Please read the information below very
carefully before applying. Incomplete applications will
not be considered.
We would like to announce the opening of the application process of the
German Society's Scholarship Program for the upcoming academic year.
The scholarship award is intended to provide financial assistance to
selected undergraduate students majoring in German language and
literature. Awards are based primarily on the student's
achievement and promise, although financial need may also be
considered. The average awards in recent years have been about
$2,500, with the dollar amount and number of recipients varying from
year to year. The awards may be applied only to tuition, are paid
in two installments at the beginnings of the fall and spring semesters,
and are transmitted directly to the recipient's college or university
upon certification of enrollment by that institution.
Students are expected to enroll in at least one German course during
each semester for which they receive support.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
Resident of the Greater Delaware Valley (see list
of counties below)
Senior in high school intending to major in German,
or
German major at one of the colleges or universities
listed below
Schedule:
March 10 Applications due at the
German Society
March 26 Notification of Finalists
April 10 Interviews of
Finalists at the German Society
April 12 Notification of
Recipients
April 24 Announcement of
the Scholarship Recipients at the AATG Awards Program at the Canstatter
Volksfestverein
The required application materials include:
Completed application form (see download below)
German writing sample, up to one typewritten page
in length
Transcript from the most recent semester/year of
school
Two letters of reference
The application and essay are to be submitted electronically as file
attachments by the student to the German Society. The student may
send the transcript via regular mail, or may have the school mail the
transcript to the German Society (address below). At least one
reference letter MUST be from a recent German teacher of the applicant.
The letters should be addressed to the Scholarship Committee, and
my be submitted either electronically or by mail.
All materials must be received by
5:00pm on March 10, 2010. Incomplete applications will not be
considered.
Please direct further questions to the German Society. We
thank you for your interest in and commitment to the German language
and culture and wish you the best for your school year.
The Scholarship Awards Committee
German Society of Pennsylvania
611 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-627-2332
scholarships at germansociety.org
High
School Seniors must be a resident of one of the following counties:
Pennsylvania
- Delaware, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery
County, or the City of Philadelphia
New Jersey - Hunterdon, Mercer, Burlington, Camden,
Gloucester, or Salem County
Delaware - New Castle County
Current College Students must be a
resident of the above counties and enrolled at one of the following
colleges and universities
Bryn Mawr College
Elizabethtown College
Franklin & Marshall College
Haverford College
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Lafayette College
LaSalle University
Lehigh University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Moravian College
Muhlenberg College
Penn State Lehigh Valley
Rosemont College
Rutgers at Camden
St. Joseph's University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Villanova University
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Download the Scholarship
Application:
PDF Version
MS Word Version
All of your electronic
submissions should be sent to scholarships at germansociety.org. If you have any questions, please
call our office at 215-627-2332.
(The email address is listed as such to
reduce the amount of
daily spam the Society receives. To send an email, simply replace
the "at" with @ before sending.)
