Academy Scholarship News: $500 Scholarship

2010 APHA Get Ready Scholarship: To raise awareness about preparedness, The American Public Health Association (APHA) is offering its second annual Get Ready Scholarship. The scholarship is a component of APHA’s Get Ready campaign, which works to help Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies. The Get Ready Scholarship, offered in conjunction with APHA's Get Ready campaign, is designed to encourage high school and college students to focus on the importance of emergency preparedness.

I. Eligibility: The 2010 Get Ready Scholarship is open to:
a) U.S. high school seniors graduating in 2010 who plan to further their education at a college, university or certified trade school;
b) currently enrolled U.S. college or university undergraduate students who will be continuing their studies at the undergraduate or graduate level in 2010; and
c) currently enrolled U.S. college or university graduate students who will be continuing their studies at the graduate level in 2010.

II. Criteria
1) High school seniors:
Describe how you would personally prepare for and respond to a natural disaster that is likely to occur where you live.

III. Essay guidelines
Essays must be no fewer than 500 and no more than 750 words in length. APHA will only accept one entry per student. Essays must be original and solely the work of the entrant. All entries become the property of APHA and will not be returned. For full guidelines, visit our rules and regulations page.

VI. Submission limits
Entries will be limited to the first 300 submissions in each school level. (300 high school submissions, 300 undergraduate submissions and 300 graduate submissions) Once the limit has been reached in a respective level, that level will be closed for submissions.

VII. Additional information
• Deadline for submission is April 2, 2010, or until entry limits are reached.
• APHA will begin receiving submissions at noon ET on Feb. 8, 2010

Award - $500 (2 available)
Deadline - April 2, 2010 - but only the first 300 essays are eligible

Students complete entry form online. Students should review website for complete details at:
http://www.getreadyforflu.org/new_pg_scholarship.htm