Conference Attendance Scholarship Guidelines

Description of Scholarships

• North Central College Health Association may offer up to four scholarships in the amount of $500 each annually to encourage attendance and participation at the regional North Central College Health (NCCHA) conference.
• North Central College Health Association may offer one scholarship in the amount of $1000 annually to encourage attendance and participation at the national American College Health Association (ACHA) conference.
• North Central College Health Association may offer one scholarship in the amount of $1000 annually in memory of Pat Fischer and funded by UnitedHealth StudentResources to encourage attendance and participation at the national American College Health Association (ACHA) conference.
  
  

Scholarship funds may be used to pay for NCCHA or ACHA conference registration, lodging, travel and/or meal expenses.

Eligibility
All members are eligible to receive scholarship one time for the NCCHA regional conference and one time for the ACHA national conference but not in the same 12 month period.

Selection Criteria
Preference will be given to applicants who have never attended the meeting they are applying for scholarship funds to attend.

Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate financial need (i.e. limited or no professional development funds).

In the case of a tie, the scholarship will be given based on written statement about what the applicant hopes to gain by attending the conference.

Application Process

1. Complete the scholarship application.
2. Submit completed application to NCCHA Secretary electronically during the following time periods: NCCHA scholarships must be received between February 1 - August 1 and ACHA scholarships must be received between November 1 - January 15.
3. NCCHA Executive Board will review applications and determine recipients for the NCCHA meeting scholarships at the summer (August) board meeting and for the ACHA meeting scholarships at the winter (February) board meeting.
4. Applicant will be notified of award by the NCCHA President within one week following the board meeting.
5. Verification of conference registration must be turned in by recipient of scholarship funds to NCCHA Treasurer within one month of conference attendance, after which time a check will be sent to the recipient.
6. Scholarship recipients are asked to send an electronic newsletter item to the NCCHA Newsletter Editor within one month of conference attendance describing what they gained by attending the conference. Newsletter items will be published as space allows.
   
   

Completed applications need to be sent to the NCCHA Secretary by deadline indicated.

NCCHA Secretary 2007-2010
Julie Bonner
Email: jbonner@uwm.edu

Download the Conference Attendance Scholarship Application Form (Rich Text file)