Scholarship Application

FHPWEF Selection Criteria

1. To be considered, scholarship applicants must:

Be a woman pursuing an associate, bachelor or graduate degree.
Be a United States citizen or have been granted permanent residency.
Be a Texas resident.
Have completed at least 30 semester hours of credit as of 12/31/2009 in an accredited college or university.
Be enrolled to take six or more credit hours in an accredited college or university that has physical presence in Texas.
Have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Send completed application and supporting documentation in a single email to scholarshipapps@fhpw.org by May 31, 2010

2. Submission of the following documentation is mandatory:

Copy of Texas driver's license
Documentation from educational institution verifying tuition/fees
Applicant statement of reason for applying for the scholarship, 200 words or less
Statement of short and long term goals, 200 words or less
Most recent transcript (issue to student is acceptable)
Two letters of recommendation
Applicant biographical sketch, 100 words or less (appropriate for inclusion in Women of Excellence Gala Awards souvenir program)

3. Only complete applications and supporting documentation received at the designated email will be considered.
4. The application and supporting documents must be sent in a single email to be considered.
5. The applicant will receive a reply email confirming that her application packet was received. This reply WILL NOT be confirmation that the application and supporting documentation as received are complete.
6. Applications and/or supporting documents SENT AFTER the designated deadline will not be considered.

Selection Process

The scholarship recipients will be selected by the Foundation Governing Board.
Members of the Foundation Governing Board and their dependents are not eligible to receive scholarships.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to submit to scholarshipapps@fhpw.org a complete and signed application and all the supporting documentation in a single email which must be sent on or before the deadline date as set forth above.
The Foundation Governing Board accepts no responsibility for incomplete applications, applications not in proper form, emails not received, lost applications, or any other submission(s) in exception to the above instructions.
The scholarship award will be based on the committee’s scores of the overall quality of the application and the supporting documentation.

Award Notification

Email award notification will be sent by July 15, 2010 to scholarship recipients.

Additional information

For questions, contact Nancy Williams at nancy@nancywilliams.net. Note: Do NOT send scholarship apps to this address. Applications sent here will not be forwarded to the proper address and will not be eligible for consideration.