Grant Trust

National deadline:  April 1, 2013

Eligibility requirements:
•    First-generation college students (neither parent graduated from a four-year college).
•    Planning to become a professional in natural or environmental sciences.
•    In need of financial assistance to complete college.
•    Residents of the state of Washington for at least 24 months prior to applying. (Students may attend any accredited college or university in the U.S.)
•    Entering the second year of a program at a two-year college or will have attained junior status at a four-year college.

Award summary and conditions:  The Bob & Eleanor Grant Trust provides scholarships for first-generation college students studying natural or environmental sciences. The Trust can provide scholarships of up to $15,000 per year that are renewable based upon satisfactory student progress.
The priority of selection criteria is:  1) need 2) passion 3) merit.

Application process:  Hard copy submission   
Application materials: http://www.bandegranttrust.org/

• Completed application form and typed statements/essays*
• Official transcript(s) from all college courses
• Copy of your current Student Aid Report (SAR)
• Résumé of achievements, leadership, community service, honors, employment and scholarships
• Three confidential letters of recommendation including one from a professor within your field of study and one from a peer.  Recommendations must be received directly from the writers, postmarked by April 1. Please provide your references with a stamped envelope addressed to:
  Bob & Eleanor Grant Trust
  P.O. Box 75087
  Seattle, WA 98175-0087

Faculty Representative:  Keith Raether

National committee interview:  Finalist will be interviewed the fourth weekend in April.

Announcement date:  April 30

Contact information:  College Guidance Services at (206) 364-4935

*Statements
Respond to the following questions/statements in fewer than 200 typed words each.  To conserve paper, address more than one statement per sheet, and use both sides.
1) What are your passions and how are they manifested in your life?
2) Tell us how you are learning to walk in someone else's shoes.
3) How do you spend your leisure time?
4) What additional information about you would help us in making our decision.

Essays
Respond to the following statements with no more than 500 typed words per essay.  Please be sure your name appears at the top right corner of every statement and essay page. Double-sided printing is encouraged.
1) People are shaped by their experiences. Tell us about an experience that inspired your goals and motivated you to want to become a science/environmental professional.
2) What are your current professional plans? Describe the vision you have for yourself as a science/ environmental professional.