AG Bell 2009 College Scholarship Awards Program
The AG Bell College Scholarship Awards Program for the 2009-2010 school year is currently closed. The deadline was April 20, 2009.
Applicants who provided an email address have been sent an email message notifying them of the status of their application.
All eligible applications are currently being considered by the review committee. Final decisions will be made mid-summer, and letters of notification will be mailed in late July to those who were not selected to receive an award as well as those who were selected.
The competition is very strong this year; 282 eligible applications were received for 20 awards.
Award Criteria
In order to be eligible for this program, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- Hearing loss must have been diagnosed prior to age seven (during the language-learning years).
- Hearing loss must be bilateral and in the moderate to profound range. Applicants must have an unaided Pure-Tone Average (PTA) of 60dB or greater in the better hearing ear in the speech frequencies of 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz. Applicants with cochlear implants meet this eligibility requirement. Unilateral (one-sided) hearing loss does not qualify.
Formula for calculating the PTA:
On the unaided audiogram, look at the results for the better hearing ear at 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz and add those three numbers together, then divide that total by three. The result is the Pure Tone Average. To be eligible for this award, the applicant’s PTA must be 60 or greater.
Note: - Applicants are eligible for one scholarship per school year and are limited to a total of two scholarship awards in total.
- Scholarship awards range from $1,000 to $10,000 with most being in the $1,000 to $5,000 range. Applicants should not request a specific amount; recipients and award amounts are determined by a committee of volunteers and all decisions are final.
Submission Instructions
- All pages of the application and support materials should be submitted on 8½” x 11” paper (or international equivalent).
- The application and all attachments must be in English.
- All pages should be single-sided.
- No part of the application materials should contain a staple.
- The application should be submitted flat NOT folded (previously folder materials are acceptable) in a 9” x 12” or larger envelope, held together with one paper clip, and in the following order:
Application, with pages in order. Every page of the application must be completed included and the application must be signed
For applicants who use hearing aids, an unaided Audiogram performed within the last 12 months
OR, for those with cochlear implants, the most recent MAPping report (first page only, please)
Official transcripts for the most recent two years completed of high school or college. In the event that your school will release transcripts only directly to us, please have them delivered to the address noted below. ranscripts not received by the deadline will result in an incomplete and ineligible application.
Verification of the student’s application, acceptance or enrollment to a mainstream and accredited university/college (a readable photo copy of a letter or receipt of online application is acceptable)
Student Essay, as indicated in the application (maximum of two single-sided pages)
Recommendation from an educational professional such as a teacher or professor (maximum of two single-sided pages)
Recommendation from a hearing health professional (maximum of two single-sided pages)
Recommendation from a non-relative who is familiar with the student’s academic abilities and personal character (maximum of two single-sided pages)
Please DO remove letters of recommendation and transcripts from the envelopes in which you receive them, unfold them, and attach them to your application.
Please do NOT include any additional information, such as extra letters of recommendation, photos or tax returns; all such items will not be considered and will be destroyed.
Please do NOT include your social security number anywhere on your application. If it is included on transcripts that are sent to you, or on your audiogram or MAPping report, please black it out.
Application Deadline
The deadline for applications is April 20, 2009. All materials MUST ARRIVE together in one package at AG Bell by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on April 20, 2009. No supporting materials will be accepted separately from the application.
Application material should be delivered to: College Scholarship 2009 Program AG Bell 3417 Volta Place NW Washington, DC 20007 Please note: - AG Bell does not accept responsibility for delays or delivery errors on the part of delivery services; applicants are encouraged to submit applications well in advance of the deadline.
- No supporting materials will be accepted seperatly from the application.
- FAXed applications will not be accepted under any circumstances.
- Late and incomplete applications will not be accepted under any circumstances.
- Applicants are encouraged to keep a photocopy of their application.
- Applications will not be returned for any reason.
Please do not contact AG Bell seeking an exception. NOTE: If an email address is provided on the application, about a week after the deadline you will be notified of the status of your application. If you would like to know whether or not your application was received prior to that, we recommend you send your application with a service that can require a signature upon delivery. The US Postal Service provides this for a nominal fee; Federal Express and courier services also offer this service. |