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Program

Annual Senior Care Scholarship
Opportunity Type

Scholarship
About the Program

A Place for Mom is proud to offer our annual $1,000 scholarship to university students interested in the fields of aging and gerontology.  As North America's largest senior living referral service, we know the importance of supporting the training and education of our future senior care leaders.

This scholarship will be awarded to a citizen or a Permanent Resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec) who is enrolled and currently taking classes at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec), and will grant selected applicants a $1,000 financial donation for their compelling essays on senior living.
Application Deadline

April 15, 2019
Application Website

http://www.aplaceformom.com/scholarship%20

Program Benefits

Scholarship Amount
 $1,000(x5)
Renewable?

No

Requirements

Description
  1. The annual scholarship award is for (5) students enrolled in an associate's degree, bachelor's degree or graduate level program in a medical, nursing or social sciences related major. The student must be planning on pursuing a career that involves working with senior citizens. The applicant must be attending classes at an accredited college or university at the time of the spring deadline.
  2. Employees of A Place for Mom and members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons living in the same household, whether or not related, of such employees, are not eligible to apply.
  3. Applicants must complete the student information form, a 500 to 900 word essay on the selected topic and sign the scholarship award agreement
  4. Scholarship will be awarded to five students who write the most compelling essay in each of five categories as judged by an outside panel of senior living professionals.
Open to residents of:
 National - All 50 States
Open to students attending school in:
 National - All 50 States
Citizenship
  • U.S. Citizens
Last Modified Date
 July 23, 2015