To raise awareness about emergency preparedness, American Public Health Association is offering its fourth annual Get Ready Scholarship. The scholarship is a component of APHA’s Get Ready campaign, which works to help Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies.
Six scholarships of $500 each will be awarded:
• Two scholarships for high school seniors• Two scholarships for college undergraduates
• Two scholarships for graduate students
Winning students will also receive a free one-year membership in APHA.
SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES
The Get Ready Scholarship, offered in conjunction with APHA’s Get Ready campaign, is designed to encourage high school and college students to focus on the importance of emergency preparedness. For more information on the campaign or preparedness, visit the Get Ready website.
I. ELIGIBILITY
The 2013 Get Ready Scholarship is open to:
a) U.S. high school seniors graduating in 2013 who plan to further their education at a college, university or certified trade school in the summer or fall of 2013;
b) Currently enrolled U.S. college or university students who will be continuing their studies at the undergraduate or graduate level in in the summer or fall of 2013;
c) Currently enrolled U.S. college or university graduate students who will be continuing their studies at the graduate level in the summer or fall of 2013.
Previous Get Ready Scholarship winners are not eligible.
