scholarships

New England Municipal Clerks' Institute & Academy scholarship criteria

The Executive Board shall determine, annually, the amount of scholarship monies to be allocated. Scholarships are only for those applicants who have been denied funds from their municipalities.
The Joint Scholarship Committee shall consist of a committee made up of members appointed by the President of the New England Association of City & Town Clerks and the Chair of the NEMCI&A Board of Directors.
Scholarship money from both sources shall be combined and allocated to applicants as agreed by the committee, with the exception of funds specifically earmarked and in the possession of the New England Municipal Clerks Institute & Academy Board of Directors.
The NEACTC President appoints a Joint Scholarship Chairman to serve for three years.
Scholarships shall be awarded to students attending the New England Municipal Clerks Institute and Academy.
Scholarship awards will be limited to one person per office with the Clerk having first preference.
Applicant must be a Municipal Clerk or Deputy/Assistant Clerk.
The Joint Scholarship Committee will give priority to first-year Institute students.
An applicant must be a current member of his or her state association.
An applicant must have been a member of the NEACTC for over one year.
An Applicant shall disclose at the time of application whether they have applied for IIMC funds.
An applicant must have requested funds from his/her municipality and include a letter of denial for such funds.

Application Process

Applicants should (after denial from the municipality) send this application to their state association for funding. A reason for denial or explanation must accompany this application in order to be considered.
The deadline for State Scholarship Chairpersons to file applications with the Joint Scholarship Chair is April 10, 2023.
Joint Scholarship Chair will notify the applicant, the Treasurer of the NEACTC, and the Treasurer of the NEMCI & Academy by April 30, 2023.

Joint Scholarship Chairperson

(Joint Scholarship Chairperson refers to the person responsible for awarding scholarship funds
from NEACTC and NEMCI and does not imply joint responsibility with another person. This is a three-year appointment)

MA Dottie Powers, New England Chair

580 High Street

Westwood, MA 02090
Phone: 781-326-3964

Fax: 781-948-4573

dpowers@townhall.westwood.ma.us

State Scholarship Chairpersons

CT: Patricia Williams

Salisbury Town Clerk
P.O. Box 548

Salisbury, CT 06068

Phone: 860-435-5182

Fax: 860-435-5172

pwilliams@salisburyct.us

State Scholarship Deadline: January 31st

MA: Elizabeth Greendale

Holliston Town Clerk

703 Washington Street

Holliston, MA 01746
Phone: 508-429-0601

Fax: 508-429-0642

greendalee@holliston.k12.ma.us

State Scholarship Deadline: March 25th

NH: Kerri Parker

Meredith Town Clerk

  41 Main Street
  Meredith, NH 03253
  Phone: 603-772-5070
Fax: 603-772-9004
  kparker@meredithnh.org

State Scholarship Deadline: April 1st

RI: Michelle Hardy, MMC
Pawtucket Deputy City Clerk

137 Roosevelt Ave.
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Phone: 401-728-0500 Ext 225

Fax: 401-728-8932
mhardy@pawtucketri.com

State Scholarship Deadline: April 1st

VT: Sandra Pisonault, MMC

Dorset Town Clerk

P.O. Box 24

East Dorset, VT 05253
Phone: 802-362-4571 Ext 2

Fax: 802-362-5156

dorsetclerk@gmail.com

State Scholarship Deadline: March 1st

ME: Ann Morrison

29 Main Street

Lincoln, Maine 04457
Phone: 207-794-3372 Ext 9

Fax: 207-794-2606

ann.morrison@lincolnmaine.org

State Scholarship Deadline: April 1st

IIMC Scholarship

2022 Scholarship Application

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