Skelton/Jones Scholarships

About

Summary

$35,000 scholarships awarded for one year of post-baccalaureate study outside of native country in one of the following areas of study:

• Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution
• Disease Prevention and Treatment
• Water and Sanitation
• Maternal and Child Health
• Basic Education and Literacy
• Economic and Community Development
• Environment

Applicants must either:

• Be a resident in the area encompassed by Rotary District 7570
• Be attending or have graduated from an institution of higher learning in the area encompassed by Rotary District 7570 (western Virginia and northeastern Tennessee)
• If an international applicant, you must be accepted for graduate study in an institute of higher education in the area encompassed by Rotary District 7570 

Skelton-Jones Scholarship Timeline 2023-24

February - April 2023 - Club Identify Candidate(s).

May 2023 - Candidate identifies desired Graduate School.

May - June 2023 - Candidate completes the Scholarship Application & interviews with sponsoring club

July 1, 2023 - Candidate submits application / Club submits Endorsement.

August - Sept 2023 - Interview & Selection of Finalists(s)

October 2023 - Finalists coordinates application to Rotary International (RI) with Scholarship Committee

Nov 2023 - May 2023 - Finalists gains approval from RI for Global Grant Scholarship

August 2023 - Awardee begins graduate study supported by scholarship. Continue contact & mentoring

June 2024 - Awardee submits Final Report to Foundation.
 

Your Application

Prior to beginning the application process, you should make sure you are eligible for the scholarship. In addition to the restrictions found in the body of the application form that apply to all applicants, those applying from the U.S. must be either (1) a resident of the area encompassed by Rotary District 7570 or (2) attending or having graduated from an institution of higher education in the area encompassed by the District. Applicants must be prepared to begin graduate study abroad at the time indicated in the application. The procedure for filing your application is as follows:

U. S. Applicants

Be sure to allow plenty of time to complete the process in order to meet the club’s submission deadline. That deadline will be earlier than the deadline for getting the application to the chair.

Once the club has a complete application, it will contact you to arrange an interview. Following the interview, the club will either reject your application or endorse it and transmit it to the Chair of the District 7570 Scholarship Committee. The latter will inform you of the next step(s) in the process.

Request an appropriate person to fill out the recommendation form provided in the application and either submit it yourself or have that person submit it to the appropriate individual in your sponsoring club.

Request that an official transcript of your undergraduate record be sent to the appropriate individual in your sponsoring club.

Fill in all the required information in the application form and submit it to the appropriate individual in your sponsoring club.

U.S. students must first contact a District 7570 Rotary Club and secure permission to use that club as your sponsor.

International Applicants

Interested international students applying from their native country for graduate study in the U. S. at an institution of higher education located within the geographical boundaries of District 7570 should contact the Chair of the District 7570 Scholarship Committee, Kathy Napier, for information about applying for the scholarship. She may be reached at kpnapier@gmail.com.