Scholarship Recipient Guidelines – Proof

PATRICK F. TAYLOR FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT GUIDELINES

FALL 2016 FOUNDATION DEADLINE FOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Students must submit on-line scholarship information by Foundation Deadline at www.pftaylorfoundation.org/payment to receive funding for Fall 2016 semester.

Please call Elena Penn at 504-589-0473 or email to epenn@pftaylorfoundation.org if you have any questions.

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION:

• All scholarship recipients are required to submit a request for scholarship payment on-line at www.pftaylorfoundation.org/payment before or on the Foundation Deadline.  Do not mail, email or fax information. All fields must be completed and documents uploaded at one-time.
• First-time entering freshman scholarship recipients should upload class schedule only in a word document, pdf or jpg format.
• All other scholarship recipients should upload prior semester grades and upcoming class
  schedule in a word document, pdf or jpg format.

SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA:

• Scholarship recipients must maintain full-time status, as defined by the university, each semester with class schedule indicating the number of hours enrolled.
• Scholarship recipient payments cover fall and spring semesters only (summer school not included).
• Scholarship recipients must maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA freshman year of college, and a
  minimum 2.5 GPA each academic year thereafter.  Scholarship recipients must maintain steady
  academic progress at the end of all semesters/terms (2.00 Cumulative GPA) or will be
  disqualified from the scholarship program. Scholarship recipients will be reviewed on a
  semester-by-semester basis.
• Scholarship recipients must provide current contact information, and notify the Foundation of
  any change in address, phone number or email.
• Scholarship checks are payable only to the university and mailed directly to the university.
  Scholarship funds must be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies or equipment required for
  college courses in order to be tax free. The college or university will be responsible for remitting to the student any excess funds and associated tax documents.

FAILURE TO PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION OR MEET FOUNDATION DEADLINE:

It is the responsibility of each scholarship recipient to send in the requested information for scholarship funds by the Foundation Deadline. If a scholarship recipient incurs a problem, he/she must submit extension request to Foundation in writing 10 days before Foundation Deadline. If the scholarship recipient does not submit the on-line request for payment within 30 days of Foundation Deadline, the scholarship recipient will be disqualified from the program.

TRANSFER:

In the event a scholarship recipient does not enroll in the school listed on the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Scholarship Application or decides to transfer to another in-state school after freshman semester, he/she must submit transfer request to Foundation in writing 10 days before Foundation Deadline, for funding review and approval.

Please contact Elena Penn at the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation office at (504) 589-0473 or
epenn@pftaylorfoundation.org if you have any questions.