Ministerial Education Scholarship
The Ministerial Education Scholarship is a Scholarship sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Association.
Award Information:
Amount of Scholarship: Minimum: $500, Average: $2000, Maximum: $3500
Requirements: Applicants must be enrolled full time in a Master of Divinity degree program leading to ordination as a Unitarian Universalist minister.
Eligibility: Master's-level study
Sponsorship provided by:
Unitarian Universalist Association
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
USA
Email Address: info@uua.org
Phone Number: 617 742 2100
Fax Number: 617 367 3237
http://www.uua.org/info/scholarships.html
You can find out more by contacting:
Christine May
Office of Ministerial Education
Email Address: cmay@uua.org
Phone Number: 617 742 2100 x403
Fax Number: 617 742 2875
A good place to start is to carefully examine the background of the scholarship. A maximized likelihood of obtaining money will follow from first understanding the qualifications and then determining if you qualify. At the outset be aware of the reason for involvement of the Unitarian Universalist Association and their reason for offering the Ministerial Education Scholarship. If you are qualified, verify that you have a decent shot of being awarded the scholarship. Once you believe that you have a decent shot that you can be one of the winners of the Ministerial Education Scholarship, then you should use your time.
An important aspect of working toward obtaining the scholarship is filling out the application correctly. Some forms are drawn-out and laborious, but it is absolutely critical that you fill out the application precisely and without omission. It would be awful to miss out as the result of something that could have been avoided.
Once the application is sent off, figure out the timeframe regarding when the Ministerial Education Scholarship distributes any funds in order to stay informed about if you will be able to count on the scholarship to help meet your financial needs and how it will assist with your future, since there might be constraints in what can be paid with the Ministerial Education Scholarship. Recently it has become more burdensome to find ways to cover the increasing costs of education, and making use of the Ministerial Education Scholarship as a supplement to your own resources can make things much easier. If you don't end up getting the Ministerial Education Scholarship, try not to be upset, search for additional scholarships and your persistence may be rewarded.