Halifax ARC announces Brit Fader Scholarship

Canada's Halifax Amateur Radio Club wishes to announce the application process for the Brit Fader Scholarship.

The Brit Fader Scholarship was established in 1993 by the Halifax Amateur Radio Club and endowed through the generosity of Club members and Radio Amateurs throughout the Maritime Provinces of Canada. This scholarship is intended exclusively for post-secondary educational use, to provide assistance with the cost of tuition, room, board, books and/or other fees essential to the advanced education of the recipient.

1) Applicant must be a citizen of Canada, but without regard to gender, race, national origin, handicap status or any other factor and must be performing at a high academic level.

2) Applicant must, hold an active Basic Class or higher grade of Canadian Amateur Radio license.

3) This Scholarship will be provided for attendance at an accredited Canadian post-secondary technical school, college or university, with preference given to applicants who have been accepted into a program in the field of electronics or electrical engineering.

Application submissions must be postmarked no later than July 1st 2008.

The 2008 Brit Fader Scholarship award will be made during the HARC Anniversary HamFest on the weekend of August 21 - 24, 2008 in Halifax, and is for the academic year that will commence on or after September 1st of 2008.

Please make this award know to all eligible members of the Amateur Radio community in your area.

Interested parties are referred to the website of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club - www.Halifax-arc.org - follow the link from the Home Page to obtain the three down-load files - 1) Criteria; 2) Application Form: 3) Reference Form.

Howard Dickson VE1DHD

Radio Amateurs of Canada