Scholarships and Criteria

The Community Scholarship Program is active from November through June each school year. The information contained on this page is NOT to be considered current at any other time.

The Foundation administers separate scholarship funds established by individuals, families, corporations, and organizations to assist local students in pursuit of advanced education. Together, these scholarships make up our Community Scholarship Program. Eligibility, criteria, and supplemental requirements are different for each scholarship. To apply for one or more of these scholarships, visit the Apply for a Scholarship page for further instructions.

1971 WMHS Alumni Scholarship
Annual scholarship created by the Wood Memorial High School Class of 1971 Alumni Association.

Eligibility Criteria: Graduating seniors of Wood Memorial High School in good academic standing and pursuing post-sec­ondary education at any accredited educational institution. Financial need is not a requirement but may be considered in the selection process.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on all sections of the application form and on the supplemental document(s).

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Statement of Aspirations and Educational Goals (not to exceed two typewritten, double-spaced pages).
2.  Completion of the "FAFSA4caster" and submission of your "FAFSA4caster" information sheet (FAFSA4caster Step 6) and the Estimated Federal Student Aid Eligibility report (FAFSA4caster Step 8).  To access the FAFSA4caster on-line early Expected Family Contribution estimator, visit the United States Department of Education website at http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/.
3.  Official grade transcript.
4.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010. (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $190.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on all sections of the application form and on the supplemental document(s). Financial need is not a requirement but may be considered in the selection process.

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Statement of Aspirations and Educational Goals (not to exceed two typewritten double-spaced pages.)
2.  Completion of the "FAFSA4caster" and submission of your "FAFSA4caster" information sheet (FAFSA4caster Step 6) and the Estimated Federal Student Aid Eligibility report (FAFSA4caster Step 8).  To access the FAFSA4caster on-line early Expected Family Contribution estimator, visit the United States Department of Education website at http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/.
3.  Two letters of recommendation in support of applicant's skills, abilities, and motivation related to his or her chosen field of undergraduate study. One letter should be from a teacher or other school personnel, and the other letter from someone unrelated to the applicant and not a Community Foundation board member.
4.  Official grade transcript.
5.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010. (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $970.

Kevin Dillon Gibson Southern Memorial Scholarship
Annual scholarship created by the family of Kevin Dillon.

Eligibility Criteria:  Graduating seniors of Gibson Southern High School planning to pursue post-secondary education at any accredited college, university or technical/vocational school. 

Selection Criteria:  Selection will be based on all sections of the application form, financial need, and the required essay.

Supplemental Requirements: 
1.  Statement of Aspirations and Educational Goals (not to exceed two typewritten, double-spaced pages).  
2.  Completion of the "FAFSA4caster" and submission of your "FAFSA4caster" information sheet (FAFSA4caster Step 6) and the Estimated Federal Student Aid Eligibility report (FAFSA4caster Step 8).  To access the FAFSA4caster on-line early Expected Family Contribution estimator, visit the United States Department of Education website at http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/. 
3.  Official grade transcript.
4.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline:  February 1, 2010 (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.)

Award Amount:  $1,000

George and Dorothy Eykamp Scholarship (College Scholarship Award)
Annual renewable scholarship created by Dorothy M. Eykamp to encourage the children of employees of Mid-States Rubber Products to further their education, to recognize academic achievement of those graduating from high school and continuing their education, and to motivate recipients to achieve maximum scholastic and vocational potential. Applicants must be the natural or adopted children of a current employee who has completed the equivalent of one year of full-time service with Mid-States Rubber Products prior to January 31 of the year in which the award is to be made.

Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must be enrolled in their sophomore year in a full-time course of study leading to a baccalaureate degree at an accredited four-year institution. Applicants must have graduated in the upper third of their high school senior class.

Selection Criteria:  Selection will be based on scholastic record, evidence of leadership, and career plans and objectives.

Supplemental Requirement:  
1.  Official grade transcript.
2.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form. 

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental document by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: Extended to June 14, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $1,000.

Renewal Details: Renewable for consecutive junior and senior years if recipient has maintained a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale) during the sophomore and junior years. Total awards will not exceed $3,000. Renewal award amounts may differ from the original award.  Click here for renewal application. 

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on scholastic record, evidence of leadership, and career plans and objectives.

Supplemental Requirement:  
1.  Official grade transcript. 
2.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental document by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: Extended to June 14, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Amount: $500.

Renewal Details: Renewable for a second year if recipient has maintained a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale) during the college freshman year. Total awards will not exceed $1,000. Renewal award amounts may differ from the original award. Click here for renewal application.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on all sections of the application form and on the supplemental document(s).

