Shire US Inc. (the
"Program Sponsor") is sponsoring an ADHD Scholarship Program
to recognize individuals in the United States diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (“ADHD”) who are planning to pursue higher education. Each award recipient
will receive a one-time, $2,000 scholarship with one year of ADHD Coaching Services
by the Edge Foundation (the ADHD Coaching Service has an approximate value of $4,420
(collectively, the
"Scholarship"). Fifty (50) Scholarships will be awarded
to recipients meeting the criteria designated in the rules & regulations below
(the “National Scholarship”). In addition, Shire wishes to recognize its employees
(or their family members) by awarding an additional five (5) Scholarships. The National
Scholarship and Employee Scholarship applications will be judged separately.
Rules and Regulations
Shire ADHD Scholarship Program (the
"Program") recognizes individuals in
the United States diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ("ADHD")
who are planning to pursue higher education and who are managing the challenges
of living with ADHD.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
Agreement to Rules and Regulations
By submitting an application you are unconditionally agreeing to be bound by these
rules and regulations and the decisions of the Program Sponsor, its directors, officers,
shareholders, employees, agents, advertising and promotional agencies and affiliated
and related companies (the
"Scholarship Partners") and their successors and
assigns, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Program. If,
under the laws of the state where you live, you are considered a minor (
"Minor"),
then you must obtain permission from your parent or legal guardian prior to submitting
your application. By submitting an application to the Program you are certifying
that you are not a Minor or if a Minor, you have obtained permission from your parent
or legal guardian to do so.
Being awarded a Scholarship is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth
herein.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Scholarship, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be accepted to or enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited two-year
or four-year college, university, accredited trade, technical or vocational school
or other “eligible educational institution,” as this term is defined in the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (a "Qualifying Institution").
- Be a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia.
- At the time of submitting this application, each applicant must be diagnosed with
ADHD and under the care of a licensed health care provider for ADHD, although no
specific future or ongoing plan of management or treatment for applicant’s ADHD
is required in order for applicant to be eligible for the Program.
Prior Scholarship recipients may apply for subsequent Scholarships provided that
they otherwise meet these eligibility requirements; however, a prior recipient will
not receive any special consideration.
Scholarships are not based on financial need.
The Scholarship Partners, members of their immediate family members (ie, parents,
children, siblings and spouses) and those with whom they live are not eligible for
the National Scholarship.
The Employee Scholarship is only available to employees of the Program Sponsor,
members of their immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings and spouses)
and those with whom they live who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria set forth
in these Rules and Regulations.
Void where prohibited by law. The Program is subject to all applicable federal, state
and local laws.
Timeline
The following dates apply to the Program:
- October 20, 2011 to March 30, 2012 Enrollment Period, applications will be accepted.
- March 30, 2012 Deadline by which all applications must be postmarked.
- May 11, 2012 Approximate date by which winners will be notified.
How to Apply
You may apply by:
1)
Submitting an application online at www.ShireADHDScholarship.com; or
2)
Downloading, completing and mailing a paper application. Print and mail along with
the additional required application documents. Handwritten applications will NOT
be accepted.
Each applicant may submit only one application. In the event an applicant submits
more than one application, only the last application received will be accepted;
all previously submitted applications shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
All
information must be sent in a single package. Incomplete applications will
not be accepted (submitting an on-line application and mailing all of the Application
Documents, in a single envelope, is considered a single package).
Carefully review your application before submission. All pages must be completed
and entered in the format required. Once the application is submitted, no further
additions or revisions may be made.
Deadline
All applications must be postmarked by March 30, 2012. There are NO EXCEPTIONS; late applications
will not be considered. The Scholarship Partners are not responsible for and will
not consider any late, lost, misdirected, illegible or incomplete applications.
All information contained in the application must be complete, true and verifiable
and otherwise meet all eligibility requirements of the Program. Any application
containing false or intentionally or materially misleading information shall be
disqualified.
Upon submission, all entries become the property of the Scholarship Partners and
will not be returned to the applicant.
To the extent the application contains an essay; such essay must have been written
solely by the applicant. Furthermore, the essay cannot defame or invade the publicity
rights or the privacy of any person, living or dead, or otherwise infringe upon
any person’s personal or proprietary rights. The essay may not be offensive or inappropriate,
as determined by the judges in their sole and absolute discretion. The Program Sponsor
reserves, in its sole and absolute discretion, the right to disqualify any application
it deems to be inappropriate, offensive or is not in keeping with the Program Sponsor’s
image.
By submitting an application, the applicant (or, if the applicant is a Minor then,
the Minor’s parent or legal guardian) acknowledges and agrees that the Program Sponsor
shall own the submitted application (and all information contained in the application)
and that the Scholarship Partners may use, including as part of scholarship publicity
campaigns, at their sole and absolute discretion, the application (or any portion
of the application), including, without limitation, the names, ADHD diagnosis and
likenesses of the applicant, or the content of the essay, in any manner and in any
medium or form, whether now known or not currently known, throughout the world in
perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to the applicant or
any third party.
A recipient may decline to participate in any publicity campaign related to being
awarded a Scholarship; in such a case, the recipient’s city and state will be used
to identify the recipient. However such a request shall have no effect on the Scholarship
Partners’ ownership of the scholarship applications as otherwise provided for in
these Rules and Regulations.
Any application which attempts to restrict or otherwise limit the Scholarship Partners’
right to use the application or any portion of the application shall be deemed to
have been withdrawn.
Source : http://www.shireadhdscholarship.com/rules.aspx
