1. Applicants will have at least one parent that currently operates or has operated in MABAS Division 13 as a Firefighter / EMT / Paramedic.

2.     Applicants must successfully graduate high school and have no less than a 2.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale or equivalent.

3.     Acceptance of said scholarship imposes an obligation to begin and complete a year of full time study for that year.

4.     All scholarship money will be distributed directly to the Bursar’s office of recipient’s university, community college or two year trade school.  Please be sure to include this address with applications.  Applications for Masters or Doctorate programs will not be accepted.

5.     Scholarship(s) awarded are grants, not loans.  Recipients are encouraged to do whatever they can, when they are financially able, to assure that the Memorial Scholarship continues to have the resources to grant such assistance to deserving individuals in the future.

6.     The applications submitted will be reviewed by a committee of Firefighters/EMTs/Paramedics that operate in MABAS Division 13.  Said committee will consist of a committee chairperson from the Elburn & Countryside FPD and five members from at least four different fire departments or fire protection districts.  Said committee will have final decision regarding the awarding of scholarship(s).

7.     Applications will be made available in March and scholarship(s) will be awarded no later than August 10th, for the fall semester of that academic year.

8.  Applications will need to be mailed to:

The Mark Southern Memorial Scholarship

P.O. Box 711

Elburn, Il

60119