Dear Guidance Counselor:

The Missouri Insurance Education Foundation, formed as a non-profit corporation in 1991, is supported by insurance companies which conduct business in Missouri. One of the goals of the Foundation is to award scholarships to deserving Missouri high school students who will be attending Missouri colleges or universities. (You may save the attached document to your disk and edit it directly in Word before printing it or print the blank document and submit it typewritten. Handwritten and/or incomplete applications will NOT be considered.)

In connection with these goals, the Board has approved four (4) $1,500 scholarships to be awarded to Missouri graduating high school seniors who will be full-time students in an accredited Missouri college or university and with an interest or intent of pursuing an insurance, risk management, or actuarial science course of study.

We have enclosed an application and other materials and will appreciate your making copies of these available to the seniors in your high school.

Completed applications must be postmarked no later than March 31, 2008, so that the Scholarship Committee can complete the selection process by mid-April. Applications postmarked after this deadline will not be considered.

We thank you for your assistance.

Very truly yours,

Lewis E. Melahn
Scholarship Chairman

Missouri Insurance Education Foundation Scholarship
for High School Seniors

PURPOSE: To provide scholarships to four (4) deserving Missouri high school graduating seniors interested in or intending to pursue an insurance, risk management or actuarial science course of study in a Missouri college or university.

AWARD COMPONENTS: Four (4) $1,500 scholarships and individual certificates awarded to four (4) students selected by the Missouri Insurance Education Foundation Scholarship Committee.

CRITERIA:
1. Applicant must be a Missouri resident.
2. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior in the year of the award.
3. Applicant must be a full-time Missouri college/university freshman in the coming academic year with an interest or intent to pursue an insurance, risk management, or actuarial science course of study in an accredited Missouri college or university.
4. Applicant must demonstrate scholarship -- in the complete sense -- consistent with capacity and circumstances.

APPLICATION PROCESS: (APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT)
1. Completed typed application form (handwritten and/or incomplete applications will not be processed).
2. Letter of application addressed to the Scholarship Committee. The letter should contain a brief explanation of career goals and biographical (background) information.
3. One (1) letter of recommendation from the student’s highs school teacher, administrator, or former employer.
4. A complete high school transcript with cumulative grade point averages and a class standing/rank.

Deadline for application is March 31, 2008. Applications postmarked after this date will not be considered.

Submit application packet to:
Scholarship Administrator
Missouri Insurance Education Foundation
P.O. Box 1654
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Email to: miis@midamerica.net

Note: Should any of the chosen recipients of the scholarship fail to attend an accredited Missouri college or university the following fall term, then the applicant who was judged as an alternate will receive the award if he or she has enrolled in an accredited Missouri college or university with an interest or intent of enrolling in an insurance, risk management, or actuarial science course of study (confirmation of college or university enrollment will be requested prior to funding the award).

Download Scholarship Application forms here