Scholarship Committee Report

2008 - 2009

Ben Chase
NCACAA Scholarship Chair

All Agricultural Agents in NACAA are encouraged to apply for a scholarship through NACAA to be used for educational purposes.

NC Has sure has its share of scholarship winners. If you are chosen, you will reap far more than $40 you contributed.

So how do you get a NACAA Scholarship?

To do so Applicant or all group members have contributed $40 to NACAA Scholarship Fund BY THE LAST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S NACAA ANNUAL MEETING PRIOR to the year you are applying for a Scholarship. (This is a notable change dealing with due date of the $40 contribution. At the 2008 NACAA Annual meeting, it was voted on and approved to change the contribution date to the last day of the previous year's annual meeting. So any of you that contributed at the silent auction of through purchasing scholarship tickets last year in Greensboro would be eligible.

(Send the $40 check to me. With check (if necessary) made out to NACAA/Scholarship Foundation. To see the record of Donations You have made and/or Scholarships You have Received go to: http://www.nacaa.com/scholarship/ If one person within the group has not contributed $40 by that years deadline, it disqualifies the entire group)

Fill out Applications completely including (go to NACAA Awards and Recognition Information on the NACAA Web Site and click on Scholarship Application Form) Scholarship Applications are due to me by June 1. The application can be found on line at http://www.nacaa.com/awards/

1. Description in detail your plan for this training or activity (advanced degrees, graduate credits, tours, seminars, research or other specialized training)
2. Describe in detail the training/activity justifications and application of knowledge gained for/from this activity, and detailed itinerary.
3. Finances: Using a detailed budget, describe how the funds will be spent

• Each participant must have contributed at least $40 to the NACAA Scholarship Fund BY THE LAST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S NACAA ANNUAL MEETING PRIOR to the year you are applying for a Scholarship. (2009 - Deadline date September 24th)
• Study or training (1) must start within 14 months of the 2009 AM/PIC (September 20-24, 2009) & cannot be initiated before application is approved by the Scholarship Selection Committee and the Trustees of the NACAA Educational Foundation.
• Applications will be judged and funded based on completeness, plan for training, how it will be used/applied post training, and availability of funds.
• Maximum scholarship is $1000 per year, & a total of $2,000 during a member's Extension career. (This amount includes scholarships received as an individual or as part of a group.)
• Scholarship funds will not be awarded until 60 days prior to study or training begins.
• Report must be made to National Scholarship Chair within 30 days after the training is completed. That report must include a 75-word abstract of the approved educational activity and documentation that the expenses were spent according to the stated educational objectives of the application.
• Recipients will be selected by the Scholarship Selection Committee with final approval of the Trustees, NACAA Educational Foundation.

This year there were no Scholarship Applications sent in.

You are encouraged to apply for a scholarship next year through NACAA, you need to have $40 in by September 24th of 2009 to be eligible for a Scholarship. So if you want to apply for next year, get your money to me ASAP. Then have your completed 7 copies of the Application with appropriate signatures to me by June 1 2010.

I want to Thank John Dorner for all his hard work, he has & is doing a Great job on this huge database, and I think we have gotten the discrepancies between NCACAA and NACAA Scholarship records corrected.

2. Another way to contribute to this Scholarship fund is by donating items towards Scholarship Auction at the National Meeting. So Bring items for the Scholarship Auction!