Howard & Edna Postles Award
PNC Bank, N.A. Trustee of the PNC Bank Delaware (DE) Scholarships offers the Howard & Edna Postles Award for high school seniors who live within 15 miles of Milford, Delaware that plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
Howard & Edna Postles Award
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 Howard & Edna Postles Award must be:
- First-time applicants must be high school seniors who live within 15 miles of the Milford, DE city limits.
- Rank within the top 10% of their class academically.
- Plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate or graduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.
- Undergraduates and graduate students who are previous recipients may reapply, but cannot receive more than eight (8) scholarships.
PNC employees or Trust committee members, their immediate family members, and members of their households are not eligible to apply
Awards
The authorized distribution for new awards is determined by PNC Bank, N.A. Trustee of the PNC Bank Delaware (DE) Scholarships.
Awards are not renewable, but 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 late May.
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 PNC Bank, N.A. Trustee of the PNC Bank Delaware (DE) Scholarships. Payments are made in early 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 will be considered. Recipients must demonstrate need based on Suggested Parental Contribution (SPC).
Scholarship America will process the applications for eligibility, and PNC Bank, N.A. Trustee of the PNC Bank Delaware (DE) Scholarships selection committee will select the recipients and determine the award amounts. 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.
- Copy of the first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information section of the application or your FAFSA Student Aid Index (SAI) document. Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information.
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.
