Required Criteria:

  1. A maximum of $250.00 will be available to each member selected for assistance.
  2. Funding is designed to pay for registration and CE course. Members requesting the full amount must take a CE course. Members requesting assistance for CE courses must register and attend all sessions of the Annual Meeting, including the business meeting.
  3. Applicants must have a genuine need for financial aid due to lack of institutional travel support or adequate salary support.
  4. Applicants must have paid FHSLA membership dues for the year previous to date of application and must be current FHSLA members in good standing.
  5. Recipients of scholarships for the previous year are not eligible for scholarships for the current year.
  6. Scholarships will be limited to one person per institution.
  7. Applicant must complete an application form, including a statement answering the question: "What do you expect to gain professionally and/or personally by attending the FHSLA annual meeting?" Scholarship award winner(s) will be expected to attend sessions of FHSLA's Annual Meeting, including the business meeting and submit a brief (250-300 word) follow-up report to be published in the FHSLA Alert.
  8. Application deadline will be one week prior to the early registration deadline. Applications will be sent to the chair of the Honors and Awards Committee.
  9. The Honors and Awards Committee will have the responsibility for deciding whether applicants meet the criteria and awarding the scholarships.

Priority Consideration Criteria:

Applicant's length of time as a FHSLA member

Applicant is participating in the program at FHSLA meeting

Applicant's involvement with FHSLA committees

Applicant is a first time attendee at FHSLA meeting

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