Military Order of the Stars and Bars Scholarship
Program
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants,
for a MOS&B Scholarship, must be a
genealogically proven descendant of a Confederate Officer or descendant
of a
member of the Confederate Executive or Legislative branches of
government or descendant of a member of the Confederate States'
legislatures, judiciary or executive branches of state
government.
THE SCHOLARSHIPS: The MOS&B scholarships shall be named as follows.
The General Robert E. Lee Scholarship shall be awarded to applicants
residing in the Army of Northern Virginia. The Lt. General Nathan
B. Forrest Scholarship shall be awarded to applicants residing in the
Army of Tennessee. The Major General Patrick R. Cleburne Scholarship
shall be awarded to applicants residing in the Army of Trans-Mississippi.
On recommendation from the committee, scholarship amounts shall be
determined
annually by the General Executive Council. Funding will be from
available resources as determined by the Executive Council.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
TIME SCHEDULES: Scholarship applications must be submitted to the
MOS&B
Scholarship Committee
by March 1 each year. Award winners will be notified as soon as they
are selected and funds awarded for scholarships will be forwarded
to selected institutions as soon as applicant notifies Scholarship
Committee of enrollment.
REVIEW: Priority is given to students moving from H.S. to College.
The committee will review all criteria and provisions and
may request additional information or clarification from the applicant.
The committee may waive a provision, if extenuating circumstances
warrant a waiver. The provision waived should not significantly
affect the merits of the application. The committee's decision as
to eligibility and merit is final.
DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS: Applicants awarded
scholarships must be enrolled in an accredited two year or four year
college/university, which is a degree-granting institution,
before funds are disbursed. Scholarship funds will
be placed on deposit at the institution
where the person is enrolled, for the benefit of the applicant,
and any unused portion shall be returned to the MOS&B
by the institution.
SCHOLARSHIP LIMITS: Applicants may not receive a scholarship more
than once. However, the committee may consider an award
for a student already in college who has not graduated or a previously selected
applicant who is entering graduate studies.
JUDGING CRITERIA: Scholarships awarded shall be merit based and
applicants will be judged on academic performance,
character, school and community activities, ability to express
himself/herself in written form, personal motivation, leadership potential, and
the strength of the recommendation.
JUDGING
CRlTERIA POINTS: Extra Curricular - 10%; Personal Statement
- 10%; Academic Performance - 70%;
Recommendations - 10%
DATA SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
COMPLETED APPLICATION: Applicants must complete the printed
application in its entirety. Signing of the
application attests to the accuracy of ALL data submitted
for scholarship consideration.
ANCESTOR PROOF: Applicants must be a genealogically proven
descendant of a Confederate Officer or a descendent of a member of the national or state Confederate
government branches. (see Eligibility).
PERSONAL STATEMENT: An applicant will submit a personal
letter of application describing his/her academic
and career aspirations and include other areas that have
influenced the applicants development as a person
committed to pursuing his/her educational goals. The
applicant may use any approach to completing this assignment. The personal letter is limited
to one page back and front.
ACADEMIC RECORDS: The applicant
must submit an academic record of courses completed where
currently
enrolled, and include grade point average and class rank.
Scholastic aptitude test scores and/or other
pertinent test scores, if not in the applicant’s
transcript, should also be included. Transcripts not released to the applicant should be sent to the Scholarship
Committee, by the institution transcript officer.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Applicants must submit three letters
of recommendation attesting to the applicant's
character, ability, dependability and integrity. One
of the letters shall be from a teacher, counselor, or principal from the last institution where
the applicant was enrolled.
SPONSORSHIP: All applicants must obtain a letter of sponsorship
from a MOS&B State Society or Chapter that will be submitted with application material.
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