The
Connecticut
Power & Energy Society
2008 Scholarship Award Program
Purpose of the Program
This scholarship program is intended to financially assist a
Connecticut resident or student who shows interest in the technical or engineering-related fields, with special consideration given to those interested in energy industry-related study.
Competition Rules
1. CPES will award $5,000 in scholarships
. The exact scholarship award amounts will be based on the quality and quanity of applications received.
2. Students applying for the scholarship shall be matriculated undergraduates pursuing either an Associate or Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science. The student can apply during the first year or later, and can be a graduate student. Matriculated part-time students are eligible.
3. Undergraduate students shall have a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher.
4. A high-school senior may apply on the basis that he or she will receive the award after the completion of the first college semester with a GPA of 2.3 or higher.
5. An applicant can be a
Connecticut
resident attending a college outside of
Connecticut.
6. An applicant may be an employee of a company which has a CPES member, or may be a relative of a CPES member. The scholarship committee will review applications and make awards on a “name-blind” basis.
7. Application may be made on a form available through CPES, or a copy thereof. Copies may be obtained through the CPES website (www.ctpower.org) or by contacting CPES at:
PO Box 231492
,
Hartford
,
CT
06123-1492, or by calling Augie DeFrance at 860-346-4792.
8. To publicize the scholarship competition, CPES will:
·
Announce the scholarship on the CBIA and the Clean Energy Fund web sites.
·
Write letters to all
Connecticut engineering colleges and universities inviting them to nominate students.
·
Email all
Connecticut high school guidance counselors inviting them to nominate students.
·
Send press releases to all
Connecticut “papers-of-record”.
9. A paper of limited length (under 200 words) is required along with the application, explaining the student’s interest in the field of power and energy. Part of the paper may cover the student’s need for the scholarship funding.
10. The scholarship application and paper must be submitted by May 23
, 2008. The award will be announced by May 30, 2008.
11. The winner will be selected by the scholarship committee and confirmed by the CPES board of directors. The approved decision is final. The winner of the competition will be notified by email and phone shortly after May 30. Board Member(s) will abstain from voting if the nominee is a relative.
12. The selection will consider a student’s academic standing at the end of the school semester immediately preceding the first day of the competition.
1 3. CPES is not responsible for lost, late, mishandled, or misdirected mail.
14. Acceptance of the scholarship constitutes permission to use the winner’s name and excerpts from the winning entry in announcements in the media and in CPES publications. It will not be used for mailing list or the like. We also request that winners attend a public recognition event at one of our dinner meetings, date to be announced.
1 5. For the name of the winner, you may contact CPES at the aforementioned address or phone number after July 1, 2008.
16. By entering the competition, entrants agree to these published rules and to the decision of the judging committee.
17. All entries become the property of CPES. They cannot be acknowledged or returned.
18. Any income or other taxes that may result from winning this competition are the responsibility of the winner
