Children of Jabil Employees Scholarship Program
The Jabil Cares Foundation, Inc., has established a scholarship program to assist children of Jabil Inc. employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school.
Children of Jabil Employees Scholarship Program
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The Jabil Cares Foundation, Inc., has established a scholarship program to assist children of Jabil Inc. employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school.
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Children of Jabil Employees Scholarship Program must:
- Be dependent* children, age 26 and under**, of full-time Jabil employees residing in the United States in the following job classifications – Direct Labor (DL), Indirect Labor (IL) & Sales General Administration (SGA) who have a minimum of 1 year of employment with the company as of the application deadline.
- OR
- Be dependent* children, age 23 and under**, of full-time Jabil employees residing in Malaysia in the following job classifications – Direct Labor (DL), Indirect Labor (IL) & Sales General Administration (SGA) who have a minimum of 1 year of employment with the company as of the application deadline.
- AND
- Be high school seniors/students in their final year of upper or higher secondary school, high school graduates, or current college undergraduates.
- Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in the US or Malaysia for the entire upcoming academic year***
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent).
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for STPM and Matriculation (Malaysia).
- Minimum Grade C for IGCSE/O Level (Malaysia).
- Minimum 6Cs and no fail subjects for SPM (Malaysia).
- 5B for UEC.
*Dependent children are defined as natural and legally adopted children or stepchildren living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee residing in the United States.
**No age limit for disabled children.
***Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length and recipients must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed in August.
Children of Senior Director (MO7) and above are ineligible.
Children of Contract employees are ineligible.
Awards
If selected as a recipient (U.S. Applicants), the student will receive a $5,000 award annually for those attending four-year colleges and universities or a $3,000 award annually for those attending two-year colleges or pursuing a technical/trade certification.
If selected as a recipient (Malaysia Applicants), the student will receive a $2,500 award annually for those attending four-year colleges and universities or a $1,600 award annually for those attending two-year colleges/universities.
Awards are renewable as follows on the basis of maintaining a 2.5 minimum GPA (or its equivalent) and full-time enrollment.
- Up to three (3) additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, for scholarship recipients pursuing a bachelor’s degree
- Up to one (1) additional year for scholarship recipients pursuing an associate’s degree or vocational-technical degree or certification
- Applicants who have received a scholarship from this Program prior to the start of this current Program cycle shall not be required to meet eligibility requirements concerning parent/guardian continued employment with the Sponsor.
NOTE: Recipients who immediately begin pursuing a bachelor’s degree upon completion of an associate’s degree will be eligible to renew up to three (3) years, for four (4) years of scholarship in total or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first.
Awards are not for graduate-level study, law or medical schools.
Awards are for qualified education-related expenses only (tuition, fees, books, and required supplies/equipment) and not for room or board. Awards amounts may be adjusted if award exceeds the cost of qualified education-related expenses.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in June.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of the Jabil Cares Foundation, Inc. Payment is made in August.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Financial need
- Academic record
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community service activities
- Work experience
- A 1,000 character essay with this topic: “What is an important issue that you care about? Describe how you have gotten involved in making a difference.”
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, must be demonstrated for the student to receive an award.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer of the Jabil Cares Foundation, Inc., or Jabil, Inc., play a part in the selection.
Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.
Students not selected as recipients this year may reapply each year they meet eligibility guidelines. Students selected as recipients will be provided instructions to renew the award in January.
Students must provide documentation of full-time status and GPA in order to receive a renewable award.
All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
U.S. Applicants
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
- You will be required to provide information regarding your family’s financial situation; a copy of the most recently filed 1040 federal tax form may be helpful in completing the application.
- NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
Malaysia Applicants
Due to differences in educational systems, applicants from Malaysia must provide the following educational documents:
- Students currently or previously enrolled in an institution of higher education (university) must include their academic record (transcript of grades) of all higher education coursework completed and their secondary school credentials/diploma/certificate.
- Current secondary school students and students who have completed less than one year of higher education (university) must include their academic record (transcript of grades) for all secondary education coursework completed during the past three years, and results of academic examinations.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
