North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services
P.O. Box 1914
Goldsboro, N.C. 27533-1914
Telephone: 919/736-0506 Fax: 919/736-7759 E-mail: ncarems@ncarems.org
Rules for Reimbursement for “Member” Scholarships
- You must be enrolled in a North Carolina school and carry three (3) hours or more. If you
are an “internet student”, you must be online with a college or university located in North Carolina.
If you have any questions concerning the acceptance of the program you are planning on enrolling in, please
contact our office to confirm that the program is acceptable with our administrative rules. If you are enrolled
in a non-traditional program, we will need a copy of your complete schedule from the beginning of your course
schedule to the end.
- You must stay continuously enrolled in an accredited institution, in the State of North Carolina.
- 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. You may fax it,
mail it, or e-mail it to us.
- 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.
- To verify if your grades have been received, please email us at
ncarems@ncarems.org
- You must carry three (3) hours and maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average each semester.
- You must be an active member of an eligible rescue or EMS department, be retired or disabled.
- Your department must maintain eligibility and file a certified roster on or by January 1st of
each calendar year.
- 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 within sixty (60) days of date
of last class. Three (3) hours must be taken for a session to be reimbursed. Please note...You do not have to
attend or be reimbursed for summer session(s). Your scholarship reimbursement will resume with the fall semester.
- Internet Students - Online courses will be reimbursed at completion
of each session. Grades must be submitted within sixty (60) days of last class. The required three (3) hours
or more must be maintained each session. The amount reimbursed for each session is $250.00. Remember: Online courses
must be taken at a college or university in North Carolina.
- Exempted schedules (such as module classes) will be reimbursed at completion
of each module. Grades must be submitted within sixty (60) days of last class. The required three (3) hours
or more must be maintained each module. The amount reimbursed for each module is $250.00.
- Graduate Students - will be reimbursed at completion of each semester. Grades are to be
submitted on the Fall/Spring grade schedule as for undergraduate students (Rule #9 above). The amount reimbursed for
each semester is $500.00.
- Notify us, immediately, of any changes in the personal information we have on file for you.
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.
Gordon A. Joyner, Executive Director
Last revised on December 28, 2007
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