The individual must be accepted into an accredited college or university, community college or recognized technical or trade school at the time the award is issued. Applications will be judged by a committee of impartial post secondary educators. Applicaitons are available on this website and thru the mail. To download a .pdf version of the scholarship application , you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer . If you do not already have Acrobat installed, we have provided a link to the Adobe Web Site from which you can download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader .
Applications are also available thru the mail.
Send name, address, phone number and international union name on a post card to Union Plus Scholarship Program, P.O. Box 34800, Washington, DC, 20043-4800. They should be returned to the post office box noted on the application. If an applicant is interested in receiving confirmation of the receipt of their application, they need to include a self-addressed stamped postcard with their application which will be returned to them once the application is received. Applications are first reviewed by a panel of independent career professionals. Semi-finalists are chosen based on a point scale, and their applications are then provided to judges for further review and selection of finalists and awards.