Scholarship Committee

Position-Specific Duties for AFTE Chairperson
Committee: Scholarship Committee

Responsibilities:

• Provide a cover letter to members of the committee in December or January.
• The cover letter will contain instructions on how to apply, the address of the Committee Chair, and a due date of April 1.
• Divide the States and international forensic programs among committee members.
• Have the committee members email cover letters, by a specified date, to each college or university in their assigned states or countries. The above information should be sent to the Chair of the forensic programs and the financial aid office of the college or university.
• Establish and maintain a master list or an up-to-date website reference link of international and domestic forensic science programs to include the chair and the financial aid office point-of-contact phone number, physical address, and email address when available.  
• The Committee Chair will acknowledge, by email, receipt of all complete applications. All completed applications and recommendation forms, which meet all the requirements, will be posted in a secure forum on the AFTE website at least 30 days prior to the annual conference. The committee members shall be notified when the applications have been posted.
• The Chair is responsible for ensuring that funds contributed for additional scholarships are received by the Treasurer in time for distribution. In addition, the Chair is responsible for ensuring that these funds are distributed, in accordance with the recommendations of the committee members, in the same fashion as all other scholarship monies.
• Have each committee member review the application packets, and provide the Committee Chair via email their top three choices and reason for their selections by a specified date.
• Based on the recommendations of the committee members, the Chair chooses the recipient of the AFTE Scholarship.
• The Committee Chair will notify the AFTE President, in writing, the chosen applicant’s name, current address, and email address. The AFTE President will notify the winner in writing and arrange for the award to be sent along with the letter. The recipient will be requested by the committee chair to submit a photograph and brief biography. The scholarship recipient(s) will be announced at the annual AFTE Conference and the biography and photograph will be posted on the AFTE website.