{"id":8361,"date":"2024-04-18T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2024-04-18T08:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:30:01","slug":"horatio-alger-career-technical-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/horatio-alger-career-technical-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Horatio Alger Career &#038; Technical Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"main-form-header form-row\">\n<h1 class=\"gl-cst-el display_inline_block\">2024 Horatio Alger Career &amp; Technical Scholarship<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gl-cst-el large\"><b><span class=\"labelStyle\">PROGRAM DEADLINE:\u00a0<\/span>June 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT (Noon)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"scholarship_data\" class=\"scholarship_data_preview\">\n<h4 class=\"gl-cst-el program-header\">DESCRIPTION<\/h4>\n<div>\n<h2><strong class=\"ss-editor-strong\">500 Scholarships up to $2,500 each<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Scholarships are awarded to students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their lives who wish to pursue a career or technical education at an accredited community college or technical school in the United States.<br \/>\nThe application for the National Career &amp; Technical program is open annually from\u00a0<strong class=\"ss-editor-strong\">March 15 to June 15<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div>\nNote: For Deadlines that fall on a weekend, applicants will have until the following\u00a0<strong class=\"ss-editor-strong\">Monday, June 17th at 12:00 (Noon) ET<\/strong>\u00a0to submit.<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"gl-cst-el program-header\">REQUIREMENTS<\/h4>\n<p><strong class=\"ss-editor-strong\">General Eligibility Criteria<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ss-editor-ul\">\n<li>Have completed high school (or earned a high school equivalency credential) by July 1<\/li>\n<li>Be enrolled in an associate&#8217;s degree, certificate, or diploma program by September that will lead to employment (no transfer programs are eligible)<\/li>\n<li>Attend a not-for-profit post-secondary institution in the United States<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate critical financial need by showing one of the following:\n<ul class=\"ss-editor-ul\">\n<li>Family Income below $65,000 OR<\/li>\n<li>Pell Eligibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Be under the age of 35<\/li>\n<li>Be a United States citizen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funds may be used for tuition, fees, books and supplies, or any additional costs such as transportation, daycare, etc. that help support program progress. \u00a0All scholarship funds are paid directly to the institution on behalf of the recipient.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"scholarship_data\" class=\"scholarship_data_preview\"><span style=\"color: #525c65; font-family: Source Sans Pro, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.smarterselect.com\/programs\/95225-Horatio-Alger-Association\">https:\/\/app.smarterselect.com\/programs\/95225-Horatio-Alger-Association<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Has link to online application.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"scholarship_data\" class=\"scholarship_data_preview\"><span style=\"color: #525c65; font-family: Source Sans Pro, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/horatioalger.org\/scholarships\/\">https:\/\/horatioalger.org\/scholarships\/<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Has information.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Horatio Alger Career &amp; Technical Scholarship PROGRAM DEADLINE:\u00a0June 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT (Noon) DESCRIPTION 500 Scholarships up to $2,500 each Scholarships are awarded to students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their lives who wish to pursue a career or technical education at an accredited community college or technical school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarships"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8362,"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8361\/revisions\/8362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwtech.edu\/alvacc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}