber Foundation 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:

  • 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.

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.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than April 4, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time.

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

Caliber Foundation has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.