Menzies Aviation Scholarship
Menzies Aviation has established a scholarship program to assist students who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice.
Menzies Aviation Scholarship
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 Menzies Aviation Scholarship must:
- Be employees with a minimum of one year of employment with Menzies Aviation as of the application deadline and employed in the United Kingdom or Europe.
OR - Be dependent* children, age 26 and under, of full-time or part-time Menzies Aviation employees who have a minimum of one (1) year employment with the company as of the application deadline date and are employed in the United Kingdom or Europe.
*Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee. - Be in the final year of upper or higher secondary school or be current technical or university level students.
- Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school (or equivalent) for the entire upcoming academic year.
Officers or vice presidents and above and their dependents are not eligible.
Awards
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive 1,000 EUR/GBP award. Up to 12 awards will be granted. Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in late-August.
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
Employees will receive payment from Menzies Aviation via payroll in October.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
- 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 Menzies Aviation play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. 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.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
Note: Other educational documents may satisfy this requirement. For example, GCSE exams, A-levels, or CBSE’s. If you do not have exam results, you may upload predicted scores.
