Rotary Foundation District Scholarships 2017-18

Overview

• District 5300 offers two scholarships through The Rotary Foundation Grants process for 2017-2018.
• Each of these two scholarships will be for $5,000.
• Additional scholarships may be added if funds remain after club grants have been allocated.
• The amounts for additional scholarships will be determined after the club allocation.

Eligibility

• Each qualified club in District 5300 for 2017-18 may sponsor one applicant. (See District Grant explanations on the District website for qualification requirements.)
• An applicant must have been a member in good standing of an Interact Club sponsored by a District 5300 or Rotaract Club in the area of his/her college or university.
• The applicant may not be a Rotarian, a member of the immediate family of a Rotarian, or employed by any Rotary entity as further delineated by the Rotary Foundation.
• The applicant may not be a prior recipient of District 5300 Rotary Scholars District Grant.
• The scholarship is for fulltime undergraduate or graduate study.
• The scholarship can be for study in the US or internationally.
• The scholarship will be a reimbursement for the student’s tuition, books, fees, and housing and transportation expenses paid by the student or family member and not funded by other scholarships or grants.
• Applications will be judged primarily on the applicant’s demonstration of Service above Self through prior academic and extra-curricular experiences and on a proposed course of study which is in alignment with one or more of Rotary’s six areas of focus:
  • Promoting Peace
  • Fighting Disease
  • Providing Clean Water
  • Saving Mothers and Children
  • Supporting Education
  • Growing Local Economies

Process

• For the 2017-18 school year applications will be due by 11:59 PM July 31, 2017.
• The application, essay and copy of the most recent official transcript must be submitted electronically to the District 5300 Rotary Scholarship Chair, Roger Schulte.
• Applications will be reviewed and selected by the District 5300 Rotary Scholarship Committee.
• Semi-Finalists may have a telephone interview around September 1, 2017.
• Finalists will be notified in September 2017 of their award.
• The scholarships will be paid out around December 2017.
• The finalists will be reimbursed upon receipt by the Rotary Scholarship Chair of a 1.) current academic schedule, 2.) expense statements, and 3.) proof of payment.

Contact:
Roger Schulte, District 5300 Rotary Scholarship Chair
rogerschulte@gmail.com
M: 909.532.0673
1235 N. North Hills Drive
Upland, CA 91784

District Scholarship Information
District Scholarship Application

The 2016-17 Scholarship Recipients: