The James T. and Rose M. Perryman Family Foundation Scholarship is designed to help students who have financial difficulties during their education to pay for room, books and other fees and to reach their higher education goals.
The scholarship amount varies and each Perryman Scholar can get different award.
Usually, $25,000 per year are divided into 5-10 scholarship winners.
So as to be eligible for James T. and Rose M. Perryman Family Foundation Scholarship, you have to meet certain scholarship requirements.
Please, take a look at the following criteria before deciding to apply for the award.
People who do not meet the requirements would not be considered.
You must be a U.S. citizen with overall GPA 3.0 or above.
A college applicant’s major must be in technology, engineering, math, or metals while a trade school’s applicant must be in a program of Welding, Machine Shop, Mechatronics (or similar), Networking, Automation, or a technology based program.
You must have less than 5 years of undergraduate or trade school education and be registered or plan to be registered as a full-time student in your post-secondary program.
Students who reside with-in 150-mile radius of Houston, PA will have priority, as well as students attending a university within 150-mile radius of Houston, PA.
People who are related to a current or former Board Member/Director/Officer of the James T. and Rose M. Perryman Family Foundation are not eligible for the scholarship.
Furthermore, people directly related to a current employee of the Perryman Company or to James T. or Rose M. Perryman are not eligible as well.
Undergraduate or Trade school programs are only accepted, while graduate or post-graduate programs are not.
If you consider yourself eligible, you should apply for this amazing award.
What you need to do is to send a completed application form which will be followed with a video and essay, which are required so that your application is taken into consideration.
You will have to attach a minimum of 2 letters of recommendation and they cannot be from Perryman Company Employees or Perryman Family members.
If you happen to be the finalist, you will be asked to complete an interview before the Committee makes the final decision.
The application process starts on April 1st and finishes on April 30th.
Scholarship winners are announced on July 1st.