The scholarship is open to any current high school seniors enrolled in the upcoming semester, vocational students, college students, or graduate students who are legal residents of the United States residing in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia are allowed to apply.
Candidates for this scholarship should have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good overall academic standing.
Employees of Tomeny Best, their immediate families (parent, child, sibling, and spouse), and persons living in the same households as such individuals (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate in the competition.
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The candidate must submit a 750-1000 word essay response to the prompt: One of our passions at Tomeny Best is helping animals in need find a loving home. For this scholarship, we are asking applicants to write about animal rescue and how we can come together as a community to help save animals in abusive situations or those who are not getting the proper care they deserve.
The candidate must submit a professional resumé that lists their professional and academic experience.
The candidate must submit a transcript from their current school. First-year college students, graduate students, or individuals who have recently transferred schools may submit an unofficial transcript from their current school and the most recent official transcript from their prior school. High school students must also submit proof of acceptance to their college or university.
The recipient of the Furever Home Scholarship will be chosen during the month following the scholarship deadline.
All applicants must be enrolled, or due to be enrolled, as a full-time student at an accredited college or university for the semester they are applying receive the scholarship.
Applicants are not required to have a minimum GPA.
Domestic, international, and undocumented students may apply.
Students attending online universities are welcome to apply.
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How to Apply
Submit an essay between 800 and 1500 words on mentorship. Please respond to these questions in your essay.
How do you believe mentorship can benefit future generations?
Have you ever had a mentor or acted as a mentee? How did that change you life.
Feel free to include Big Brother or Big Sister programs, influential teachers or role-models, and any other relationships that have enriched your life.
Submit proof of enrollment or an acceptance letter in an accredited university.
Complete the online application.
The application and submission guidelines can be found on the scholarship’s website.
Eligibility to apply for a Ford fellowship is limited to:
All US citizens, nationals and permanent US residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card) of the United States, and individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations)
Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
There are three levels of the fellowship program, including predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral.
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Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Must be 18 years of age or older as of Aug. 9, 2023 and enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student at an accredited U.S. college or university for the fall 2019 semester.
Must have declared major of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or related life science field
Graduate students must have a cumulative graduate GPA of minimum 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and have received a cumulative undergraduate GPA of minimum 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Undergraduate Sophomore, Juniors, and Seniors must have a cumulative college GPA of minimum 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Undergraduate Freshmen must have a cumulative high school GPA of minimum 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
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All applications must be submitted by May 04, 2022.
How to Apply
Complete the online application
The application and submission guidelines can be found on the scholarship’s website.