Below are Rules for Reimbursement for “Children of Members” Scholarships



  1. You must be enrolled in a North Carolina school and carry twelve (12) hours or more. If you are a four (4) year scholarship recipient and attend a two (2) year institution, your scholarship award WILL BE REDUCED. Please contact our office of any changes in your plans to attend a different college or university than what we have noted in your files.

  2. You must stay continuously enrolled in an accredited institution, in the State of North Carolina.

  3. When you have completed this semester, please send us a copy of your grade report. We no longer require access codes to be sent along with grades that are taken off the internet. Therefore, we cannot download your grades for you. You must send us a copy by fax, e-mail or mail. Grade report must show institution name.

  4. Scholarship payments are disbursed in the order they are received in our office.
    Please allow approximately 2 to 4 weeks from the day we receive them to process your payment.

  5. To verify if your grades have been received, please email us at ncarems@ncarems.org

  6. You must carry twelve (12) hours and maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average each semester.

  7. Your sponsor must be an active member of an eligible rescue or EMS department or be retired, disabled or deceased.

  8. Your department must maintain eligibility and file a certified roster on or by January 1st of each calendar year.

  9. FALL GRADES must be received in our office by February 10th to receive reimbursement. SPRING GRADES must be received in our office by July 10th to receive reimbursement. Failure to send your grades on or before these dates will result in the loss of your scholarship.
    (*Optional) SUMMER SESSION(s) GRADES must be received in our office sixty (60) days of date of last class. Six (6) hours must be taken for a session to be reimbursed. Each session is reimbursed at half the amount of a regular semester. Please note...You do not have to attend or be reimbursed for summer session(s). Your scholarship reimbursement will resume with the fall semester.

  10. Notify us, immediately, of any changes in the information we currently have on file for you, including other scholarships or financial aid.

If you have any questions, please contact our office at one of the above addresses or numbers.

Last revised on December 28, 2007

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