Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation

2017-18 Graduate Preparation Scholarship

The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation Scholarship is a one-year, $20,000 scholarship available to students attending EWU during the 2017 – 2018 academic year. Students applying for the scholarship must meet the following criteria:

  1. Student must be an undergraduate attending EWU full time with 135 or more college credits (senior level class standing) as of Fall 2017.
  2. Student must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
  3. Student must have an academic interest in one of the following majors: Addition Studies, Anthropology, Children’s Studies, Communication Studies, Geography, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Affairs, Military Science, Political Science, Psychology, Race & Cultural Studies, Social Studies, Social Work Sociology & Justice Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies, Biology, Chemistry and/or Physics.
  4. Student must intend to purse graduate school (or beyond) research into the natural and/or physical sciences. Preference will be given to applicants whose social science studies concentrate in a field generally related to socio-biology, or the study of biological and chemical underpinnings of human behavior.
  5. Student must have demonstrated financial need.
  6. Preference shall be given to previous Carper Scholarship recipients if they meet all other selection criteria.
  7. Carper Scholarship funds are intended to support “IN” classroom studies not on-line or web based coursework.

To apply for the scholarship, the following materials must be submitted to the EWU Financial Aid & Scholarship Office by Friday, April 7, 2017. Application review and final recipient selection will be conducted by the University Scholarship Committee and the recipient will be contacted on or around

April 28, 2017.

1. The signed application form.

2. A thoughtful letter outlining your career goals and how attending EWU will help you realize those goals.Makeclearreferencetoyour researchinterestsandaccomplishmentsastheyapply tothecriterialistedabove(no morethanthreepages).

3. A statement of your financial need, including your parent’s ability/willingness to support your high education, and how this scholarship will assist you.

4. EWU transcript (unofficial copies are acceptable).

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 7,2017Submit ApplicationMaterialsTo:

EWU FinancialAidScholarshipOffice

102 SuttonHall

Cheney,WA99004-2431

2017– 2018 Danieland MargaretCarperFoundationScholarships

GraduateSchoolPreparationApplicationForm

Name:

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EWUID NUMBER: Phone#:

Permanent Address:

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Email Address:

Cumulative CollegeGPA:

FinancialData: Parentdataisrequiredfor studentswho meetALLof thefollowing:

1.) underage24;2.) no dependentchildren;3.) notmarried;and4.) notinaGraduateprogram.

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Numberoffamilymembersinyourhousehold?

Of thatnumber, how many willbein collegeduring 2017-2018?

Applicant Certification

I certifytheinformationprovidedinthisapplicationpacket,includingfinancialdata,istrueandaccurate.I furtherunderstandthatmyapplicationmayberandomlyselectedfor verificationandfalseinformationmay resultindisqualification.

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