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AWARDS
If selected as a recipient, a full-time student will receive an award ranging from $2,500 to $5,000, and a part-time student will receive $1,500. Up to 200 awards will be granted each year. Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

APPLICATION
Interested students must complete the application and mail it along with the following to Scholarship America:

• All undergraduate and graduate transcripts of grades (On-line transcripts and grade reports are not acceptable.)

• Two letters of recommendation

• Student Aid Report (SAR)

• Copy of the first page of the 2004 IRS Form 1040 on which the student is claimed as an exemption

Applicants are responsible for gathering and submitting all necessary information. Applications are evaluated on the information supplied; therefore, answer all questions as completely as possible. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. All information received is considered confidential and is reviewed only by Scholarship America.

SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of academic achievement, work experience, personal statement of goals and aspirations, community service, letters of recommendation, NSHMBA ambassadorship, and financial need.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of NSHMBA play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision of Scholarship America as final.

Applicants will be notified in late July. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

PAYMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf NSHMBA. Payments are made in one installment on August 31. A check is mailed to the recipient's home address and made payable to the school for the student.

OBLIGATIONS
Recipients are expected to be NSHMBA ambassadors. They are also required to supply Scholarship America with complete transcripts and financial aid award letters when requested and to notify Scholarship America of any changes of address, school enrollment, or other relevant information.

REVISIONS
NSHMBA reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of this scholarship program and to make changes at any time including termination of the program.