Eligibility

Applicants to the Joseph and Elizabeth Walder Scholarship Program must:

• Be an Integrated DNA Technologies global associate who has a minimum of one (1) year employment with the company as of the application deadline date of June 24.
• Continue to be employed at Integrated DNA Technologies and be in good standing as it pertains to performance standards at the time each scholarship check is mailed. If an associate leaves Integrated DNA Technologies they would forfeit their scholarship award.
• Plan to enroll, or be enrolled, in part-time or full-time undergraduate or graduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year. Professional certification coursework is also accepted.

 Associates at grade level M4 and above (IDT L1 associates) are not eligible to apply.

Process

Please submit an application via the Scholarship America Hub using the Apply Now button below this section. As part of your application, you must upload the following:

• A completed Associate Coursework Approval Form (click to view and fill out the form).
• 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.

A profile has to be completed in the Scholarship America Hub to start the Joseph and Elizabeth Walder Scholarship Program application. PLEASE NOTE: No minimum GPA is required for this program.  The Recommender and Documents sections on the Hub are not utilized for IDT’s program, but a completed Associate Coursework Approval form is required to be uploaded with your application. In addition to the Joseph and Elizabeth Walder Scholarship Program, the Scholarship America Hub can provide you access to additional external scholarship programs you may be eligible to apply for once you complete your profile.

Awards

Up to 16 awards will be granted as follows:

• One (1) award of $10,000 USD will be granted to the applicant with the highest merit.
• Fifteen (15) awards of $2,000 USD will be granted to other applicants with the highest merit.

Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

(NOTE: A student may only receive the $10,000 USD award one time. If selected as a recipient in future years, previous recipients of the $10,000 USD award will only be eligible to receive a $2,000 USD award.)

Awards are for undergraduate and graduate study, as well as professional certification coursework.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

• A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
• Unusual personal or family circumstances

Financial need is not considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Danaher Corporation or Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Notification

Applicants will be notified in early August. 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 Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. The $2,000 USD award payments are sent in one installment in mid-August, and the $10,000 USD award payment is sent in two installments in mid-August and mid-December. Recipients outside the U.S. will receive wire transfers upon verification of enrollment.