Public Investor Scholarship
The Public Investor Scholarship is a Scholarship sponsored by Government Finance Officers Association.
Award Information:
Amount of Scholarship: Average: $5000
Application Deadline: in mid-February
Requirements: Applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen or permanent resident, have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and submit recommendation from advisor or dean.
Eligibility: Master's-level study, Doctoral-level study
Sponsorship provided by:
Government Finance Officers Association
Scholarship Committee, 203 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2700
Chicago, IL 60601-1210
USA
Email Address: paul@cms.si.edu
Phone Number: 312 977 9700
Fax Number: 312 977 4806
http://www.sms.si.edu/
You can find out more by contacting:
Carole Colin
Manager
Phone Number: 312 977 9700 x240
It is important to spend time looking into the latest information on the scholarship. Your best chance of success comes from initially researching the prerequisites and knowing if you fulfill them. A good first step is to figure out the driving force for the Government Finance Officers Association and their reason for offering the Public Investor Scholarship. If you are qualified, you should determine if you have any likelihood of being awarded the scholarship. Upon determining that there is a good chance of going on to be awarded the Public Investor Scholarship, then it is useful to put forth the effort to apply.
A vital detail in the process of trying for the scholarship is properly completing the forms. Occasionally the process can be time consuming and tiresome, but it is absolutely critical that the forms are filled out accurately. Use caution to insure that you will not lose out because of some minor point.
Once the application is sent off, it's important to know when the Public Investor Scholarship chooses a winner and distributes any funds so you'll be aware of whether or not you will be able to count on the scholarship to help meet any bills associated with your education and what assistance it will provide, you might have to follow certain conditions in what can be paid with the Public Investor Scholarship. Increasingly, it is tough to be able to manage all of your financial needs, and being awarded the Public Investor Scholarship as a supplement to your own resources can make things much easier. If you don't end up getting the Public Investor Scholarship, keep at it, you might find new scholarships and you may find success elsewhere.