Guidelines for the Remembrance Scholarship Application

• To be eligible for the 2025-26 Remembrance Scholarship, you must complete your undergraduate degree in December 2025, May 2026, or Summer 2026.
• The application requires: 
  • Biographical information
  • CV or resume
  • Responses to 2 essay questions
  • 2 references
• Once you begin completing the online application, you CANNOT save your progress and return at a later time; you must complete the application at one time. Therefore, you should prepare your application responses in a separate document and input them into your application when you are ready to submit.
• You are responsible for providing your recommenders with this link to the recommendation form. You can read more about the recommendation process below.
• As part of the application process, the Remembrance application review committee will access your Syracuse University transcripts and academic record, as well as your record with the Academic Integrity Office and Community Standards.
• Applications and recommendations must be submitted by 11:59PM ET on January 17, 2025.

For assistance with the application or to speak with a current Remembrance Scholar, please email remember@syr.edu

Guidelines for Selecting Recommenders

• This application requires two (2) recommendations evaluating your qualifications and fit for the Remembrance Scholarship.
  • One recommendation must come from a faculty member who has taught, advised, mentored, or supervised you.
  • The second recommendation can come from an individual who knows you in a professional capacity (employer or supervisor), or can be from another faculty member.
• In each case, choose recommenders who know you well and who can comment thoughtfully on your abilities and personal attributes, particularly your fit with the Remembrance Scholar selection criteria.

Instructions for Recommendations

• The application will direct you to input the names of your two recommenders.
• It is your responsibility as an applicant to direct your recommenders to the appropriate recommendation form by sending them to this link.
  • The application will NOT automatically send your recommenders a prompt to complete the recommendation form; you must contact them and provide the link.
• Only applications with complete recommendations will be eligible for consideration.
• Be sure to approach your recommenders early to give them adequate time to compose their responses to the recommendation form’s questions.
• It is your responsibility to provide your recommenders with any materials that would be helpful to them in completing the recommendation form. Resumes or CVs, transcripts, writing samples, and draft application essays are common resources that recommenders find helpful.
• When your recommenders submit recommendations, you will receive an email notification, and we will attach the recommendations to your application.
• The deadline for your recommenders to submit is 11:59PM ET on January 17, 2025.