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KAG Children of Employee Scholarship
Live application window: January 6, 2025 through February 10, 2025 3:00 pm CT

The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education 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.

Applicants to the KAG Children of Employee Scholarship must:

  • Be dependent* children, under age 26, of full-time The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. domestic employees who have a minimum of one (1) year employment with the company as of the application deadline date.
    *Dependent children are defined as children under age 26 including; biological children, stepchildren, foster children, legal-guardianship children, legal-adopted children, and children placed with employees for adoption.
  • Be high school seniors or graduates or current college undergraduates.
  • Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Dependent children of executive-level employees are ineligible. Executive-level is defined as Vice Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents and C-level executives.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive $2,500 award. Up to 20 awards will be granted.

Awards are not renewable; however, students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements up to a maximum of four awards (one per academic year up to four).

Awards can be used for any education-related expenses.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in May.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. Payment is made in early August.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic performance
  • 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 is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. 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
    • 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 February 13, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

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

The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. 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.