The James E. Stoner & Allan W. Balch Memorial Scholarship
The Association of Financial Technology has been awarding college and university scholarships to deserving employees and their sons, daughters, stepchildren, spouses, grandchildren and wards since 1985. The award is named for James E. Stoner, one of the organization's founders, and Allan W. Balch, a two-time President of AFT
Complete Scholarship Program information and applications are emailed to the primary contact person at each member company on April 1 of each year and are also available on the Members Only page. Member companies are then responsible for selecting two (2) applicant. Completed applications are due back to the AFT Executive Office by July 1. The AFT Scholarship Committee selects two winners and a $3,000 check is mailed to the successful applicants by September 1.
Applicants are awarded point values for senior year high school class ranking and grade point average for full-time students already attending a college, university or trade school. Additional points are awarded for academic achievements and school-related activities. Finally, applicants are awarded points for their responses to three essay questions.
Some member companies match the AFT scholarship award, making the grand worth $6,000 to the winner.
Complete Scholarship Program information is available from the AFT Executive Office.
Eligibility Requirements
The $3,000.00 scholarship award is available to any employee or a son, daughter, spouse, stepchild, grandchild or ward of an AFT member company employee enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, business school or computer-oriented trade school.
The selected Scholarship Application and Scholarship Essay Questions form are due in the AFT Executive Office by Friday, July 1, 2011.
The winner will be announced at our 2011 Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
