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Vernon Lehr Memorial Scholarship Fund
Live application window: February 5, 2025 through March 14, 2025 4:00 pm ET

PNC Bank, N.A. Vernon Lehr Memorial Scholarship Fund has established a scholarship program to assist high school seniors from qualified high schools in Pennsylvania who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

This 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 Vernon Lehr Memorial Scholarship Fund must:

  • Be a current high school senior from one of the following high schools in Pennsylvania:
    • Bermudian Springs High School
    • Delone Catholic High School
    • Hanover High School
    • New Oxford High School
  • Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year.

Award Information:

Up to four awards will be granted – one to an application from each high school, if the applicant pool allows.

Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

Applicants will be notified in June. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of the PNC Bank, N.A. Vernon Lehr Memorial Scholarship Fund. Payments are made in one installment in early August.

Scholarship finalists are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • Statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need will be considered. Recipients must demonstrate need.

Scholarship America will evaluate and forward all eligible applicants to PNC Bank, Trustee. An outside scholarship committee will review applicant data, including all essays responses, and select recipients. 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 document:

  • 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.
  • First two pages of the most recently filed 1040 IRS Form(Please black out SSN).

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 19, 2025 4:00 pm Eastern Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically through the Scholarship America Student Hub.

PNC Bank, N.A. Vernon Lehr Memorial Scholarship Fund has partnered with Scholarship America. Select the button below to be directed 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.