The 'VoIP Achievers’ Scholarship: 2016 Official Rules

The winning essay will be judged on the following criteria: content, style, creativity, and how persuasively the applicant presents his or her point of view. After the deadline of August 31, 2016, all entries will be reviewed. After review, the winning essay will be selected by a panel of three judges.

The applicant of the winning essay will receive a one-time scholarship of $1,000 to be applied to the following school-related expenses: tuition, fees, books, and on-campus room and board.

Funds must be used in the 2016 academic year. Scholarship funds are provided by GetVoIP and will be paid via check by mail to the Financial Aid Office of the winning applicant’s college.

All entries must be entered through the official GetVoIP ‘VoIP Achievers’ Scholarship submission form, which can be found at (WEBSITE – WE WILL CREATE THIS LINK ON YOUR WEBSITE). No paper or hard copy submissions will be accepted. All essays must be written in English. Submissions must be uploaded in either a Microsoft Word or PDF format. Personal information submitted will be used solely for the use of awarding the scholarship and will not be used for any other function on https://getvoip.com/. GetVoIP reserves the right to publish content from the submitted essays themselves.

Current GetVoIP employees or the immediate family of current GetVoIP employees are not eligible for entry. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Applicants must either be an incoming college freshman for the spring 2016 academic semester or a current undergraduate or graduate student of any accredited two or four year college, university or institute. To see if your school is eligible, please visit: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.

GetVoIP does not use the information provided in the scholarship application to create listings.