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Employee Dependent Scholarship Program

The Employee Dependent Scholarship is in partnership with Broward College and is offered to children and legal dependents of the Memorial Healthcare System Employees. These one- time scholarships are awarded in the amount of $2,500 for healthcare majors and $1,500 for non-healthcare majors. Up to 10 Scholarships per year will be awarded.

Eligibility Requirements

The Scholarship applicant must be the dependent or legal child under the age of 25 of a Memorial Healthcare System employee.
The parent or legal guardian of the applicant must be a regularly scheduled, full- or part-time employee in good standing, with one year of continuous service as of the date of the application deadline.
The student must be enrolled or accepted into Broward College for fall of the year of the application.
Students with 2.5 GPA or higher

Application Requirements

Students must submit a completed application, including an essay, two letters of recommendation, high school/college transcripts and a letter of acceptance from Broward College.
All applications will be reviewed and evaluated.

You will also need to answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper:

Short-Answer Questions
Why are you applying for this scholarship?
What are your short- and long-term goals?
What do you know about Memorial Healthcare System?

Essay Question
Please describe in 300 words how this scholarship will enable you to reach your goals.

Application Deadlines

February 1, May 1 and October 1

Download the Scholarship Application Form

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Once you download the application form, you can fill it out online and sign it electronically. You can also print the form and fill it out manually. Either way, you will need to print and mail a hard-copy version of the application and mail it with the other items required of applicants.

You agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this application and all documents signed electronically in the application or hiring process. You also agree that no certification authority or other third party verification is necessary to validate your E-Signature and that the lack of such certification or third party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your E-Signature.

Additional Information

Please submit your application, your essay, a copy of your high school transcript/college transcript, your letter of acceptance to Broward College and two letters of recommendation (one must be from an instructor/teacher) to:

Memorial Healthcare System Scholarship Coordinator
Organization Development
3051 North Commerce Parkway
Door G
Miramar, FL 33025
scholarshipcoordinator@mhs.net

NOTE: Any application submitted with missing information will not be considered. Thorough preparation, neatness and promptness are all considered in the acceptance criteria.

Disclaimer regarding the tuition payments made on behalf of employees’ children: Scholarship monies awarded to dependents are subject to taxable income rules applicable to the parent or legal guardian in accordance with IRS regulations.

Selection Process

Once a completed Application Packet is received, the Scholarship Coordinator will verify the GPA, references and speak with instructors. HR will verify that the parent or legal guardian of the applicant is a regularly scheduled, full- or part-time employee in good standing, with one year of continuous service as of the date of the application deadline. All qualified/verified applications will be sent to the Chief Learning Officer for approval. Those studying within a healthcare field will receive a total of $2,500 and those studying within a non-healthcare field will receive a total of $1,500. All applicants will be notified of the final decision. For more information, please e-mail scholarshipcoordinator@mhs.net or call 954-276-5280.