2010 TAA-NNJ SCHOLARSHIP

北澤西台灣同鄉會 2010年獎學金辦法

2010 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

The Taiwanese Association of America Northern New Jersey Chapter (TAA-NNJ) is offering scholarships for ABT (American-born Taiwanese) or new immigrants of Taiwan origin

Eligibility: High School full time students (grades 9-12) currently study in Bergen, Passaic, and Morris Counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in NY

Subject of the essay (choose one of the following)
1. What do you believe is the importance of building a Taiwanese American community?
2. How can leadership in the Taiwanese American community be improved?
3. What are the difficulties the Taiwanese American community face and how can they be addressed?
4. What can Taiwanese Americans do to promote Taiwan in the US and globally?

Rules

1. Word count must be 1,000 ~ 1,500 words (use MS WORD to find out), may include pictures/charts
2. The essay should be written in English
3. Families of the scholarship committee members cannot apply for scholarship

Please send

(1) a completed application form (2) a brief introduction of the applicant (3) an essay - with word count (4) a digital picture or scanned copy of student ID, and (5) a digital picture or scanned copy of application with signature and date to:

taannj@gmail.com
Subject: 2010 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

or

2010 TAA-NNJ Scholarship

P.O. Box 4011

Wayne, NJ 07470

Deadline: 1/31/2010

Scholarships: Up to 5 awardees with equal share of a total of $1,000

Winners Announcement: By Email on 2/12/10. During the 2/27/10 TAA-NNJ Annual Meeting, awardees will be honored and checks will be given

Posting on TAA-NNJ‘s Blog: Awardee names, school names, and their essays will be posted on TAANNJ blog site: taannj.blogspot.com

Plagiarism: If the essay is found to be plagiarized, TAA-NNJ reserves the rights to revoke the award