ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program 2015 United States of America

Name of the Organisation : ING North America Insurance Corporation
Name of the Scholarship : Unsung Heroes Awards Program 2015
Country : United States of America
Application Deadline : April 30, 2015

Website : https://www.voya.com/

Unsung Heroes Awards Program :

Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students.

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For more than 15 years, and with more than $4 million in awarded grants, ING Unsung Heroes has proven to be an A+ program with educators. The program’s “alumni” have inspired success in the classroom and impacted countless numbers of students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000.

Eligibility :
Applicants must be :
** Employed by an accredited K-12 public or private school located in the United States
** Full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective projects that improve student learning

Note :
** All K-12 education professionals, whether or not they are clients of ING (becoming Voya in 2014), are eligible.
** Applications must be verified by the school superintendent, principal, or applicant’s immediate supervisor.

Awards :
** All awards must be used to further the projects within the school or school system. Indirect costs or administrative fees should not be paid or withheld from the grant award. Each of the 100 finalists will receive an award of $2,000. At least one award will be granted in each of the 50 United States, provided one or more qualified applications are received from each state. Of the 100 finalists, three will be selected for additional financial awards. First place will receive $25,000; second place will receive $10,000, and the third place winner will receive $5,000.
** Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, disability, or national origin.
** Previous recipients of the Unsung Heroes awards are not eligible to apply for another award.

Application Procedure :

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** All correspondence throughout the application process is via email. If you do not have an email address you wish to share, you may register an address with a free service such as Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail or Gmail for the purposes of this application.
** Be sure to add unsungheroes@scholarshipamerica.org to your Contacts or Address Book! Applicants failing to use a valid email address will not be able to access an application account. Applicants who do not regularly check their email for correspondence will not receive consideration.
I** nterested applicants can begin the electronic application process by clicking on the Register as an Applicant link in the Scholarship Links menu in the left margin. You must supply a unique and valid email address and create a password. When in the application process, you may leave the site prior to submission by clicking on the Logout link located at the top of the left margin. To return to the application, you must enter your email and password as provided when registering for the application process.
** Carefully review your application before submission. All pages must be completed and entered in the format described in order to submit the application. Proper punctuation and standard capitalization (Jill Smith, 10 Main Street, New York, NY) must be used when entering data.
** Applications are evaluated on the information supplied; therefore, answer all questions as completely as possible. Once the application is submitted, no further additions or changes can be made. The application must be submitted electronically by April 30, 2015.
** You, the applicant, are solely responsible for submitting all information necessary to the application process. Scholarship Management Services will email acknowledgment of receipt of all submitted applications. Applications found to be incomplete as of the application deadline will not be processed. All information submitted is reviewed only by Scholarship Management Services and the Educators Advisory Board; however, if you are selected as a finalist, your information may be shared with ING, the program sponsor, or its agents, and they may use your name and likeness and any other information or materials provided in connection with this program for purposes of news, publicity and advertising in all media, including but not limited to print and electronic media, press releases, internet websites, and video media.

Selection and Notification :
** Scholarship Management Services will select 100 finalists. The Educators Advisory Board, consisting of teachers and education administrators, will select recipients of the top three awards in the summer of 2015. By Fall 2015, all applicants will be notified whether or not they have been selected to receive an award.
** This is a competitive program. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as finalists. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

Payment of Scholarships :
Scholarship Management Services processes award payments on behalf of ING. Payments for awards will be presented to recipients by local agents of ING. Award checks are made payable jointly to the recipient and to his or her school.

Obligations :
Recipients have no obligation to ING. They are, however, required to notify Scholarship Management Services of any changes of address or other relevant information.

Additional Information :
All questions should be directed to Scholarship Management Services.

Phone : 507-931-1682 or 800-537-4180

Email : unsungheroes@scholarshipamerica.org

Register :
To apply to the Unsung Heroes Awards Program, you must first register as an applicant on this web site. Activate your account by accessing your email. You may then complete the application by providing information about your project or program, along with the benefits and a budget.

Register Now : https://apply.scholarsapply.org/unsungheroes/

Note :
ING (becoming Voya in 2014) reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of this program and to make changes at any time, including termination of the program.