Postmark deadlines will be strictly applied. DO NOT contact Regional Directors. A preliminary screening will be made on the basis of submitted materials. The regional committees will then invite to personal interviews roughly half again as many applicants as the number of awards to be made. The interviews will occur in early March, 1997.
Receipts are necessary.
Following the interviews, each regional committee will recommend finalists to the Final Selection Committee which will determine the winners. Winners will be announced the week of April 14, 1997. A preliminary screening will be made on the basis of the assembled material by an Overseas Applications Committee. By mid-February finalists will be recommended by the program director to the Final Selection Committee which will determine the winners. Winners will be announced the week of April 14, 1997.