2009 AAFCS Awards, Grants,
Fellowships, & Scholarships Program
Thank you for your interest in applying for an AAFCS grant,
fellowship, or scholarship or being nominated for an AAFCS
award. Please check this web page in the fall of 2008 for
information on what awards may be offered after a special
task force completes its review of the current program.
As a result of the AAFCS board of directors’ priority to
reduce staff time allocated for administration of awards,
grants, fellowships, and scholarships, a contract was awarded
to a consultant to recommend a redesign of the entire process.
After an extensive review of all the data available, a redesign
advisory task force was created to review the recommendations
for the AAFCS Awards, Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships
programs. Members examined existing practices,
provided feedback to an outside consulting firm, and collaborated
to introduce recommendations to the AAFCS board of directors
for approval.
With members representing a variety of committees, staff
positions, and professional backgrounds, the task force is
pleased and eager to share their suggestions with the rest
of the Association. Such procedural recommendations will improve
the effectiveness, efficiency, and affordability of the AAFCS
Awards, Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships program management.
Stay tuned for more information, including 2009 guidelines
and forms!
Please note:
- An award is defined as a merit honor based
on performance and on contributions to the field of family
and consumer sciences.
- A grant is defined as financial support
given for research studies in family and consumer sciences.
- A fellowship is financial support from
an endowment given to a student for graduate study in family
and consumer sciences.
- A scholarship is financial support from
an endowment given to a student for undergraduate study
in family and consumer sciences.
- An award, grant, fellowship, or scholarship
that is not offered in 2009 may be offered again in the
future.
- If no qualified candidate is identified
for a particular award, grant, fellowship, or scholarship
offered in 2009, it will not be awarded in 2009.
- AAFCS reserves the first right of refusal
to publish any developed materials resulting from AAFCS
awards, grants, fellowships, or scholarships.
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