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Two letters of recommen­dation from supervisors, co-workers, or others knowledgeable about the applicant but who are unrelated to the applicant and not Community Foundation board members.
2.  Statement of Aspira­tions and Educational Goals (not to exceed two typewritten, double-spaced pages) explaining the nature of the course, seminar, or educational materials for which the applicant seeks award and explaining how the course, seminar or educational materials will improve the appli­cant's proven skills.
3.  Official grade transcript.
4.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: June 14, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $750. Multiple scholarships may be awarded from total amount listed.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on the applicant's surpassing expecta­tions as indicated by past and current scholastic performance, on financial need, and on success in overcoming cultural, health and domestic obstacles, and on the required essay.

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Statement of Perseverance (not to exceed two typewritten double-spaced pages) describing the challenges faced in order to pursue aspirations and educational goals and describing successes at overcoming cultural, health and domestic obstacles.
2.  Documentation of enrollment as a sophomore, junior or senior at a Purdue University campus.
3.  Completion of the "FAFSA4caster" and submission of your "FAFSA4caster" information sheet (FAFSA4caster Step 6) and the Estimated Federal Student Aid Eligibility report (FAFSA4caster Step 8).  To access the FAFSA4caster on-line early Expected Family Contribution estimator, visit the United States Department of Education website at http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/.
4.  official grade transcript.
5.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: June 14, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $520. Past recipients may reapply provided the applicant remains an under­graduate student at Purdue University with at least one semester of work uncompleted. Multiple scholarships may be awarded from total amount listed.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on applicant's skills and abilities, recommendations from vocational teachers, academic performance, and the required essay.

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Statement of Aspirations and Educational Goals (not to exceed four typewritten, double-spaced pages) describing the benefits the applicant has received from vocational education and his or her plans for further education or training.
2.  Letter of Recom­mendation from one or more of applicant's vocational teachers.
3.  Official grade transcript.
4.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $610.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on all sections of the application form and on the supplemental document(s).

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Statement of Aspirations and Educational Goals (not to exceed two typewritten double-spaced pages.)
2.  Completion of the "FAFSA4caster" and submission of your "FAFSA4caster" information sheet (FAFSA4caster Step 6) and the Estimated Federal Student Aid Eligibility report (FAFSA4caster Step 8).  To access the FAFSA4caster on-line early Expected Family Contribution estimator, visit the United States Department of Education website at http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/.
3.  Official documentation showing ISTEP scores (or equivalent out-of-state testing scores) in Math and Language Arts for third, sixth, eighth, and tenth grades.
4.  Official grade transcript.
5.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $1,000.

Lura and Doyle Skelton Family Memorial Scholarship (Not awarding new scholarship in 2010)
Annual renewable scholarship created by the Hillside United Methodist Church and Lawrence F. Skelton in memory of his parents.

Eligibility Criteria: Graduating seniors who are active members of the Hillside United Methodist Church in Princeton, Indiana.  Applicants must be active in high school activities and be in the upper one half of his or her graduating class. The scholarship must be used at an accredited four-year college or university.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on all sections of the application form and on the supplemental document(s).

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Statement of Aspirations and Educational Goals (not to exceed two typewritten double-spaced pages.)
2.  Official grade transcript.
3.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670. 

Application Deadline: Not accepting new applications during the 2009/2010 scholarship season. 

Award Amount: Not applicable for 2009/2010 scholarship season.  

Renewal Details: Renewable for up to four years provided the recipient continues to meet his or her college or university's academic standards. Click here for renewal application.

Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on all sections of the application form and on the supplemental document(s).

Supplemental Requirements:
1.  Essay (not to exceed two typewritten, double-spaced pages) explaining why the appli­cant believes he or she should be consid­ered for the award.
2.  Letter of Recommenda­tion from one or more of the applicant's coaches verifying that the applicant is a dedi­cated team player who has dem­on­strated good sportsmanship, a posi­tive mental atti­tude, team spirit, and a love of the sport(s) in which he or she has partici­pated.
3.  Official grade transcript.
4.  Community Scholarship Program Certification Form.

Submission Instructions: Submit your application form electronically and mail or deliver your supplemental documents by the application deadline to the Gibson County Community Foundation, 109 N Hart Street, PO Box 180, Princeton, IN 47670.

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010.  (If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the application is due the preceding weekday.) 

Award Amount: $300.

Contact for Application and Deadline: YMCA Camp Carson at the beginning of the 2010 summer camp season.

Award Amount: $1,980.