An applicant must be a child or grandchild of a full-time (at least 30 hours per week) employee of a Household & Commercial Products Association member company in good standing at the time the award is granted. The award is open to all graduating high school seniors and honorably discharged veterans who entered the military immediately following high school. The applicant must be accepted by or is anticipating freshman entry into an accredited U.S. college or university on a full-time basis during the Fall semester immediately following the date of the award. Children/grandchildren of members of the HCPA Scholarship Awards Committee are not eligible. Students currently attending college or enrolled in graduate or post-graduate courses are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.
2025 Scholarship Deadline | April 25, 2025
APPLICATIONS:
Please submit digital PDFs of the following documents:
1) Student Application Form;
2) CollegeBoard SAT® Student Score Report or The ACT® Student Report (finalists will be required to furnish official transcripts of these scores). If both SAT® and ACT® scores are submitted, only the SAT® score will be considered.
3) A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s high school principal, guidance counselor, or teacher describing the applicant’s extracurricular accomplishments and/or leadership qualities in the community. The recommendation letter should be furnished on school letterhead and signed by the principal, guidance counselor, or teacher. If the applicant’s high school principal, guidance counselor, or teacher is not available, the applicant may ask a responsible community official to provide a recommendation letter, which should be printed on official letterhead and signed; and
4) A letter from the applicant to the HCPA Scholarship Awards Selection Committee outlining his/her school and personal accomplishments along with goals/objectives for the future.
Applicants who entered the military immediately following high school and have been honorably discharged should attach a separate page describing their military experience including duties, skills learned, and awards received. Honorably discharged veterans may use their commanding officer’s letter as the required letter of recommendation if desired.
AWARDS:
All awards will be made based on the following:
Academic Achievement & Leadership Qualities – (as measured by high SAT or ACT scores): Students scoring in the top percentiles are a necessary condition for consideration of the award. Potential candidates will also be objectively evaluated by the Scholarship Awards Committee based on outstanding leadership qualities and accomplishments, as demonstrated by the supporting documents in the application.
Awards will be made on an individual basis and are non-transferable from one individual to another. The recipient will receive from HCPA a $2,000 scholarship award. A check for $2,000 will be issued and made payable to the recipient before the commencement of the Fall semester.
The recipient will continue to receive a check for $2,000 each year thereafter for a total period of four (4) years. Payment each year will be made before the Fall semester, provided the recipient maintains a grade point average acceptable to the school for continuing matriculation.
To guarantee the continuation of the scholarship award through the four-year term, all recipients are required to submit to the HCPA Scholarship Awards Committee an official report from the recipient’s College or University as to continuing matriculation by July 1st of each year following the initial year after the award is in effect. Failure to annually submit this certification will result in the cancellation of the award.
Recipients of awards who intend to continue education but must involuntarily interrupt studies, through a leave of absence, may postpone no more than one year’s award for valid reasons. Failure to resume studies after postponement, if granted, will result in the automatic cancellation of the award. The Scholarship Awards Committee, based on the facts submitted, will individually consider such situations. Any ruling of the Scholarship Awards Committee is final.
QUESTIONS:
Questions about the Murray Glauberman Memorial Scholarship Award can be directed at:
Ryan Nau
rnau@theHCPA.org
