Description:

Eligibility  Requirements:

• Open to full-time and part-time students.
  
  
• Applicant must be a current APGFCU member in good standing.  Parental membership does not qualify an applicant. 
  
  
• Must be a high school student anticipating a Spring 2020 graduation; a continuing student of a college, trade  school or a certificate program in 2020;
  
  or an adult returning to college, trade school or a certificate program in 2020.


• This scholarship does not apply to students in post-graduate programs nor for payment of student loans.

Application  Requirements:

1.    The deadline for submitting completed applications: February 29th, 2020, 11:59 PM  (Applications will not be accepted on or after MIDNIGHT on March 1st, 2020). You will receive an automated email confirmation after you submit.

2.    Applicants must complete the APGFCU Scholarship Application.

3.    Applicants have three options to respond to the question below: original essay

(400 words maximum), original 60-second video, or original photo with caption.

2020 APGFCU Scholarship Application Question

APGFCU embraces the cooperative principle of providing education, training and information to empower its members to improve their financial well-being.  How would you go about reaching and educating young adults on financial wellness? Describe the kinds of tools and resources you would provide. 
 

Rules and Regulations:

• APGFCU assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, postal delay, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, applications prior to receipt by APGFCU.
  
  
• Do not include any identifying information in your essay, video or picture such as your name or name of your school.
  
  
• All submitted essays, videos and pictures will become the property of APGFCU and may be included in future APGFCU newsletters, website, brochures, trade journals, newspapers, and other forms of media publication. By submitting and signing the application, Applicant, or if a minor, Applicant’s parent or legal guardian, consents and authorizes the use of the Applicant’s name and photograph in any APGFCU publication, advertisement, publicity, correspondence and/or disclosure and assigns exclusively to APGFCU all rights, titles, and interests, including but not limited to copyrights, in and to materials that may be prepared or developed by Applicant and submitted to APGFCU with Applicant’s application.
  
  
• Applicant must provide APGFCU with proof of admission from the intended school where the scholarship award is to be applied, as the scholarships will be awarded in check form, payable to the recipient and school.
  
  
• Financial need is NOT a factor in applicant’s evaluation.
  
  
• Upon scholarship recipient’s acceptance of the scholarship, APGFCU will have no further obligation to the scholarship winner.  All tax responsibilities belong to the scholarship recipient, not APGFCU. All scholarship recipients must comply with all applicable state and  federal tax laws, rules and regulations.
  
  
• Failure to follow these rules and regulations will result in disqualification.
  
  
• Scholarship recipients are limited to a one-time award. Decisions are made in the sole discretion of APGFCU and all decisions are final.
  
  
• The scholarship winners will be notified by e-mail no later than April 1st and awarded at APGFCU’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020.
  
  
• APGFCU staff, board members, volunteers, and their immediate family members are NOT eligible for this scholarship.