National Trailer Dealers Association
Academic Scholarship Program

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Applications for the 2012 Scholarship Program will be available mid-April 2012.

Purpose

• The 2011 NTDA Scholarship Program provided one $7,000 scholarship. The amount of the scholarship may vary from year-to-year, based on the NTDA's scholarship underwriters.
  
• Applicant must be a child of an individual that is actively employed by an NTDA member company at the time of application. The child must be a graduating high school senior who is going into college the following year.
• Qualification criteria include academic capability, financial need, personal and school references, participation in school and community activities, and work experience. These criteria are evaluated by judges using a weighted scoring system with financial need receiving 50% of the total consideration.
  
• Finalists will be required to provide verification of income. You will be notified if you are considered a finalist for the scholarship, and you may be asked to provide information relating to verification of income to the CPA firm Smith, Koelling, Dykstra & Ohm, P.C.
  
• The scholarship recipient is notified once the judging process is complete.
  

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicant must be a candidate for graduation from high school at the time of application.
• Applicant must be a child of an individual that is actively employed by an NTDA member company at the time of application. The term “child” includes natural, adopted, stepchildren and legal wards.
  

Conditions of Scholarship

• During the period for which the scholarship is applicable, the grantee must be a full-time student pursuing a course of study toward a degree.
• The scholarship will be awarded to the student after he or she has successfully completed one quarter/semester at an accredited, degree-granting college or university, and the educational institution provides an official copy of his or her transcript(s) to the NTDA for verification.
  
• The scholarship is a one-time award and is nonrenewable.

Questions? Contact the NTDA Executive Director Gwendolyn Brown at 1-800-800-4552, or e-mail gwen@ntda.org.