PURPOSE

The SAPA Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) in 1999. Over the past years, SAPA has become a major pharmaceutical professional organization with more than one thousand members and chapters in the Northeast and West Coast.
The SAPA Scholarship and Excellence in Education for Life Sciences Foundation is dedicated to recognize and support excellence on the part of outstanding high school students, and to encourage the finest high school graduates to develop career in Life Sciences.
The Foundation is supported by the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association Scholarship and Excellence in Education for Life Sciences Fund. Funding for awards and administrative expenses is derived from investment on the Trust Fund.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

The Foundation will award undergraduate scholarships to outstanding students, to be known as SAPA scholars, in July for use during the upcoming academic year. The awards will be made on the basis of merit to those who will be college freshmen in the upcoming academic year, and who have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in life sciences.

Each scholarship awards a one-time fund of minimal $1000 towards tuition payment. The Trustees intend to award two or more SAPA Scholarships each year. Nominees for SAPA Scholarships must include in their application materials a statement of interest in career in life sciences.

CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY

To be considered for nomination as a SAPA Scholar, a student must:
• Be a full-time high school graduate who plans full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college in the upcoming academic year.
• Have a GPA above 3.3, a minimum SAT 1400 and be in the top tenth of the class
• Be a United States citizen, or a legal resident alien (please submit a photocopy of the Alien Registration Card).

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Application materials
• Applicant's Essay of approximately 600 words, which is written by the student and relates to the student's chosen career.
• Two letters of recommendation from teachers who can discuss the nominee's potential for a career in life sciences including a teacher in the applicant's field of study and another who can attest the nominee's potential.
• A list of awards received
• A list of Advanced Placement of Honors courses with grades (optional)

Please enclose ALL the materials, including sealed recommendation letters, in ONE package to send to SAPA.
Application Deadline: April 30 (postmark deadline)
Selection Procedures: An independent review committee appointed by the Foundation will evaluate all valid applications and recommend the most outstanding nominees for consideration by the Foundation Board of Trustees. Applicants are evaluated on:
• Demonstrated potential for and commitment to a career in life sciences.
• Outstanding academic performance
From the candidates recommended by the independent review committee, the Board of Trustees will name two SAPA scholars. To be eligible to receive payments, a SAPA Scholar must submit an acceptance of the scholarship award and a direct deposit used to deposit scholarship payments to the attending college or university. The payment will be made in September to the college or university directly.

IMPORTANT DATES

April 30 Application deadline

June Scholarship Review Committee meets to recommend finalists to the Foundation Board of Trustees.

July The SAPA Scholars are selected by the Board of SAPA Scholarship and Excellence in Education for Life Science Foundation.

August SAPA Scholars will be announced at the Annual Meeting of the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association

September Scholarship payments directly deposited to the attending college or university

For more information, contact sapa_scholarship@yahoo.com

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