INTERNATIONAL ROSE O’NEILL CLUB FOUNDATION (IROCF) SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT REQUIREMENTS
1. The purpose of the IROCF Scholarship Fund is to promote the cultural arts with financial aid, interest and compassion in keeping with the philosophy of Rose O’Neill to help others as she did during her lifetime.
2. The applicant must be recommended in writing by a member in good standing of the IROCF.
3. The recipient(s) will be selected by a Scholarship Committee with final approval by the Board of Directors.
4. Provisions of the scholarship are as follows:
a. Applicant must pursue a Fine Arts education. Fine Arts is defined as those areas of the arts in which Rose O’Neill participated which include visual arts (painting, illustration and sculpture), music, theater, and literary composition (poetry, novels and books).
b. To receive a scholarship, applicant must be found worthy of this consideration.
c. Applicant must be in need of financial aid.
d. Applicant must have shown above average grades or abilities in the type of art studies the applicant desires.
e. Applicant must have been accepted in a college or in a qualified private training program before a scholarship is received. Applicant must pursue a Fine Arts curriculum.
f. Applicant’s grades or progress reports must be submitted to the Scholarship Committee at the end of the first grading period for which the scholarship award is received in order to receive the second half of the scholarship.
g. The type of training for which the applicant seeks aid will be considered in making the final choice for the scholarship awards.
5. Priorities in awarding the scholarship amongst the applicants will be considered in this order:
a. Qualifications of the applicant
i. Artistic
ii. Academic
b. Financial need of the applicant
c. Goals of the applicant
d. Character of the applicant
e. Number of applications by the applicant
i. First time applicant
ii. Second time applicant who received a scholarship
iii. Second time applicant who did not receive a scholarship
6. Disbursement of Scholarship funds:
a. One half of the scholarship award will be paid to the college or institution when recipient is required to make the first payment of tuition and fees.
b. The second half of the scholarship award will be paid to the college or institution upon the Scholarship Committee’s receipt of quarterly grades, semester grades, or progress reports.
7. The amount of the scholarship award for a given year will be determined by the availability of funds in the Scholarship Fund during the Board of Director’s annual meeting in April.
8. In keeping with the humanitarian philosophy of Rose O’Neill, no person applying for a scholarship award will be discriminated against on the basis of sex, age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.