In keeping with its long-standing tradition of helping women succeed, the Talbots Charitable Foundation is proud to present the 2010 Talbots Scholarship Foundation and the inaugural Nancy Talbot Scholarship Award for perseverance and ingenuity, which is presented in memory of the founder of Talbots. This program empowers women to enrich themselves through learning and achieve a college education later in life.
Completely re-imagined, the Talbots Scholarship Foundation will award $180,000 in college scholarships for the 2010 academic year, including up to 10 $15,000 scholarships and one $30,000 scholarship to an extraordinary finalist demonstrating courage, conviction and an insatiable entrepreneurial spirit.
Applications are available online at
https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/talbotswomen starting
Monday, October 5, 2009. The deadline for applications is
Saturday, January 2, 2010. Only the first 5,000 eligible applications received will be processed.
We hope you'll join us in spreading the word about this unique scholarship program for women.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants to the 2010 Talbots Scholarship Foundation must:
- Be women currently residing in the United States or Canada;
- Be women who have earned a high school diploma or their GED on or before September 2000;
- Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full- or part-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited 2- or 4- year college, university, or vocational-technical school;
- Be attending the full 2010-11 academic year and receiving a degree no earlier than May 2011; and
- Have at least two semesters (24 credit hours or more) remaining to complete an undergraduate degree as of the beginning of the 2010 fall academic term.
Scholarship America
One Scholarship Way
Saint Peter, MN 56082
