Applications must be submitted online through the Center for Scholarship Administration (CSA) website. There are three steps to complete the application:

1. Click the "create application" button below to answer the prequalifying questions. When you submit these, it will automatically take you to the profile page.
2. Create or update your profile. Save and continue to the online application.
3. Complete the online application. A confirmation email will be sent when the online portion of your application is complete. Applicant should contact CSA if a confirmation email is not received.
4. Mail in, or email, the packet of additional required materials. See "What constitutes a complete application" below.
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Applicants Must:
• be dependent children of an employee. Dependent children are defined as “natural, adopted or resident step-children of the employee”.
A qualified employee is defined as an employee who has been continuously employed by Information Capital or an affiliated company, as an active full-time employee. The companies included are: Information Capital, Government Service Automation, Corrections Software Solutions, Justice Solutions, Local Government Solutions, Indigent Healthcare Solutions, Tax Pro
• Be high school senior graduating spring 2024 OR current undergraduate college students.
• have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.6 on a 4.0 scale.
• must be planning to attend any regionally accredited, public or private two-year or four-year college or university offering an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree. Enrollment must be on a full-time basis.

The deadline for submission of the online portion of the application is . Deadline for receipt of the additional required materials is 5:00 pm est . The additional materials required must be mailed in ONE envelope to
The , PO Box 1465, Taylors, SC 29687
or emailed to . The additional materials required must be RECEIVED no later than 5:00 pm est .

Once an applicant has applied online and submitted the Application they will receive an email immediately letting them know their application has been received and reminding them to submit by mail the remaining items required to complete the application. Failure to provide the additional materials within the designated time frame will result in an "incomplete" application. Incomplete applications will not be considered for scholarships.

You must submit the following additional materials:

• Signed Student Authorization and Acknowledgements Form, found in the online application, signed by the scholarship candidate.
Download the Student Authorization and Acknowledgements Form.

• Official transcript with grades and cumulative GPA posted through the latest semester.

The amount of the award and the number of recipients may vary from year to year. The awards will be applied to the cost of tuition, fees, books, and supplies. Scholarship awards must be used in the year they are awarded and will be sent directly to the student’s school upon receipt of the payment form and acceptance form.

The recipients may attend any accredited public or private two- or four-year college or university or technical school provided the institution meets the stipulations in the following paragraph.

The institution must be an educational organization that normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are regularly carried on. To the extent the institution is involved in the selection of the recipients (if at all), such involvement must comply with the Fund's policy of awarding scholarships on an objective and non-discriminatory basis as well as the Fund's Conflict of Interest Policy.

Extenuating circumstances requiring a student to sit out a semester must be explained in writing to CSA. You will be notified of the final decision. If a recipient is out for a semester and doesn`t receive approval, then that semester is forfeited.

The Scholarship Selection Committee shall consist of the CSA committee. The Scholarship Selection Committee shall be required to provide minutes of each meeting held to name recipients.

The Scholarship Selection Committee shall give consideration to the respective ability, academic merit, educational goals, and career ambitions of the applicants as deemed appropriate by the Committee. This is a competitive scholarship program. Personal interviews may be required. Scholarships shall be awarded on an objective and non-discriminatory basis, with neither race, creed, color, sex, age, religion, national origin nor disability being considered. Selections are based on information received from the application and the additional materials received by the deadline. Committee members are urged to select two or three alternate recipients. Decisions of the committee are final and justification for recipient selection(s) by the Scholarship Selection Committee, CSA staff or Information Capital, Inc. will not be disclosed under any circumstances.

All applicants will be notified in writing by email, whether or not they have been selected to receive a scholarship. Those students selected will download a package from their online account that includes a scholarship agreement and information about the scholarship terms.

This scholarship may be renewable for up to three additional years.

A GPA falling below the required minimum at the end of ANY semester WILL result in the loss of the scholarship.

Grade reports will be required at the end of the Fall Semester. The grade report must include the name of the student and the name of the college. It is the responsibility of the recipient to request the grade report.

In the event of serious malfeasance, breach of traditional conduct, failure to provide requested materials, or conduct involving moral turpitude, a scholarship may be terminated at any time within the discretion of the Scholarship Selection Committee and concurrence of the Trustee, whose decisions shall be final and binding.

Subject to the terms of the Fund's governing documents, applicable law, and Internal Revenue Service requirements, these operating procedures may be amended at any time by the Trustee in its discretion. Any modifications or changes shall be furnished to the members of the Scholarship Selection Committee then serving.