The Michael J. Quill Scholarship

Transport Workers Union of America

Award: $1,200–$4,800

Deadline: May

To provide for the successful student who completes four years of college. Qualifications: Applicants must be a high school senior and either: son or daughter of a TWU member in good standing or son or daughter of a deceased member who was a TWU member in good standing when he/she died; son or daughter of a pensioner, or deceased pensioner who, when he/ she retired, was a TWU member in good standing; son or daughter of a former TWU member who was forced to stop working, short of pension age, by a disabling illness or injury and who was a TWU member in good standing when forced to stop work; dependent brother or sister, under the age of twenty-one, of a TWU member in good standing; evidence that the Applicants is recognized as a dependent by Internal Revenue Service will be required by the Trustees. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on Trustees. How to apply: Applicants must submit online application form; must be filled out and signed by the applicant; must also be signed by the relative, if alive, on whose membership or former membership in TWU the applicant’s eligibility depends; must secure from the President or Secretary-Treasurer of the TWU local a certification, on the form provided by the Trustees, attesting to the good standing membership status of the relative on whose TWU membership, or former membership, the applicant’s eligibility depends; official application form must also be completed by the principal of the high school, or secondary school, attended by the applicant; applications, and other required information, must be filed with the Trustees not later than the specified date on the memorandum sent each year. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.

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