Deadline for receipt of the 2013 completed scholarship application is March 4, 2013. Scholarship recipients will be personally notified and publicly announced by June 15, 2013. All other applicants will be notified electronically.
Submit all questions and application materials to the Melanie Foundation.
Application materials must include:
- Curriculum vitae and cover letter. Please include email address.
- Unofficial transcripts, undergraduate and/or graduate. Official transcripts may be requested at a later date.
- Two letters of reference supporting the candidate’s application from adults who have known the candidate for more than 1 year (at least one from a professional in the mental health field, another from an individual who has known the candidate either personally or professionally for 5 years or more). Letters of reference should be emailed directly to the Melanie Foundation with the applicant's name as the subject of the email.
- A typed (double-spaced) essay of no more than 2-3 pages on how your experiences in the mental health profession have shaped your life, and how you will use your college and graduate education to assist communities in a manner consistent with Melanie Merola O’Donnell’s values of compassion, generosity, respect and honesty.
As an option you may choose one of the following quotes to incorporate into your statement:
- “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Ghandi
- “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” — Viktor Frankl
All application materials must be sent together as PDFs in one email, with the reference letters arriving separately with the applicant's name in the subject line. Please be clear about this when requesting a reference. If your documents exceed the amount of space allowed in one email you may send multiple emails but please do so during the same time frame so they arrive together.
The Melanie Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status in its selection process.
