Herkimer Region Scholarship Foundation

Posted on 01/27/2024

Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation increases award amount, now accepting applications

The Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation has increased the value of its General Scholarship Awards, Career Awards and LPN Awards to $1,000 and is now accepting applications for scholarships for 2024.

Application forms are now available from school counselors in all Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES area school districts or online. New this year, the applications can either be downloaded and printed or completed directly online.

The deadline for submitting a college General Scholarship Award application is March 1, 2024. The deadline for the Career Award and LPN Award applications is March 15, 2024. Printed applications must be returned to your school district counselor or the LPN coordinator.

For information, contact Herkimer BOCES School to Careers secretary Kelly Mills at 315-867-2000 or [email protected].

The General Scholarship Awards are open to students who are majoring in vocational education at Herkimer BOCES or in their high schools in the Herkimer BOCES region and plan to go to college the next school year. Students can earn a $1,000 scholarship for their first year of college and then earn additional funding for their second year if certain criteria are met.

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Herkimer Region Scholarship Foundation