VSI Scholarship Info
VSI Scholarship Program
The Virginia Sheriffs' Scholarship program
was established to provide an opportunity for young people across
Virginia to pursue an educational
curriculum in criminal justice. Accordingly, the Board of Directors
has established the application process for students to receive
scholarships to assist in
their educational endeavors. The scholarships are available only
to students in jurisdictions where sheriffs participated in the
scholarship fund raising
efforts. This program is limited to students attending Virginia
colleges and universities.
Download
the Application Form (PDF)
The deadline for application for the 2009/2010
school year is May 1, 2009.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2009 - POLICIES
- Eligibility: Students must live
in a locality where the sheriff is a member of the Virginia Sheriffs'
Institute and authorized the
Institute to conduct a direct mail special appeal to raise funds
for the scholarship program.
- Applications will be mailed from the Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute
office to the sheriffs' offices by January 31, 2009.
- Applications must be received in the Virginia Sheriffs' Institute
office by May 1, 2009. Postmarks will not be accepted, however faxes
will be. The deadline will be adhered to.
- Two types of scholarships
will be awarded, one to full-time students and one to part-time
students. All the scholarship awards to students
will be consistent, i.e. all check amounts will be the same, depending
on the type.
- Only majors in the criminal justice field will qualify
for a scholarship. Those majoring in law will not be considered
a criminal justice major.
- Only students accepted to Virginia colleges
and universities will be considered.
- Applications must be complete,
or the student will not be considered.
- Checks will be mailed to the individual sheriffs’ offices
by the end of May 2009.
- Checks will be made payable to the educational
institution indicated on the application.
- Letters of rejection will
be mailed to students directly from the VSI office.
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