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Gilberto and Lennetta Pesquera Medical School Scholarships

The Glens Falls Foundation Gilberto and Lennetta Pesquera Fund offers scholarship grants for medical school education on an annual basis to assist qualified men and women who have graduated from local area schools and have successfully completed the first year of medical school. The current amount for each grant is $4,000 per year. Four grants will be awarded for the 2011-2012 academic year. These grants are restricted to tuition, fees, books and supplies. The payments are remitted directly to the educational institution for credit to the student’s account.

All applications received on or before the due date will be referred to the Pesquera Scholarship Committee for evaluation. Applicants must request that the appropriate office of student records of the medical school send an official copy of his/her current academic record/ transcript directly to the Committee Chairman. The applicant must submit the names and contact information for two personal references and a brief personal statement that describes his/her academic goals, interests and activities, plus any other information deemed pertinent to support his/her application.

The application, personal statement, references and academic record should be sent to the attention of the Pesquera Scholarship Committee Chairman by email at administrator@glensfallsfoundation.org or by regular mail to the Glens Falls Foundation, 237 Glens Street, Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801 by June 24th. Replies to applicants will be made by July 25th.

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