Price Chopper/Market 32 and Northeast Shared Services Teammate Scholarships
Price Chopper/Market 32 and Northeast Shared Services have established a scholarship program to assist teammates and dependent children who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
Price Chopper/Market 32 and Northeast Shared Services Teammate Scholarships
These scholarships have been established to support students from all backgrounds and with all identities, with emphasis on underrepresented backgrounds in higher education. We strongly encourage applications from all communities, in alignment with our mission to expand access and opportunity.
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 Price Chopper/Market 32 and Northeast Shared Services Teammate Employee Scholarships must:
- Be a part-time or full-time Price Chopper/Market 32 teammate
OR
- Be a dependent* child, age 25 and under, of a full-time Northeast Shared Services employee who is an active employee with the company as of the application deadline date
*A dependent child is defined as a biological, step- or legally adopted child living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee
AND
- Be high school seniors, high school graduates, current college undergraduates, or graduate students
- Plan to enroll in part-time or full-time undergraduate or graduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, vocational-technical or graduate school for the entire upcoming academic year
- Have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent)
Awards
The authorized distribution for new awards is $70,000.
Teammate AdvantEdge Scholarships – Up to 13 awards of $2,000 each will be granted. Recipients must be active teammates.
Diversity AdvantEdge Scholarships – Assuming there are qualified applicants, up to 12 awards of $2,000 each will be granted. Recipients must self-identify as a person of color, member of the LGBTQIA+ community, a veteran, or person with a disability.
Northeast Shared Services (NSS) Employee Scholarship – Up to 10 awards of $2,000 each will be granted. Recipients must be a dependent* child, age 25 and under, of a full-time Northeast Shared Services employee.
Awards are not renewable; however, students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
Awards are for undergraduate or graduate study.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in July.
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.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Northeast Shared Services. Payment is made in August.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
Financial need is not considered.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Price Chopper/Market 32 or Northeast Shared Services play a part in the selection.
Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
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.
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.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
