The purpose of the scholarship fund is to provide financial assistance to students pursuing an accredited college degree or vocational certificate, and whose ability to cover the costs is severely compromised as a result of their family’s financial burden of ALS.
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. Awards for this scholarship are granted to eligible recipients without regard to creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or national origin.
Applicants to The Paula Kovarick Segalman Family Scholarship Fund must meet all of the following criteria:
Immediate family member refers to a person’s parent, spouse, sibling, parents’ spouse.
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive:
The authorized distribution for new awards is $5,000. Up to one award of $5,000 will be granted.
Awards are renewable up to three years or until a vocational school certificate, associate‘s degree or bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, based on satisfactory academic performance (2.5 cumulative GPA or higher).
Notification
All applicants will be notified of their status in July. Potential recipients will be requested to submit a diagnosis verification form from a physician, an affidavit (if family member is deceased), or other approved documentation.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes payment in August.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need will be considered and recipients must demonstrate need. Applicants will be asked to upload their, or their parent/guardian’s, most recent tax return.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
As part of your application, you must upload the following documents:
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than June 16, 2023 3:00 pm Central Time.
Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.