NEACSM MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Award Amount- $500 US
Deadline- June 1 of each year
Eligibility Requirements-
1) The candidate must qualify as a minority according to the guidelines attached to this announcement.
2) The student must be a current NEACSM member.
3) The individual must be enrolled in an accredited college/university within the New England Chapter.
4) The student must be an undergraduate or graduate student majoring in the areas of clinical or basic exercise science or sports medicine.
5) Demonstrated academic excellence of 3.3/4.0 scale in undergraduate or graduate studies.
6) The application should include the following:
- Official transcripts
- Minimum of two letters of recommendation
- Official NEACSM Cover Sheet
- Cover letter not to exceed one page highlighting the candidate’s career goals, brief summary of credentials, and justification
of why the candidate should be considered for this award.
- Curriculum Vitae
Determination of the Minority Scholarship Award is based on the following:
- Academic excellence
- Professional/Work experience and its relationship to professional development for a career in exercise science, sports medicine, or a related field.
- Professional activities including professional memberships, workshop/conference attendance, and professional service.
- Further consideration will be given for presentations at professional meeting, and publication of peer-reviewed abstracts and manuscripts.
Definition of Minority-
A minority refers to any person who is a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident who is American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian; Black or African American; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander or is Hispanic or Latino. Such individuals should have at least 25% (i.e., on grandparent) of non-Caucasian ancestry. The various groupings are defined as follows:
Native American: all individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintain cultural
identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition, as well as original peoples of Alaska and the
Aleutian Islands.
Asian: all people having origin in any of the original peoples of China, Japan, Korea, eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, the
Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands.
Black or African American includes people from Africa, the West Indies and islands in the Caribbean.
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: individuals from Hawaii or from any other pacific island.
Hispanic or Latino: all people having Puerto Rican or Mexican origins or all people of Cuba, Central and South
America and others of Spanish cultures regardless of race.
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