AncestryProGenealogists Announces
Scholarship Program for Professional Genealogists
From
our friends at AncestryProGenealogists …
Ancestry has
established the AncestryProGenealogists Scholarship
Program to foster and support professional genealogists in their ongoing development efforts. The scholarships, being
awarded for the first time this year, will be awarded to four aspiring or
practicing professional genealogists and cover certain expenses of attending
one of four U.S.-based genealogical institutes.
Award
The
AncestryProGenealogists Scholarship Program will provide four scholarships that
will cover tuition, round-trip standard economy airfare (Ancestry may
substitute appropriate ground transportation for awardees who live within 300
miles of the applicable institute), and hotel expenses for one individual each
to attend one of the four institutes listed below. The scholarships will
be awarded to qualified applicants who demonstrate a commitment to genealogy as
a profession, a desire for professional development, and the ability to
communicate that commitment in writing.
Institutes
Abbreviated
Rules
Applicants
are asked to submit the following via mail or email:
1.
Name
2.
Mailing
Address
3.
Email
Address
4.
Phone
Number
5.
Resume: Your current resume, irrespective of any
genealogical experience.
6.
Institute
Preference: Rank the
four U.S.-based genealogical institutes based on your preference for
attendance, from highest (1) to lowest (4): Gen-Fed, GRIP, IGHR, or SLIG. For
GRIP, IGHR, and SLIG, specify which course you would like to take.
Gen-Fed offers only one course.
7.
Essay
·
Describe
your experience to date, aspirations as a genealogical professional, and how
attending your top-choice institute/course will benefit your career.
·
Essay must
be no less than 500 and no more than 700 words.
Applications
may be submitted on or after November 21, 2016. Electronic entries must
be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, December 31,
2016. Mailed entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2016, and
received by January 5, 2017. A panel of AncestryProGenealogist professionals
will review and select by January 31, 2017, four winning essays from the pool
of eligible entries. Each entry will be judged based on the clear
relationship between the submission and the following criteria: (1) sense of
commitment to genealogy as a profession (40%); (2) sense of desire for
professional development (40%); and (3) ability to communicate that commitment
and desire in writing (20%). The Grand Prize winner will receive tuition
to his or her first choice institute, plus travel and hotel costs. The
Second, Third, and Fourth Prize winners will receive tuition, plus travel and
hotel costs, to their first choice institute, unless already chosen by a higher
place awardee, in which case the next applicable and available choice will apply.
The approximate retail value of each prize is $1,200 - $2,000. The
judges’ decisions with respect to the selection of the awardees and the
interpretation of the Official Rules will be final. The names of the four
selected recipients will be announced on www.progenealogists.com/scholarship by
March 1, 2017. The Official
Rules, which shall control over these Abbreviated
Rules, are available here.
By
submitting your application, including any personal information contained
therein, you attest that the information provided is true and correct and that
the essay is original work by you. You also agree to be bound by the Official
Rules and consent to the collection and use of your personal information in
accordance with Ancestry’s Privacy Statement, available here, which
provides in part that Ancestry or AncestryProGenealogists may contact you via
the information you’ve provided for other future opportunities sponsored by
Ancestry or AncestryProGenealogists. Please see the Official Rules before
submitting your application.
More
details can be found here.
Which institute would you like to
attend?
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