Scholarship Board Chair Duties & Acknowledgment
To be completed only by the person serving as Scholarship Board Chair.
The Scholarship Board Chair is responsible for:
- Scheduling and leading Scholarship Board meetings and selection discussions.
- Ensuring board members understand the eligibility requirements and approved criteria for each scholarship.
- Coordinating the scholarship application review and selection process.
- Ensuring the approved scoring rubric and reviewer score sheets are used consistently.
- Protecting applicant confidentiality and reinforcing privacy requirements.
- Addressing conflict-of-interest disclosures and recusals.
- Facilitating fair and impartial scholarship discussions.
- Ensuring final recommendations, votes, and selection decisions are properly documented.
- Working with the President/Founder and appropriate officers regarding scholarship administration.
- Helping maintain required scholarship records and authorized applicant communications.
- Ensuring that no individual board member promises or guarantees a scholarship award.
Please review the responsibilities above before completing and submitting the acknowledgment form below.