Funding Opportunity: Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation’s Coca-Cola Scholars Program

10/13/2009

Neighborhood Networks provides potential funding sources to help centers develop and improve programs and services.  Featured this week is the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation’s Coca-Cola Scholars Program.   Program Areas: The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation provides scholarship programs and enrichment opportunities in support of exceptional young peoples’ thirst for knowledge and their desire to make a difference in the world.  The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation supports more than 1,400 college students each year, with annual scholarships of $3.4 million.   The Coca-Cola Scholars Program invites seniors in high schools throughout the United States who meet the eligibility requirements to apply for one of 250 four-year, achievement-based scholarships.   Eligibility: To be considered, students must be a current high school (or home-schooled) senior attending school in the United States (or select Department of Defense schools).  Students must also be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents; temporary residents (in a legalization program); refugees; asylees; Cuban or Haitian entrants; or humanitarian parolees.   In addition, students must be: Anticipating completion of high school diploma at the time of application. Planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution. Carrying a minimum 3.00 grade point average at the end of their junior year of high school.   Applicants may not be children or grandchildren of employees or officers or owners of Coca−Cola bottling companies, The Coca−Cola Company, Company divisions, or subsidiaries.   Target Area: National.   Award Amount: $10,000 and $20,000.   Application Process: Students may apply via the Coca-Cola Scholars Program Web site between August 1 and October 31.  The student must be a senior at the time of application.   Approximately 2,200 applicants will be selected as semifinalists in mid-November and notified by mail and e-mail.  Semifinalists must then complete a secondary application, including essays, and submit official transcripts, and two letters of recommendation.  Semifinalist applications will be due by mid-January.  The foundation’s Program Review Committee will select 250 finalists to advance to the final interview phase.  Notifications are sent mid-February.    In April, the 250 finalists will be invited to Atlanta, Georgia for personal interviews.  A National Selection Committee representing outstanding leaders in business, government, education, and the arts interviews the finalists.  Fifty students are then designated as national scholars and receive awards of $20,000 for college.  Two hundred students are designated as regional scholars and receive awards of $10,000 for college.    Deadline:  October 31, 2009.   Contact: For more information, visit the Coca-Cola Scholars Program online.

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