{"id":8774,"date":"2023-02-10T05:03:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T05:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notesbard.com\/?p=8774"},"modified":"2023-02-11T00:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T00:51:07","slug":"academic-merit-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notesbard.com\/academic-merit-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Merit Scholarships 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 65.0658%; height: 96px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px; background-color: #c6e4f5;\">\n<td style=\"width: 54.0828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Grade Level<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.0852%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Undergraduate<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 54.0828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Country<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.0852%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px; background-color: #c6e4f5;\">\n<td style=\"width: 54.0828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Award<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.0852%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">$5,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 54.0828%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Application Deadline\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 42.0852%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Rolling<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">About Academic Merit Scholarships<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Academic Merit Scholarships are open to both ABA and non-ABA Members.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">Scholarship Qualifications<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">You must be a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited university (4-year university\/college or junior college).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">You must have a declared major or course of study relevant to the transportation, travel, and tourism industry. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">You must maintain a minimum GPA of a 3.4 on a 4.0 scale.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 18pt;\">Looking For More Undergraduate Scholarships?<span style=\"color: #003366;\"> <a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/notesbard.com\/undergraduate-scholarships\/\">Click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">Terms of Scholarship\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">For all scholarships, recipients must enroll as full-time undergraduates in the fall of the year in which the scholarships are awarded. The scholarships will be applied to educational expenses at any accredited, nonprofit college or university in the United States or Canada, or at a school that offers programs related to the travel or tourism industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">A student may transfer from one college to another and retain the award. There is a new competition for these awards each year. Scholarship winners may reapply each year if the employee or the student&#8217;s parents continue to be employed by ABA members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Winning a scholarship one year does not necessarily ensure that the recipient will win the following year, but preference is given to past winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">Selection Process\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Evaluators select winners based on their academic merit, extracurricular activities, and anticipated financial need. All applicants are notified of the competition results in June. An impartial selection committee of educators is responsible for ranking and choosing the winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">Award of Scholarship\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Winners are announced via online and printed publication and press release in June or July of the application year. Scholarship winners will receive formal acceptance packets that include marketing release forms and guidelines for funds distribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Checks are be mailed to each recipient&#8217;s home address and are be made payable to the college or university only. Checks are be issued in August and December. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Recipients must enroll as full-time undergraduates in the fall of the year in which the scholarships are awarded and continue in school for the entire academic year without interruption, barring illness, emergency, or military service. Scholarship recipients are responsible for making certain that their scholarship checks are delivered to the proper office at their college or university.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">FAQ About Scholarship\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Transportation, travel and tourism encompass a varying range of professions from accounting to hospitality management and everything in between. In other words, please apply rather than ruling yourself out because of your major. However, you will be required to submit a short essay on how your major or course of study is relevant to the transportation, travel and tourism industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\">How to Apply?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aim.applyists.net\/Account\/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fAMBUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Online application<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buses.org\/aba-foundation\/scholarships\/aba-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\">Apply Now!<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grade Level Undergraduate Country USA Award $5,000 Application Deadline\u00a0 Rolling About Academic Merit Scholarships Academic Merit Scholarships are open to both ABA and non-ABA Members. Scholarship Qualifications You must be a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited university (4-year university\/college or junior college). 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